Top 5 Benefits of Staining Your Fence
Have you ever wondered about the benefits of staining your wooden fence? It’s an important step in maintaining the health and quality of your fencing investment. After all, hot, dry summers and cold, wet winters can wreak havoc on wooden fences. Thankfully, proper staining can help protect your fence from the elements… And let’s face it, there are few places that’s more important than in Oklahoma!
At Patriot Stain and Seal, we use high-quality wood defender wood stain by standard paints which ensures a superb, long-lasting fence. When it comes to wooden fences, the quality of the wood and the stain are two of the most important factors for longevity.
So why do we stain? There are a number of benefits…
Prevention of Rotting
A high-quality, properly applied stain by our team of professionals, will help prevent water from getting into your wood fence. In turn, this helps to prevent rotting. This is probably they top benefits of staining your fence.
Limit UV Damage
No matter the season, direct sunlight can strip the color from your wooden fence, leaving it looking faded and old. One of the key benefits of staining your fence with a high quality oil based stain is that it will ensure that the UV damage is limited. Regular upkeep will have your fence looking new for years to come! Think of fence stain as sun screen for your fence. The more pigment the stain has, the higher the UV protection you will have. Semi-Transparent Fence Stain has the highest UV protection for exterior wood staining projects.
Prevention of Splitting, Warping, and Wood Rot
If water gets into your fence and freezes and thaws and freezes and thaws. This freeze-thaw cycle can cause big problems. Thankfully, our stain will repel the water, helping to prevent splitting effectively extending the life of your fence. Oil and water don’t mix, and a quality oil based penetrating stain prevents water from entering the wood which causes warping, splitting and ultimately wood rot
Enhance Wood Grain
Staining your cedar fence helps to make the wood grain pop, increasing the visual appeal of your fence. Not only will your fence look great, but it may even help to increase your property value! Transparent stains do a wonderful job of really highlighting the wood grain of a new fence. While semi-transparent stains don’t highlight the grain as much they still add considerable beauty to a wood privacy fence.
Increase Lifespan
Ultimately, the main benefits of staining your fence is to increased lifespan. Without staining your fence you can expect it to last 10-12 years. If you stain your fence every 3-5 years with a high quality oil based penetrating stain like wood defender, you can expect your fence to last 20-30 years easily depending on the kind of wood. You paid your fence contractor good money and there’s no doubt that staining your wooden fence is a necessity for Oklahomans. At Patriot Stain and Seal, we do the staining, so you don’t have to!
To help preserve the look and health of your fence, the stain will need to be maintained over the course of your fence’s life. If you have any questions about your current fence, or would like to arrange an appointment, please contact us.
