Pre-Staining Services

We bring our staining machine to your property and stain every cedar board before a single one goes into your fence.

Almost everybody stains a fence the other way around. The fence goes up, and then somebody shows up with a sprayer and coats it while it is standing three feet from your siding, your cars, your flower beds, and whatever else is back there.

That is when stain ends up where nobody wanted it.

Nothing gets sprayed on a standing fence. Every board runs through the machine right there on site, gets stacked in a neat pile, and then we build the fence out of them.

How it works

  1. We bring the staining machine to your property and run every board through it there. It puts the stain on thick. Every board goes through the same way, which means every board comes out the same.
  2. All six sides get coated. Both faces, both edges, both ends. On a fence that is stained after assembly, the overlapping faces and the backs of the boards against the rails never see a drop, because you physically cannot reach them once the fence is together.
  3. The finished boards get stacked in a neat pile, and we build with them.
  4. Fasteners go in last. The screw heads stay clean and crisp instead of getting buried under a coat of stain. It is a small thing that you notice every time you walk past it.

What that actually means for you

Nothing on the houseNo overspray drifting onto siding, brick, trim, or windows.
Nothing on the carsNobody moves vehicles, and nobody finds a mist of stain on a hood.
Nothing on the neighborsTight lot lines and shared fence lines stop being a problem. Their side of the property does not get sprayed either. Neither does their dog.
Nothing in the landscapingGarden beds, plants, mulch, and whatever is living in them stay exactly as they were.
Clean screw headsFastened after finishing, so the hardware still looks like hardware.
Nothing wet in the yardNo wet fence and no wet ground for kids and pets to get into while it cures.

The product

We use Expert Stain and Seal. It is an oil-based stain, which matters more than most people realize. A solid stain behaves like paint and forms a film on the surface, and a film on wood that gets wet holds the moisture against it. That is how you get rot faster, not slower. An oil-based stain penetrates instead of sitting on top.

Any color you want. We will walk you through the colors when we scope the fence.

Cedar only

We only offer pre-staining on cedar. It is the material the process is built around and the one it works on, so if you are putting in vinyl, chain link, aluminum, or a pressure-treated fence, this is not a service we can add. Pressure-treated lumber comes too wet for the machine to stain it.

What to expect

Lead time Pre-staining adds days to the job. The boards have to be run and finished before we can start building. It is worth knowing that up front when you are planning around a date.
Pricing Priced by the job, not by the foot. Fence size, board count, and color all factor in, so it comes as part of your quote rather than as a line item you have to guess at.
Availability Cedar fences only.

If you want a stained cedar fence and you would rather not have a sprayer running next to your house, tell us at the estimate and we will price it in. It is easier to plan for at the start than to add on later.