Is it possible to paint over an outside stain?

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My father stupidly started to stain the new fencing that we bought to replace a piece that broke. It’s a regular stain, but the rest of the fencing (which is a 1/2 acre back yard) is not even a stain! It’s only a regular paint. Can I simply go and paint over the stain once it’s dried, or do I need to sand it down and paint it?

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  1. Savvy1 says:
    July 31, 2009 at 12:12 am

    Prime then paint.

  2. luka says:
    July 31, 2009 at 12:12 am

    you can paint over the stain you need a primer and also check to see if its oil based or not.

  3. Suzannah says:
    July 31, 2009 at 12:12 am

    Just prime it with oil-based primer, and let that cure for 24 hours, then paint it to match the fence.

  4. jimmy d. says:
    July 31, 2009 at 12:12 am

    You should be able to paint directly over the stain, no problem. If there should be some bleed through, doubtful, use a primer.

  5. Catchya' says:
    July 31, 2009 at 12:12 am

    What are you going to paint over it? White? If he used a waterproof oil based paint you may have issues. If you going to paint over it say brown acrylic try this experiment it is the only thing I can think of short of time spent sanding. If he used an acrylic based stain you might experiment on a piece of scrap wood and see how many coats of paint it would take to paint over an identical scrap stained piece of wood.

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