We always like ways to make DIY jobs quicker. What we don’t like however are half-arsed jobs that look like they were done by a five year old.

Some of the worst half-arsed jobs over the last few years can be put down to one DIY tool - the fence panel paint sprayer. Yes they spray paint - over just about every surface within about 100 feet of the nozzle!

If you have a lot of fence panels to paint, don’t invest in one of these timesavers. Instead take your time and paint the fence properly. The spray from the paint sprayer does end up everywhere. The posts will be ruined, if you have concrete bases these will be ruined, the spray paint is three times more expensive than ordinary paint and your neighbours will complain when the ‘like water’ paint runs through the panels and all over their side of the fence.

And don’t even mention cleaning the bloody thing out after you’ve finished.