A Complementary Stain

I did this fence rather early on in the Renegade Fence life cycle. It was still very much in its infancy.

As with every project I do, there's usually something goofy that happens. In an entrepreneurial "live and learn" moment, I actually ended up doing the stain for free! While I had built and stained plenty of fences before, I did the bid while I was still developing my own price structure and sales process. I had made it my personal goal to give on the spot pricing at estimates as opposed to my usual "go home, call every supplier in town, crunch the numbers, and give you a price in a day or two" routine. A routine that was costing me some work... Not having bid too many stain jobs at the time, I threw out a VERY rough number which ended up covering the cost of the stain but not the labor. So yeah, she got a screamin' deal! Not every customer goes with stain, but when they do it definitely adds something to the fence! This customer went with Cabot semi-solid stain in Oak Brown. It was a color match to an existing older fence (Left side, Top left image). It's a thicker more paint-like stain. Yes, those are steel posts on that fence! I use Postmaster galvanized steel posts set in concrete which I like to hide behind a single picket to give a much more elegant all wood look than traditional 2 3/8" round metal posts.

All in all, it turned out great. Her patio really appreciated it!