Fence staining: type of sprayer (painting, installed, stain, versus)

[tiredtired]

I've read about two options for spraying stain onto a fence:

1) Garden Sprayer

2) Airless sprayer.

I have a couple questions. First of all, why can't I use a traditional compressor with a sprayer? Why is an airless recommended over a compressor based sprayer?

Second, is there much difference between using a garden sprayer versus a airless sprayer?

[mkarch]

For stain, you're going to want to back brush it regardless. So anything that gets the stain on the wood is going to be faster than brushing it on.

[historyfan]

Airless is higher pressure & faster.

[TrapperL]

Might wanna read about the downside of staining a fence. IF you haven't installed the pickets and can seal all 6 sides, it's okay to do. IF it's already up, you can't seal the bottoms-expect issues. The species of wood doesn't matter. IF it's treated wood, best of luck.
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