Recycled Motor Oil Fence Stain / DIY / How to Make your own wood stain
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- Using recycled motor oil and diesel fuel to create your own cheap wood stain. Farmer's fence secret exposed! BTW each time you do it, it gets a lil darker.
I live, and have been raised in a farming town... this is how you make your own fence stain to save mega money. Is recycles motor oil... use carefully to protect environment.
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Great looking color for the wood. Just a tip that will help you on time. Mix the diesel and oil first, then strain it. It will pass through the strainer much faster.
👏👏👏👏 Great Idea 🙏🏻🔥👏👍🏻
Good thinking 🤔👍
Smart af. Love the internet
I painted miles of stock fence and pens with that stuff. I'm over 70 and those fences are still there in South West Texas.
63 year old here. I remember using oil on my dads dairy farm fencing when I was a kid .
@@dougyankunas3104 What about the smell? Would you use this on a deck?
Can you do this to wood on decks as well?
@@bryankraynek6551 no, it'll track into the house.
@@BruceLyeg Thank you
If ya happy enough with really dark wood, leave the diesel out and just paint the straight sump oil on your posts. We have been doing this for 5 generations on our farm and it works. We leave replacement posts soak in the oil at the bottom to stop them rotting and when you have miles of fences it's worth the effort. Plus the grass grows around it fast so I actually beg to differ if someone says it's bad for the environment. Our options are treated pine Vs red gum pillars and it's proven that the psyonide they treat pine with can seap into the soil and cause cancer. But I have never seen evidence of red gum soaked in sump oil causing that. This is a great lesson for the young generation thanks for sharing 😊
Just started mine today with old motor oil no diesel and WOW! Works great.
Did the same with an old rake, stain looks good, and it'll last longer.
Yeah straight used motor oil is fine, diesel just thins it for easier spraying and the theory of it soaking in further.
I also use old oil from my truck works fine👍but I don't thin the oil with diesel.. doing this every 2 years👍
My granddad and dad never mixed anything in the oil. Use the old oil neat painted it on with brush did take a long time as miles and miles of fence as he was a farmer the fence turned out very dark stain but the beauty of it . The fence wouldn’t needed another coat for 12-15 years. My Grandad brother was a Mechanic so there was always of plenty oil.
to speed up the filtering process, mix the diesel and motor oil FIRST, then strain it through the shirt when pouring it into the sprayer. the thinner consistency will make it flow much quicker. :)
Great tip!
I used this method in my hallways and living room. Sure we pass out every now and then, but it looks stunning.
Lmao 😂 - your awesome.
@@BrianEaly - You're (You Are) awesome! - Example: *YOUR* ..... = Legs, Arse, Head, Etc..., something "BELONG" - Example: *YOU'RE (YOU ARE)* .... = Awesome, an Arsehole, Slow, Etc..., something as "ACTION/EMPHASIS".
What’s a blackout every once in awhile?😝😝
Must be the Bill Cosby Edition..lmao🤣🤣
@@JodBronson that drives me insane, along with people not understanding how to use THERE, THEIR, and THEY'RE correctly. The want to call you "Grammer Police", but this is the English language that most U.S. people speak.
SUPER IDEA ! Money doesn't grow on trees, and so getting back to the old ways of doing things is smart.
Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do.
Dam right
My grandfather used to do the same thing and I still carry on as many of the things he showed me. I used that same mix on my 1500 yards of fence plus 5 wood building. Thanks for sharing that.
How long does the smell stays on the fence for?
What happened if someone puts a cigarette out on the fence? 🔥
well done video. clear, concise, well edited, short, and really helpful. I have done a similar process with kerosene and roofing tar. ratio is up to your desired consistency but any mix works. it works great if your in the city and used motor oil is harder to come by. there is nowhere convenient to change and dispose of oil but from this vid it looks as though water beads up the oil mix better than my kerosene tar mix but my is still incredibly effective. thanks for the tips.
Best to mix the measured Diesel and used oil first THEN strain it out with your T-shirt step. Drains much faster through your shirt or red rag.
jim davidson VERY great advice bro, thanks!
Great video exelente idea.
At least someones got some sense
@@mark675 Yeah but don't let the EPA know, Its ok to spread miles upon miles of black top but don't drop a drop of OIL! Like there's no oil in black top,,, lol
How much oil should you mix to two gallon of diesel
Looks like a great idea. As far as being environmentally friendly i wouldn't worry about it to much as all of us each day run a motor vehicle day in and day out which isnt really good for the environment and we been doing it now for past 100 years.
Good video, People been doing this for just so many years, only thing different l do is mix it with diesel then strain through fabric, quicker, l and many more think it's way better than stuff from stores.
Way to go!! Good job!!
This is a great way to use dirty motor oil rather than dispose of it into the environment. Also, the oil and gasoline mixture is kept locally not just on the property, but to the exact location of the fence. My only word of caution would be to not use a sprayer on a windy day or around a creek, river or water source; use a rag and rub it on if possible. If you must use a sprayer, hold or place a shield of cardboard behind and underneath the area you are treating. Once the mixture hits the wood, you're good.
That is really beautiful. We are building a new fence. SO glad I saw this! We are in Rural as well.
You are the answer to my prayers! We have 8 panels running down our drive which we are going to remove next year. We were going to paint it for this year to make it look better. NOT ANY MORE! Can not wait to do your process. Thank You for your post!
You will love it. I still do it every year. And yes, you can apply it to any wood, even treated wood after that initial treated stuff dries out enough for it to soak up the mixture. All these farmers around here use it. Best of luck, take care!
In Australia's dry harsh climate bush fures are a thing. I fire touches one corner of your property, this is a PERFECT metod to ensure that blaze zips like lightning arround the entire parimeter of your property -sheds inclusive. Also makes the Roos sick from contamunated grass.
Wooww!! It came back with a really nice tone, and on budget, thanks dude,you just save me a lot of $$$$, thanks for sharing, God bless
Very helpful thanks Brian.The only different thing I did was buy the motor oil so my stain on the fence was much lighter.Still much cheaper then buying stain.
Richard Garza - thanks man... glad it worked for you... I now have been using this for years. Works great. Best of luck, take care!
Gotta love how Brian keeps emphasizing the environment...He's such a country eco warrior 😊
So my husband and I are resetting the posts around our house and reusing the boards. We were going to repaint the fence until I ran across this video. He was going to get diesel to soak the posts bottom to deter termites. Now we're going to use this technique instead of painting. Great video.
Wrap the bottom of post with with tar paper also to 3” above grade adds years to the post life
Put this on a fence 32 years ago still holding up
I like the way you present this . It's practical and informational. I wouldn't be concerned too much about the ecological implication of staining your wood fence with used oil and diesel. For one thing, it's just a small portion and your're doing it responsibly and secondly I think used oil and diesel are biodegradable in themselves so it will break down in time but I don't know for how long.
I was surprised to see how faded the fence was after only a year. I believe you had stated that you had done the fence last year and you are doing it again.
Wow amazing thank you very much!! I’ll try at my fence, saludos from Lima Peru 🇵🇪
Great job!!! Just to be clear to all those who oppose to this, oil is derived from the ground....you just circumvented the drilling and refining process. Awesome video- I’m doing this project next.
bestpathfinder - thanks, much appreciated. I still do this every year. Fence is still perfect. Best of luck!
Great video. 👍🏼😎This mixture also keep away termites from eating your wood. Should be done in open areas
My dad used creosote on his horse fence and the barn stall walls to keep the horses from cribbing. Also his fence lasts a lifetime he used a lot of railroad ties for fence posts.
Thanks dude, that is a true money saving tip, I'm installing a split wood fence in 3 acres of land, will defensively use this..
My Dad been doing this for years or anytime we put fence posts up. He only do it from bottom to about 1 foot above ground to preserve the Fence's look etc... But some area he paint it all over, LOL. On the back side of our Garage, He paint them with Used Motor Oil and it's still going strong. We built our new Garage in the 90's with wood sidings and before I was born, til today 2017... There are no Sign of Damages or even Termites. It also keeps the Termites from entering the Garage too, LOL. Rain or even soaked surround have no effect on the sidings. :)))))))))))))))
Mixing the diesel with the oil first and then straining might make the process go quicker.
So glad I came across this video. Will save me and my wife a lot of money on stain plus it's reusing old oil. Awesome. Thanks for posting the video back up!
treethompson - heck yeah man... forgot to mention it makes the wood termite and pest proof... best of luck bro!
That looks absolutely beautiful, and I need to change the oil in my truck anyway lol.
This is fantastic , better than any product on the shelves in the shops.
super cool!! I agree that commercial stain cannot be that environmentally friendly. Not to mention you are foregoing the entire manufacturing process for the stain and reclaiming a product that would otherwise require intense processing for recycling. Well done man!
Paint strainers are free at most hardware/paint stores. Mix first then filter. Just a thought!
did it this morn and into afternoon..looks awesome..love the color and easy to do..thanks man.
been using this for years. good vid, well done!
It's beautiful! I love the color!! Makes me want to do the whole house lol
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This used oil stain can't be any more harmful to the environment than "normal" stain. Ordinary stains contain harmful chemicals that have all kinds of warnings involved. I don't see a problem with this procedure. Thanks for the information!
Better to apply it with a brush, ideally.
It’s LESS harmful than big trucks burning diesel and engines burning oils.
Great idea👍🏼!
Thank you for sharing, you have saved me $1000s. I have weather exposed floor trusses that I just bought for a solar project then hesitant to use them doe to future exposure to sun & rain, now I know how to sole that problem and use my $200 trusses instead of buying steel. Thanks again.
On my dad's farm he had many trailers with wooden floors that stood outside yr round. He would use his used Tractor, etc Motor oil to protect the wood floors. We still have one that was built in 1949 and still has the original Pine Wood floor. Other then chipping from shovels etc,,it's still solid.
⬆️ that’s what I’m talking about! I do it every year. It works great! The ole timers taught me. These new age hipsters wanna flame all over me about environmental stuff. I would bet that store bought wood stain is as bad, or worse for the environment than this mix. It recycled the used oil to a concentrated project. And makes is last years longer. Thanks man, take care.
@@BrianEaly What color does yours turn out?
This should work perfectly on my new utility trailer deck boards👍 Thanks brother
Just done plywood trailer base looks great..lol and my new wooden gates new and old fence posts and beams.. didn't do the fence panels looks great.
That's called being resourceful. My dad used to used diesel for a lot stuff, even to clean the tractor and to clean hand from oil. I'm doing this on a tool shed we made from free wood pallets. I had seen people in mexico using this for fences and wood rooms. I had never seen the combination of both oil and diesel. It's not that bad for the environment. There are worst things out there so dont worry about that. The fence looks nice, I'm ready to do my toolshed.
My father in Australian painted his fences the same. 30 years later they still great strong fences....thankyou
That looks awesome! Thanks for sharing.
You are also making your wood last longer so it saves more trees in the long run.
Ryan ryan,
Don't forget, trees are a RENEWABLE resource; it's easy to plant/propagate more trees from cuttings.
@@rfoehn5215 tell that to the Rain forest ya anti-treehugger 🙃
This is awesome information. Thanks very much for sharing. I have heard about this, but did not have the recipe!
It works perfect and protects wood, the beams in the railroad tracks are cured with something similar and they last many years.
I've always brushed used motor oil on the boards used around my horses. It looks great, protects the wood. Also, the horses don't chew the boards!
@@brotherjoey4580 I used it on my stall boards. It keeps the horses from chewing the wood. We built our stalls inside an existing barn. It must have been about 26 yrs ago. Yes, it is just used engine oil.
@@brotherjoey4580 No, but I have to say, if I ever built another wood fence, I would use the oil on it for sure.
"Im sure people are going to say spraying gas and oil around in the yard isnt good for the environment ............. and Im sure its not" Thank you for your candor. This had me in hysterics.
This said, Im no expert on the environment, but you ARE technically recycling the oil, and creosote is just as toxic, and requires more processing. Thanks for the video.
To make it easier mix oil and diesel together first and then strain it , it will strain a lot faster ! You’re right farmers have been doing this for years I learned this from my uncle which is a farmer .!
Repeat for two years then every five years .
I love the color shade! thx for this tip! I would have to put electric fencing Inside to prevent my horses to chew the oiled wood and get sick.
Mine hate the taste.
1 smell, no touch, no cribbing.
Thanks for the info Brian.
I've heard of this method and even though I service trucks for a living and have access to gallons of waste oil never did get around to trying it out. Btw, has anyone used this on small out buildings. I'm thinking of trying this out on an 8x12ft shed.
An alternative, if you don't have access to used motor oil, is to mix the diesel fuel with brush grade roofing tar. Diluted down, the tar is dark brown and has the same water repellent qualities. Not free, but much cheaper than store bought stain. Applied it to a new white cedar fence last year - looks great.
And now after 3 years how does it look?… is it time for another coat?
@@valleyquail1790 It still looks the same.
@@Robert.E.Edmondson glad to hear that, I’m just putting the last few boards in a fence I’m using to subdivide my backyard. Thanks for the reply.
@@valleyquail1790 When I posted my original comment the fence was 1 year old, so it has now been four years. I applied the mixture before assembling the fence, with all of the planks lying flat. Made it much easier because the mixture was thin as water. The white cedar really absorbed it. White cedar, here in Southern Ontario, the settlers used for all their split rail farm fencing. Very rot resistant. Many of those fences are still standing and sound. I bought the planks from a local sawmill because the big building suppliers do not stock white cedar.
Great idea doing it right next to the tomatoes after the fence is installed.
Wow that’s amazing I will do that to my fence when I finally get up my fence
Love what you're doing. The color may depend on what that oil came out of. Oil from a diesel farm tractor turned my test patch black. Your fence is really pretty. I'd like to get that color.
You could probably use more diesel fuel to lighten the color just a thought! Worth a try
Bad for the environment? Don’t stain it and you’ll need to have more trees chopped to replace the fence
And what do you think is in oil base stain???? Hello
@@Trumptrain2024Vance not just oil and diesel fuel, which never actually "cures". I agree, it's debatable which is more or less environmentally safe. Probably store bought is safer, but the manufacturing process is probably much worse!
Yup
Jonathan Randall ever stopped to consider how other stains and wood treatments are made.at least this is recycling.try watering your plants with any of them and the result will be the same.dead plants
Where did you think the big companies that make stain get this ideal from?? From the old guys! Like the pioneers.
Really good idea. Re-using it is recycling it. It's actually worse if you take it to your local recycling center because it ends up in a refinery here it's burnt to purify it which contaminates the air . At least this way it's absorbed into the wood.
I will be borrowing your idea or the idea of the farmers from back in the day thank you very much you have saved me hundreds of dollars I appreciate it thank you for your video
Oil and diesel comes from the ground..fossilized organic vegetation
My grandfather used it for dust abatement and wood treatment.
I use a piece of screen wire to filter the oil, works good I met an old man that uses a small amount diesel fuel on a rag to buff his car, the car shines and rain beads up
I guess he doesn't think wax is useful?
@@boots7859 he said using diesel fuel was easier just rub it on, no wax on, wax off but his kitchen floor had a beautiful shine from waxing..
I converted a boat trailer to a utility trailer using reclaimed old deck planking for the floor & pine shelving from an office clean out for the sides. I applied this mixture using a paint brush, it is just past 3 years & the wood is still holding up despite hauling tons of mulch, sand, stone & fire wood. Showing sings of wear but the wood cost was labor the oil was recycled & the diesel was also recycled, from blowing out fuel line to the boiler. It works 👍
Works really good on treating car trailers also. I under coat my pickup truck every year with diesel and chain saw bar oil, sticks to the metal better
In Poland , my grand father always used old engine oil to protect wood like this.
Back in mother poland, fence sprays you.
Could we use fresh engine oil? Will that be as good?
@@KenNguyen-cn8ou I believe he mentioned that used oil will darken the wood, which is usually desirable. But if you don't want it to darken much, new oil would probably be fine. BUT expensive!
@@yourmomsfavorite4199 ahan
@@KenNguyen-cn8ou Yes new oil works great! Not expensive at all compared to the crap they sell at Lowes or Homedepot.
My grandfather used motor oil and kerosene to stain his cattle fence for more than 30 years. My memory is not as good as it used to be but I don't remember him ever replacing a post.
Tim Russell I was wandering if kerosene could be used instead of diesel fuel. I have some old kerosene. Do you mix 50% 50% kerosene and oil?
@@shanec4441 I am not sure how he mixed it (thats almost 50 years ago for me) so you will have to figure out what works best for you. But I can tell you the more motor oil you use the darker the fence post turn. If you don't want the fence poles to turn black like old motor oil use more kerosene then oil. This was used by the older farmers because its all they had back then. Thompson's Water Seal does the same thing and its much better on the environment. Also you do not want to do this with animals in the fields, do it when you are rotating your livestock to another pasture. Also now days you might get in trouble if your caught doing this with all the laws now days. Do it at your own risk, there are much safer way to protect fence poles now days.
It's no more harsh than the commercial products....Great Video and information...
Thank you. Great way to recycle. Might be bad for environment but good for the wood. 👍👍
I'm going to build 350 feet of fence , will pre treat wood before building with a paint roller so all treatment will be on the wood . Love the colour , looks great , so cheap . Did a test on some wood and the treatment may run but dries even with no run marks. Fool proof.
Brian - heck yeah, price is about 1.50 a gallon. Can't beat it... works like a charm. Best of luck man, take care!
If you could figure out a way to soak your wood in this mixture for a few days so that it would be completely permeated, your fence would outlast you. Hard to soak that much timber at once, I know, but if you could soak some of it a few days at a time. We used to have an old feed trough where we kept some posts soaking all the time so when we needed to add or replace posts, we were ready. Much different than a whole new fence, I know. You'd be surprised at how much a few posts will soak up if you get the mixture right.
@@donaldsharpe You can soak the part that goes in the ground and do the exposed part after.
the wood is soaking it up with just light mist landing on the grass. very little if any would be soaking into the ground if done correctly. its not like you stain a fence every year. its rarely needed & most store bought stains are oil base as well. he's not pouring gallons of oil on the ground. looks good, saves money, I dig it. thumbs up
Jason Voorhees - exactly! Thanks man... I appreciate it!
plus, where do people think the oil comes from...the ground! well, deeper that is but still. excellent idea
Cool. I learned something new today. The fences looking nice. Good job there.
lnesland - thanks, I appreciate it!
Just got hold of your video, good stuff I'm in west Africa m the termites are the beast out here, so everything is built with cement. Hopefully this will change the game for me to start building with wood.thanks
Reuse-Repurpose-Recycle!!! Love it!!!
If you buy stain at home depot its still full of chemicals if you are worried about the overspray put cardboard under the edge at the ground.
yep. oil based stain is oil!- petroleum!!!!
Can it be put into any type prayer bottle if I don’t have one like the video and don’t know where to get one cause I’m disabled
@@QUEENofHEARTZ1973 that's a garden sprayer Walmart on line has them cheap. I would not try to use a spray bottle like for household cleaners because it probably wouldn't hold up to the diesel component.
Yes good point
@@QUEENofHEARTZ1973 these sprayers are $5-$10 harbour freight or princess auto
This recipe is also good for undercoating your vehicle frame or just as a rust inhibitor.
I used a mix like this years ago using kerosine and motor oil if you mix in some plastic roof cement (I know it looks black) it makes the mix a deep rich brown or walnut color.
I too like to slather oil and listen to Steve Earle, Misfits and Pantera.
Side note. Also works as week killer so any that misses the fence kills the plants it gets on so yall spray accurately!
Thanks for the water demonstration. I was wondering about that.
When my grandpa built two new hay racks, we used oil and brushed it on....late 1960’s. Great memories!!
All due respect to Gramps, but probably best not to use it on animal feeding equipment, a few drops will get onto the hay, not ideal.
I was skeptical of your thought process,until I saw that Misfits sticker on your door.........Carry on!
My grandpa would drill holes diagonally through the post at ground level that would come out the bottom of the post so he could oil them yearly. Add a little oil and cap with a plug.
Like oil inside the post?
@@noetobar5018 The oil would run out of the lowest point of the diagonal and keep the post from rotting at the bottom. The plug is at the exposed part of the diagonal so water can't get into it. Or, you plug both ends and trap the oil in the middle and it will travel to the bottom of the posts. Not sure which one he is talking about, but I'm sure it's to keep the post from rotting.
Used motor and diesel best way doing it. Thank you video sir.👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Beautiful yard and fence!
All the posts I put in the ground get soaked in a five gallon bucket of junk oil.
Some have been in the ground for over a decade and still solid.
The termites Never bother them!
Other wood gets painted with straight oil, (Weather proof) like gates , rails etc.
Nerol Salguod are they treated posts and then you dunk them, or are they regular cedar posts then dunked?
Nerol Salguod. Will clean oil work as well?
10 years still early days,will last least 3x that!
Hahaha... I'm gonna tell the wife I need hundreds of bucks to stain the fence and a new paint sprayer while I'm telling that whopper.
Beautiful property and beautiful fence!
Charles Hildebrand - thanks man, appreciate it!
Awesome, I will use it accordingly.
Need to do my shed the service light has just come on
woodprix includes very useful plans with all details I need
Superb!
I had no idea you could do that , but its nice and cheap . I have painted up all my four by fours with it.
Great video. It would probably be faster if you mixed the oil and diesel before filtering it. Thanks for the video!
The farm I grew up on, the barn was painted only once with used oil and powdered red lead. It was still red when the property was sold. Good for a hundred years or so.
Mix your oil and diesel FIRST . it will go threw the filter much faster and save time.
True that, thanks
YES. Awesome video. I build with pallets/pallet wood and the used motor oil/diesel mixture is all I use. I have just been using an old paint brush. I never even thought of using a sprayer. It is ON NOW!
Hello i am building a fence with old pallets, i am going to soft wash them then can i use thus mixture? what ratio you use in yours? Thanks
I've got a couple of sheds that I built back in the 80's and I used white oak posts on both. When I change oil in my truck or my wife's car or my tractor I place the old oil filter upside down beside a post and let it drain. All the posts are still solid.
rclaws - I'm with you man... this works... tried and tested... I have had so many "environmental" people attack me over and over and over - I originally deleted the video. Then I was like screw this... & put it back up. Don't care about the extreme snowflake liberals any more. Guess Hank JR said it best... country boys can survive. Take care brother.
Con:
A lightning strike ends your fence.
Lol
Then again, a lightning strike usually ends anything it hits. lol
I'm pretty sure a direct lightning strike to any wood fence would end it.
Anyone ever used Royal Purple motor oil (unused) to see how the color comes out? I'm curious of the results.
Also, does anyone suggest maybe mixing a small amount of red oil based paint into clean motor oil to produce a Redwood or Mahogany color?
i'm thinking about buying cheap dollar store oil and a tiny can of red and try mixing it to see how it comes out, but if you'd tried this I'd greatly appreciate some info.
Why not use ochre? Or other powdered concrete colour?
I like it! I wonder about spraying treated pole barn posts with it before I put them in the ground?
Well done, love the color! Thank you 😊