Metal gate colors

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I have some metal gates, like in the picture, in need of a paint job. For those of you that like things spiffy and neat, what color do you like best? No big deal, but since I'm going to the trouble of doing it, I may as well do it right. I'm debating among black, green, red, or gray. My 15 year old daughter is weighing in as well. She thinks we should not paint them all the same, but some variety. Anyone here have a favorite gate color?

Not my gate, but just an example picture.
farm%20gates.jpg
 
Paint them all different colors. That will make it easier to give directions later on. "go open the hot pink gate and close the neon green one" is a whole lot clearer instruction than, "open that gate up on top, you know the one by the rock. Then close the other top gate, you know... the one by the rock."
 
cow pollinater":16wxwe53 said:
Paint them all different colors. That will make it easier to give directions later on. "go open the hot pink gate and close the neon green one" is a whole lot clearer instruction than, "open that gate up on top, you know the one by the rock. Then close the other top gate, you know... the one by the rock."

Hey, Good idea! Explaining the whereabouts of something does get a little cumbersome at times, especially with younger ones.
 
cow pollinater":28gmenoo said:
Paint them all different colors. That will make it easier to give directions later on. "go open the hot pink gate and close the neon green one" is a whole lot clearer instruction than, "open that gate up on top, you know the one by the rock. Then close the other top gate, you know... the one by the rock."

That is a good idea minus the hot pink lol
 
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cow pollinater":2c5qr2ug said:
Paint them all different colors. That will make it easier to give directions later on. "go open the hot pink gate and close the neon green one" is a whole lot clearer instruction than, "open that gate up on top, you know the one by the rock. Then close the other top gate, you know... the one by the rock."

Well that's it, I'm going to paint my gates.

Does rustoleum have hot pink?
 
Deepsouth":kyk15lxk said:
cow pollinater":kyk15lxk said:
Paint them all different colors. That will make it easier to give directions later on. "go open the hot pink gate and close the neon green one" is a whole lot clearer instruction than, "open that gate up on top, you know the one by the rock. Then close the other top gate, you know... the one by the rock."

Well that's it, I'm going to paint my gates.

Does rustoleum have hot pink?

DS, I am looking our for you again and yes they do have it in hot pink :lol2:

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herofan":2pltm365 said:
I have some metal gates, like in the picture, in need of a paint job. For those of you that like things spiffy and neat, what color do you like best? No big deal, but since I'm going to the trouble of doing it, I may as well do it right. I'm debating among black, green, red, or gray. My 15 year old daughter is weighing in as well. She thinks we should not paint them all the same, but some variety. Anyone here have a favorite gate color?

Not my gate, but just an example picture.
farm%20gates.jpg
If they are Tarter gates, bet they are. Tarter makes their gates in Ky. In fact, I bet some of their plants are no far from you. The color of Tarter gates signify their strength or gauge of metal. Strongest Red. Then I think Blue. The lightest weight is Green.
 
Most if them around here are green when we buy them, so I get tired of them.

When we re paint one or pain new pipe fence I'm using brown on everything now. Out of all the colors brown will look the best the longest after it starts to rust a little. Green and any light color shows it pretty bad. There is a ranch around here that paints all there gates and fence Kubota orange, it looks good for a while but after it starts to fade I wouldn't want it.
 
I’ve painted all of my wooden fences white and my gates red. Why? I think it goes back to my early childhood. My Speak ‘N’ Spell and the “Little Golden Books” taught me that a farm should be clean and well-groomed with red barns and outbuildings and white fences and “Z” supports on the barn doors. So naturally, I’m trying to re-gain my youth by asking my farm look like it was in a children’s book! 😂
 

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