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<blockquote data-quote="SRBeef" data-source="post: 688016" data-attributes="member: 7509"><p>I would be careful not to use anything which might give off reflections if the sun is in a certain spot. I went to a lumber yard and asked if they had any damaged plywood. They had a whole stack. I took all of the lighter mostly 1/4" for 10 bucks I think or something in that range.</p><p></p><p>I don't know if it was CDX or whatever. For the price I'll replace it in a few years as needed. I've never really seen my cattle push on the plywood at all. It's just a visual barrier so they can't see through the gates aand then stay calmer.</p><p></p><p>I rolled exterior tan-ish colored flat house paint on at least one side and then used 12 ga fence brace wire thru drilled holes to wire it to the gates and twisted the wire together around the gate pipes on the back side. If I had more time before needing them up the first time I would have rolled on a couple coats of house paint on both sides and the edges.</p><p></p><p>Most paint stores have some gallons of mis-mixed house paint they will sell you for quite a bit off to get rid of it. The cattle don't really care if it all matches! Just lighter color, flat/non glossy, no reflection works well. jmho. Jim.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SRBeef, post: 688016, member: 7509"] I would be careful not to use anything which might give off reflections if the sun is in a certain spot. I went to a lumber yard and asked if they had any damaged plywood. They had a whole stack. I took all of the lighter mostly 1/4" for 10 bucks I think or something in that range. I don't know if it was CDX or whatever. For the price I'll replace it in a few years as needed. I've never really seen my cattle push on the plywood at all. It's just a visual barrier so they can't see through the gates aand then stay calmer. I rolled exterior tan-ish colored flat house paint on at least one side and then used 12 ga fence brace wire thru drilled holes to wire it to the gates and twisted the wire together around the gate pipes on the back side. If I had more time before needing them up the first time I would have rolled on a couple coats of house paint on both sides and the edges. Most paint stores have some gallons of mis-mixed house paint they will sell you for quite a bit off to get rid of it. The cattle don't really care if it all matches! Just lighter color, flat/non glossy, no reflection works well. jmho. Jim. [/QUOTE]
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