Ronseal vs Cuprinol (stone shades)

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I am after a neutral shade for my garden fence. I like Cuprinol natural stone but it’s coming in quite expensive for my 70m2 of fencing. I have seen Ronseal warm stone but that appears to look quite grey unless you do multiple coats (some suggesting 4+)

Just wondering if anyone else had experience with these brands and/or shades?

I used Cuprinol Muted Clay. We have 9 panels to do, the rest is hedges and wall. It has held up pretty well, but is flaking now after being on for 6 years. Our neighbours liked the shade so much, they have the same shade for their fence. We have also used it on the shed and that has fared better.

We chose between natural stone and muted clay. We thought the natural stone looked too grey / blue grey for our garden.

When you paint it, there is a time limit that you must complete the second and any subsequent coats within. Paint fewer panels but with extra coats rather than paining one coat on lots of panels and running out of time as it starts to cure and second coats look messy if done after 8 hours.

Thank you, really helpful!

I used Zinsser All Coat - you get the paint mixed to the shade you want - no idea if it's cheaper than the paints you have mentioned - it coats well but it's not cheap.
Two coats are needed for full coverage.

I will certainly settle for 2 coats, haven’t found a brand online that people haven’t said needs at least 2 coats. Ronseal is the cheapest but have heard it can take 4 coats to get to the colour intended and I don’t fancy that!

If you have a Brewers closeby go there. They will advise, I think there might be a cheaper paint that does the same job as Zinsser All Coat but I love Zinsser so much I wouldn't use anything else. First coat primes, second coat give you the depth of colour - they say it's guaranteed for 10 years ( but that will be a professional prep job) It's water-based and recoatable after an hour (colder weather will take longer)