![]() Vinyl fences, due to the makeup of the product, really need little to no maintenance, ever. Painted fences need painting almost every year. For those who have painted fences, you may quickly notice scratches and damage due to normal property maintenance. Something to note is these easy-to-care-for light colored vinyl fences hold up well to routine property maintenance, including most types of weed eaters. In return, many reputable fencing companies have opted not to carry darker colors as an option so they can still guarantee lifetime warranties on their vinyl fences, as they know the light-colored vinyl fencing is able to hold up long-term to all conditions, including heat. A dark brown vinyl fence (versus white or lighter color) in the Texas sun could wind up drooping over or even laying flat out on your lawn. Vinyl, even with proper components, will store the sun’s radiant energy and cause the product to be hotter than the air temperature. This is why you don’t typically see vinyl in dark colors. And dark colors only amplify the warping of the vinyl, because the darker the fence, the more heat is attracted, and the more pliable and warped it becomes. ![]() So when continually beaten by the sun’s UV rays, it begins to look more like taffy than a fence. This is where the bigger problem comes into play. The process involves tweaking some of the manufacturing steps to produce a durable and maintenance free-fence in many different, darker colors. Titanium dioxide is a white pigment, making it more difficult to manufacture vinyl fencing in darker colors, but recently fencing manufacturers have found ways to achieve this. Now, titanium dioxide is a main component in inhibiting these UV rays, meaning vinyl fences now offer long-term durability, flexibility and weather-ability. Though for this to be accomplished something needed to be added to the vinyl to allow it to hold up to UV light rays, which is how titanium dioxide was introduced to the mix. This was overlooked because PVC pipe is typically behind walls and underground.Īs vinyl fencing became more popular, customers began using it in more outdoor applications. Yet the PVC pipe industry forgot an important factor when they made their first vinyl fencing: ultraviolet rays break down PVC. It has long-term durability and structural integrity because of the base ingredient, PVC (polyvinyl chloride). Vinyl fencing was born from the PVC pipe industry. Does it come in any other, darker colors? The short answer is it does, but most vinyl fence manufacturers don’t offer it and with good reason. ![]() Have you ever wondered whether vinyl fencing comes in any other colors than white? It seems like that’s all you can find when you look at vinyl fence models.
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