Painting a fence with a brush can be slow, tedious, and challenging, especially if you're short on time. Dipping your brush, slapping on paint, and fretting over drips can turn fence painting into a real faff.

Yet TikTok clip claims to have a shockingly simple fix that promises a slick, uniform coat with hardly any graft.

Believe it or not, you can throw the brush aside for a quicker, more straightforward implement – thanks to a common household item set to transform your fence-painting game. But the burning question is: what's the magic tool?

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A mere sponge is your secret weapon. A certain green-fingered guru is all over it, even posting an online video demonstrating the sponge's nifty prowess.

Forget laboriously dragging a brush over every slat; a sponge gets you a consistent lick of paint in next to no time.

The humble sponge enables rapid, streak-free coverage without those pesky drip marks traditional brushes are known for, reports .

It’s apparently quick and easy to achieve solid coverage, ideal if you're working on an extensive fence or keen to dodge patchy strokes.

Vanessa, who posted the life-changing clip, enthuses under her post that this fence-painting shortcut is "easier and quicker" than battling with brushes or sprays.

Her video caption reads: "I have tried a sprayer, brush and now a sponge and, for me, the sponge is much easier and quicker. I wish I used it last year when I painted all 20 fence panels black."

But which kind of sponge did Vanessa use? She disclosed that it was "some cheap car sponges".

She elaborated: "It goes much further than with a brush; it gets in all the nooks and crannies - and it doesn't hurt my hand!".

One user who gave Vanessa's hack a go said it was a "genius" technique that worked wonders for them.

Backing up the method, another commented they "did this on [their] shed" and managed to finish "an hour to do the whole thing with a sponge".

However, another found their wooden garden fence "ripped the sponge to bits".

And one individual was less than impressed, saying the sponge approach "did not work at all" and complained the sponge "just soaked up all the paint and barely transferred to the fence".

It looks like this could be a hack that's hit or miss depending on who tries it... the only surefire way to know is to give it a whirl yourself.