Pickets and scaffold boards

Hi all,
Placed an order for pickets to replace on my front garden fence - I visited the timber yard and noticed the pickets are a bit rough, as opposed to my current ones than at perfectly smooth.
With 40+ pickets, sanding will be a job and a half. Could layers of paint do the trick?
Im also placing behind the picket fence scaffold board to stop the soil and debris spilling onto the pavement and rotting the pickets - also to raise the depth of soil available. Is it worth painting the board for protection and aesthetics? Or just line with plastic on the soil side?
Cheers
tp
Placed an order for pickets to replace on my front garden fence - I visited the timber yard and noticed the pickets are a bit rough, as opposed to my current ones than at perfectly smooth.
With 40+ pickets, sanding will be a job and a half. Could layers of paint do the trick?
Im also placing behind the picket fence scaffold board to stop the soil and debris spilling onto the pavement and rotting the pickets - also to raise the depth of soil available. Is it worth painting the board for protection and aesthetics? Or just line with plastic on the soil side?
Cheers
tp
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I wouldn't worry about sanding the picket struts. If you're really concerned, a quick scuff over the fronts, and maybe the tops, with coarse sandpaper would take the worst edges off. The paint will certainly cover any rough bits and pieces. You'd need a few coats of paint anyway