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Latex over oil? ? ? Ray 09-10-2007
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Posted by Ray on September 10, 2007, 10:13 am
We live in an 80-year-old house which probably has a dozen coats of oil-base
white paint on the exterior wood windows.

We are coming up on a painting cycle and sooner or later will have to switch
to latex paint.

I assume this will mean starting with a coat of good primer. Should this be
oil, or water-based primer?



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Posted by Mikepier on September 10, 2007, 10:41 am
> We live in an 80-year-old house which probably has a dozen coats of oil-base
> white paint on the exterior wood windows.
>
> We are coming up on a painting cycle and sooner or later will have to switch
> to latex paint.
>
> I assume this will mean starting with a coat of good primer. Should this be
> oil, or water-based primer?

Why switch to latex? If it's exterior, it should be oil-based paint.


Posted by Ray on September 10, 2007, 11:04 am
I am under the impression that oil is being phased out and is beginning to
be hard to get, although I'm sure white oil will be available for sometime.


>> We live in an 80-year-old house which probably has a dozen coats of
>> oil-base
>> white paint on the exterior wood windows.
>>
>> We are coming up on a painting cycle and sooner or later will have to
>> switch
>> to latex paint.
>>
>> I assume this will mean starting with a coat of good primer. Should this
>> be
>> oil, or water-based primer?
>
> Why switch to latex? If it's exterior, it should be oil-based paint.
>



Posted by on September 10, 2007, 11:31 am

>> We live in an 80-year-old house which probably has a dozen coats of
>> oil-base
>> white paint on the exterior wood windows.
>>
>> We are coming up on a painting cycle and sooner or later will have to
>> switch
>> to latex paint.
>>
>> I assume this will mean starting with a coat of good primer. Should this
>> be
>> oil, or water-based primer?
>
> Why switch to latex? If it's exterior, it should be oil-based paint.
>
Where can you get oil-based paint? Oil-based primer, yes, but there isn't
anyone around here (upstate NY) who carries oil-based paint. My local paint
store can't get any.



Posted by on September 10, 2007, 11:47 am
> Where can you get oil-based paint? Oil-based primer, yes, but there isn't
> anyone around here (upstate NY) who carries oil-based paint. My local paint
> store can't get any.

I believe NY, and a few other states have banned 1 gallon containers
of oil based paint (claiming some sort of emissions nonsense). You
can still buy it in other sizes.


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