Latex Paint Over Oil Based Paint

Latex Paint Over Oil Based Paint

The application of latex/acrylic paint over oil base paint and the complications that can arise.

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• What kind of primer over oil based paint? - I want to use latex paint over oil based paint. I understand I should prime first. My question is, should my primer be latex or oil based primer?
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• Can I use a paint/primer latex combo over oil based paint? - My bathroom is painted with an oil based gloss enamel. I would like to switch to a latex base. Can I use one of the new primer/paint combos?
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• Latex paint over oil-based paint ON WALLS - When I bought my century old home, it had been completely repainted. Soon, after I noticed that the slightest bump or rub with furniture took the new paint right off. I've been in denial for years now. We've just been very careful not to "disturb"...
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• Interior painting, latex over oil? - I have oil based paint on a wall, I would like to paint it with latex paint...is this possible?
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• Can I use 44 year old paint if it is still usable? - I live in a warm, dry climate (So Calif). I will be doing interior painting for baseboard and molding in one average-sized room. In looking in my "painting cupboard", I came across an unopened quart of exterior paint (Ameritone). I wrote on t...
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• Semi-gloss latex over semi-gloss oil interior. - I need to paint hallway and it had been painted with oil. I now wish to use latex semi-gloss. Is this OK?
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• Type of Primer To Use - What kind of primer should I use to go from oil base paint to latex?
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• Paiting oil base over latex? - Can you paint oil base over latex?
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• Oil Over Latex - The original surface was latex. So, I used a oil based primer and then an oil based paint over that. Is this OK?
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• Latex over oil! - We are working on a house that had latex applied over oil. The new owners want oil paint applied on all the interior trim, doors, mop boards, etc. The house is huge and to strip all the latex off is going to be extremely time consuming and expen...
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• Changing From Oil Based Paint To Latex - What do I have to do to change walls from oil based paint to a latex paint. Are there special steps I have to do?
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• Painting Over Interior Alkyd High Gloss - I have painted all my rooms with a high gloss Alkyd paint. Now I have an Acrylic paint in a satin finish which I would like to use. What type of primer should I use? Do the walls have to be sanded first or can I use Liquid Sandpaper to clean th...
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• Can you paint latex over oil base on walls? - Walls have been painted with oil base. Can you paint over them with latex without primer coat.
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• Painting Over an Alkyd Paint With a Water Based Paint - I just painted a room with an alkyd base paint with one coat. Can i now paint a second coat with a water based paint?
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• Latex Paint Applied Over Oil Base Paint Without Priming - I have a real problem. A contractor applied latex over oil base paint on interior doors and trim. The latex did not adhere and can be stripped off easily with a finger nail. He does not want to strip off the latex and repaint. He wants to sand and...
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