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Old 11-21-2020, 07:10 AM
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Originally Posted by jayerose View Post
My house is 8 years old and am guessing that the trim/baseboards were painted with oil based paint.

When the rest of the house was painted a few weeks ago professionally, the painters sanded the trim/baseboards prior to painting them.

What I can tell from my google research, sanding is required if they painted with a latex paint.

Can I paint the closet trim/baseboards with oil based paint and skip the sanding?

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You only need to sand if you are changing types of paint. If they are oil based then you can do oil base without sanding.