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Old 11-21-2020, 09:04 AM
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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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If you’re house trim was painted with oil based paint and you want to paint over it with oil based paint then YES you can do that. Just make sure to give it a good dusting. My house is 10 years old and it was most definitely painted with oil paint on the trim. I think that the newer homes are using latex paint for the trim now. Oil based paint seems to be more durable in my opinion.