Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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Painting closet trim/baseboards
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? thank you! |
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With no sanding, correct?
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Do not put oil based paint over latex
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I am not sure, but I would be surprised if your house has oil based paint. I would scrape off a piece and take it to a paint store to see if they can tell you what type it is. My guess is water based.
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The touch-up paint I received when purchasing the home was water-based clean up brushes with water. You should sand wood lightly aids in adhesion of new paint to old.
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Check with the Villages Warranty Dept. They have records of all the materials used in building your house.
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Our house circa 2009, according to warranty dept, is all latex inc doors & trim. Doors & trim was semi-gloss. Paint was from Florida Paint. They gave us the color number and Florida Paint duplicated it 100%. Tried a "color matched" paint from Lowes originally when we moved in in 2017 and while it was close it was very obvious on the walls where it was repainted. The Florida Paint was 100% perfect. Bottom line, check with warranty dept,
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No sanding is necessary unless you want to even out pealing paint.
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Our 2013 vintage house has OIL based paint for the trim, I have the original touchup paint. I would go to Sherwin Williams and get the suitable primer to allow painting a latex paint over oil based paint. Sanding may be involved as I have not tried this yet.
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Oil or latex
You can determine if your woodwork is oil or latex by sanding a small painted area and smelling the sandpaper. You can use latex paint over oil base paint, but it is not recommended to use oil base paint over latex. QUOTE=jayerose;1863464]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? thank you![/QUOTE] |
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