I searched and couldn’t find a simple answer. Do you like oil or latex for interior trim? I like oil sprayed on, but I have a client from the NE who I think is going to push for latex. I know in a perfect world you can get latex to finish like oil, but as of this morning the world is not perfect.
So, oil or latex?
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Ncbuilder I like oil for looks and wear on trim...Latex can be sprayed and will flow and lay nicely with some flowtrol...don't be shy to try lacquer....very easy to use sands nicely drys fast and is durable...just keep sparks and babies away from fumes. stinky
I like them both. Totally up to the clients preference. But I get to pick which oil or latex. Hey, I'm the one who's name is on it. If it's oil, I use an industrial enamel which I cut down a little for spraying. If it's latex, it's Sherwin's Pro Classic. It looks like oil, it's all acrylic so it's sturdy. I can't for the life of me remember their name for it, but they have another product which is almost identical but is so heavy bodied it just about wont sag no matter what you do to it. I've been meaning to try that. RP doors sometimes hack me off. You'll have 10 perfect and that little run you get on #11 takes forever to fix and have looking right.
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I think they used to call that Monarch. A very good latex trim paint. Stuff goes on like glass, never yellows.
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academic question since they're taking oil off the market.
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I thought that I just read that it is not going to be sold in large containers any more, just quarts and smaller. Is this right or not?
yeah, the idea is that they don't want it used anymore, but they still have to make it available for touchup work so the quarts and pints can be had, but look at what you then end up paying per gallon, plus all the time to open cans and re-book it.
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Is this an environmental issue, or because latex is better?
Better is arguable from different points of view. But reduction of the volatile organic compounds by lifelong painters is the reason they are reducing use of oil based paints.
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Hi there, as a painter for the last twenty years or so working in mostly the high end of things, with most of it being a sprayed oil finish. I've gotten all suited up and sprayed more oil and laquer than I can remember. Too much I guess. But I have come to believe for a number of reasons the best overall finish is going to be latex, not the least of which are the health and environmental factors. Among the other reasons I've begun to favor latex is that oil paints that don't get much exposure to light yellow, and latex dries a whole lot faster than oil. I think these attributes make it easier to touchup further down the road. Anyway, just some thoughts.