Browse Forums DIY, Home Maintenance & Repair 1 Aug 21, 2013 3:32 pm Got bunch of old indoor, outdoor door and window wooden frames need to be re-painted. Based on the test I have done so far, all of them are oil based. My plan of attack is to use water based paint for indoor frames. My understanding is as long as I prime (oil based primer?) them first, it's ok to paint water based paint over oil based paint? I suppose the outdoor frame will be best painted with oil based paint. Look at Bunnings got me really got confused. Search for "Oil based paint", most result come back are Decking oils. How about the exterior oil-based paint? Really have no idea which one I should go for... Hope any painting gurus here can shed some lights on this. Thanks, Re: Oil based painting basics - hope I got them right 2Aug 21, 2013 4:56 pm I would never use water based paint for doors or frames, or skirtings, or archs. I HATE it. Doesn't have anywhere near as good a finish and it scratches more easily. look at this link for info. http://voices.yahoo.com/home-painting-t ... 53179.html Re: Oil based painting basics - hope I got them right 3Aug 21, 2013 10:53 pm travelbug I would never use water based paint for doors or frames, or skirtings, or archs. I HATE it. Doesn't have anywhere near as good a finish and it scratches more easily. See, that's where I am getting confused... People say use oil-based for wood. But most popular product I found on the market are Latex based, even for exterior painting. You jump on those Youtube videos and blogs, tones of people are painting window and door jambs with latex based paint. Anyway, any good product you can recommend for oil-based paint? Re: Oil based painting basics - hope I got them right 4Aug 24, 2013 4:36 pm People like it because it is water based and much easier to clean up. That's why I used it "once". I bought a house that had the skirtings done with it. Some of it I scraped off with a spatula (nothing else). I've had to scrape and repaint all of them. I love the finish on full gloss oil based paints. It's really worth the hassle. I through rollers away after use but a good paint brush is worth it's weight in gold so make sure you get one and clean it properly. I still get it recommended to me in the likes of Bunning etc. Some of the workers there have never painted anything in their life. Do you mean what brand? Any decent paint brand is OK. After a few years you'll appreciate that you did it with oil based. Re: Oil based painting basics - hope I got them right 5Aug 26, 2013 8:46 am m... I may use a pro painter for the door and windows. Anyone can suggest a good one around eastern Melbourne? Women@Work seems a quite friendly mob. Kind pricey though, their usual whole house quote is from $4~5k based what I can see from Womo. Re: Oil based painting basics - hope I got them right 6Nov 18, 2013 8:12 pm Oil based colors are best for outdoors,because they are usually exposed to water,sunlight and these things.Oil based can can resist these things to an extent. Thanks I'm about to put down some Merbau. Is it necessary to oil underneath the boards before laying? 0 1933 Hi, as per the subject. Does anyone have any recommendations for the best value decking oil (Bunning is close to where I live) for a treated pine deck? Thanks 0 10971 Hi We are building in the Hunter Valley, our soil test is H1, our builder has advised us they need to have a letter signed for Fair Trading as the new drainage standard… 0 3551 |