Browse Forums DIY, Home Maintenance & Repair 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 1921 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 10970 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 3540 |