Painting Myths
Because I am painting my home again these next few entries are going to be about painting your home.
Contrary to popular belief you can paint over oil or alkyd paint with latex paint. All you need to do is clean your walls that are to be painted with a acrylic primer, then the lateex paint can be applied. If you don't know if your walls have an oil base, go to the nearest paint store and see if they have a test kit. Or you can use methyl hydrate (gas line anti freeze for your car) or a non actone based nail polish remover.
Apply a small amountto a cotton ball and rub on the surface of the paint in question. If the surface remains shiny it is oil based if the paint color is stripped away it is latex. I have also heard if you take a small piece of paint that is peeling off and light a match to it, you can see if black smoke comes off it, which would mean a presence of oil base products.
