best way to tell if the wall has oil or latex paint?? - Contractor Talk - Professional Construction and Remodeling Forum

Zeebo · 11-08-2005, 07:00 PM

Can someone tell me the best way to determine if a wall has oil base paint vs. latex? Do you use accertone, varsol, etc. Tell me what you use and how you do it. Thanks very much.

Zeebo

**Teetorbilt** · 11-08-2005, 07:05 PM

Latex will come off with alcohol, oil won't. Basic rule of thumb. I'm sure that there are exceptions like everything else.

Zeebo · 11-08-2005, 07:21 PM

So let me clarify....are you talking rubbing alcohol that you buy at the local pharmacy??

George Z · 11-08-2005, 07:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Zeebo

So let me clarify....are you talking rubbing alcohol that you buy at the local pharmacy??

Rubbing alcohol will do, also methyl hydrate or gas line anti-freeze

**Teetorbilt** · 11-08-2005, 08:02 PM

We use denatured, it is carried on most of the trucks all of the time. It has many uses, mostly as a cleaning agent but also useful in many stoves during power outages.

Zeebo · 11-08-2005, 08:10 PM

thanks guys

Flying Colours · 11-10-2005, 10:41 AM

dont you guys have the paint detective at your paint distributors. i swear by them benjamin moore gives them to me all the time for free but if you bought them i think they are 50 cents. its just like a finger wipe you get a the restaurant

George Z · 11-10-2005, 07:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Flying Colours

dont you guys have the paint detective at your paint distributors. i swear by them benjamin moore gives them to me all the time for free but if you bought them i think they are 50 cents. its just like a finger wipe you get a the restaurant

Alcocol pads work the same