Best Way To Tell If The Wall Has Oil Or Latex Paint??
 
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Old 11-08-2005, 07:00 PM   #1
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Best Way To Tell If The Wall Has Oil Or Latex Paint??

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.

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Old 11-08-2005, 07:05 PM   #2
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Re: Best Way To Tell If The Wall Has Oil Or Latex Paint??

Latex will come off with alcohol, oil won't. Basic rule of thumb. I'm sure that there are exceptions like everything else.
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Re: Best Way To Tell If The Wall Has Oil Or Latex Paint??

So let me clarify....are you talking rubbing alcohol that you buy at the local pharmacy??
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Re: Best Way To Tell If The Wall Has Oil Or Latex Paint??

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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
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Re: Best Way To Tell If The Wall Has Oil Or Latex Paint??

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.
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thanks guys
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Re: Best Way To Tell If The Wall Has Oil Or Latex Paint??

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
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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
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