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What is an alkyd?
Alkyd is used to create paints that will dry extremely hard and will resist multiple cleanings. Normally, alkyd paints are oil-based, but there are now water based varieties. You can find alkyd paints on doors and trim both inside and outside houses.
How do you paint with alkyd?
In the past oil paints referred to either petroleum based paints or linseed based paints. Today in the USA petroleum based paints are no longer sold and it is difficult to find linseed based paints though they do exist with a small proportion of linseed oil. Alkyd paints are made with synthetic oil and are readily available and have come to be known as "oil" paint.
Can you mix oil base stain with linseed oil?
No. Oil and water don't mix. -- Oil and water can be mixed. Emulsify it. You would need to mix in the oil slowly while stirring with an electric mixer. You would need to use a large enough quantity of paint for the mixer to be submerged.
Can you stain over stained oak cabinets?
Yes, just clean with a TSP solution, sand to remove the gloss, prime with an oil based primer, then paint with two coats of either a water or oil based alkyd paint for washability and durability.
Can you use latex stain over polyurethane enforced oil based stain?
Yes, but only if the stain is a few years old and really dry. You have to wash the stain thoroughly to remove the chalked pigments and then prime it to seal the checks in the wood. One disadvantage of stain is that it will not keep the wood from checking as it dries. Either a latex of alkyd primer will work well. You can then paint it with your latex top coat.
What is an alkyd?
Alkyd is used to create paints that will dry extremely hard and will resist multiple cleanings. Normally, alkyd paints are oil-based, but there are now water based varieties. You can find alkyd paints on doors and trim both inside and outside houses.
What is the difference between wood paint and alkyd paint?
Alkyd paint has a resin in it to help the oil in the paint dry faster, oil based paint in my opinion has a more vibrant colors, both in depth an brightness, waterbased seems to be toned down some-what. Wood paint can be either water based or oil based and even water soluble oil based. Oil based alkyd paint lately are used for things or areas that might receive abuse, and because of the slower drying time the oil based alkyd paint will show less brush marks then water based paint.
How do you paint with alkyd?
In the past oil paints referred to either petroleum based paints or linseed based paints. Today in the USA petroleum based paints are no longer sold and it is difficult to find linseed based paints though they do exist with a small proportion of linseed oil. Alkyd paints are made with synthetic oil and are readily available and have come to be known as "oil" paint.
Difference between acrylic latex and alkyd paint?
The solution in which the pigment is suspended. i.e. the pigment is suspended in a water-based solution in latex paint, but in an oil-based solution for alkyd (oil) paints.
Is oil or water better for Brazilian cherry floors?
Oil based stain is best on Brazilian Cherry.
Can you primer over an oil base paint?
Yes, if the primer is oil-based too (alkyd is good too)
Can you use oil based stain over acrylic based stain?
Yes, you can
How do you tell if your house was stained with oil based stain or water based stain?
The color
Can you mix oil base stain with linseed oil?
No. Oil and water don't mix. -- Oil and water can be mixed. Emulsify it. You would need to mix in the oil slowly while stirring with an electric mixer. You would need to use a large enough quantity of paint for the mixer to be submerged.
Can you use alkyd waterborne rust coat over alkyd rust coat?
Yes. Waterborne alkyds are compatible with oil-based alkyds as long as the surface is clean and deglossed.
Can you stain over stained oak cabinets?
Yes, just clean with a TSP solution, sand to remove the gloss, prime with an oil based primer, then paint with two coats of either a water or oil based alkyd paint for washability and durability.
Can you use latex stain over polyurethane enforced oil based stain?
Yes, but only if the stain is a few years old and really dry. You have to wash the stain thoroughly to remove the chalked pigments and then prime it to seal the checks in the wood. One disadvantage of stain is that it will not keep the wood from checking as it dries. Either a latex of alkyd primer will work well. You can then paint it with your latex top coat.
