It can be sand blasted (at a cost) Burned off (hard work and can if the paint is old be bad for health) brushed or scrapped (hard work as not all will come off) However, you can paint a thinned down PVA over the oil based pain and then add a high quality wall paint 50 /50 (water and paint ) followed by 100% paint once dried.
You have a contradiction ! - Latex primer CAN NOT BE oil based.
Your ceiling may have been oil based, or really anything other than latex. If you used latex primer over oil then there is really nothing you can do except remove it and get a super low gloss oil base.
Oil based primer is the best bridge between oil and latex paints. If oil based paints are not available in your area, a high adhesion acrylic primer over a well prepared surface will also work.
Yes. Oil based primer works over just about any surface.
Absolutly! You just have to check to see if the primer is first an exterior primer and if it will stick to glossy surfaces. You can lightly sand to rough up the surface or just clean the surface and apply the primer. For oil based primers I would recommend Beauti-tone's fast dry oil primer or Zinsser's oil based cover stain primer.
If it's on drywall, then you cannot remove it.
oil based primer and then paint it
The best primer for oil-based paint is a shellac-based primer. Shellac primers provide excellent adhesion and stain-blocking properties for oil-based paints.
You will have to use a solvent. Try Goof-Off, the water based type might work and will do the least damage to the vinyl trim. All harsh solvents will damage vinyl.
You have a contradiction ! - Latex primer CAN NOT BE oil based.
Your ceiling may have been oil based, or really anything other than latex. If you used latex primer over oil then there is really nothing you can do except remove it and get a super low gloss oil base.
Oil based primer is the best bridge between oil and latex paints. If oil based paints are not available in your area, a high adhesion acrylic primer over a well prepared surface will also work.
As long as the surface is clean and dull, then either an oil or acrylic primer can be used to cover oil-based paints.
Yes. Oil based primer works over just about any surface.
Absolutly! You just have to check to see if the primer is first an exterior primer and if it will stick to glossy surfaces. You can lightly sand to rough up the surface or just clean the surface and apply the primer. For oil based primers I would recommend Beauti-tone's fast dry oil primer or Zinsser's oil based cover stain primer.
Yes, if the primer is oil-based too (alkyd is good too)
There is a brand of paint sold in most hardware outlets for painting plastic or vinyl . This paint does not need primer first. It is called Krylon Fusion.