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Mineral spirits are used to thin oil based alkyds for brushing or rolling, VMP Naptha for spraying. Water based alkyds are thinned with water.

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What is the difference between alkyd latex and waterborne alkyd?

Traditionally, alkyds are found in solvent-based paints that must be reduced with paint thinner or mineral spirits. "Waterborne alkyd" is a generic term to refer to an alkyd resin that can be used in a water-thinnable paint. Because alkyds are not miscible with water, a chemical modification is sometimes used to produce a hybrid alkyd resin - often acrylic/alkyd or urethane/alkyd - that is compatible with water. These hybrids are often categorized generically under the term waterborne alkyds. A pure alkyd can be emulsified in water using appropriate surfactant combinations. This type of surfactant-stabilized alkyd emulsion has been sometimes referred to as an "alkyd latex." Different resin manufacturers use varying terminology to describe waterborne alkyds with the terms alkyd emulsion, alkyd dispersion, and alkyd latex being among the most common.


Can you spray paint with dulax solvent based paint if you put it in a apray painting device?

Yes, you can spray a solvent based paint in just about any type of sprayer. You'll want read the instructions on the can, or ask your paint professional which solvent to use for thinning and cleaning.


Can you paint alkyd paint over oil paint?

What they call "oil base paint" is really called "alkyd base paint." So yes, you can do that.


Can you mix alkyd enamel with industrial alkyd for metals?

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Can you paint over latex paint with alkyd lacquer paint that is for concrete floors?

I wouldn't recommend it. Some of the chemicals in the alkyd will dissolve the latex and the alkyd won't "stick". It's best to remove the latex using laquer thinner or xylene first.

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What is the difference between alkyd latex and waterborne alkyd?

Traditionally, alkyds are found in solvent-based paints that must be reduced with paint thinner or mineral spirits. "Waterborne alkyd" is a generic term to refer to an alkyd resin that can be used in a water-thinnable paint. Because alkyds are not miscible with water, a chemical modification is sometimes used to produce a hybrid alkyd resin - often acrylic/alkyd or urethane/alkyd - that is compatible with water. These hybrids are often categorized generically under the term waterborne alkyds. A pure alkyd can be emulsified in water using appropriate surfactant combinations. This type of surfactant-stabilized alkyd emulsion has been sometimes referred to as an "alkyd latex." Different resin manufacturers use varying terminology to describe waterborne alkyds with the terms alkyd emulsion, alkyd dispersion, and alkyd latex being among the most common.


Can you spray paint with dulax solvent based paint if you put it in a apray painting device?

Yes, you can spray a solvent based paint in just about any type of sprayer. You'll want read the instructions on the can, or ask your paint professional which solvent to use for thinning and cleaning.


Can you paint alkyd paint over oil paint?

What they call "oil base paint" is really called "alkyd base paint." So yes, you can do that.


Can you mix alkyd enamel with industrial alkyd for metals?

paint jobs


Is an alkyd paint the same as an oil paint?

Yes.


Can you paint over latex paint with alkyd lacquer paint that is for concrete floors?

I wouldn't recommend it. Some of the chemicals in the alkyd will dissolve the latex and the alkyd won't "stick". It's best to remove the latex using laquer thinner or xylene first.


Will water work for thinning oil paints?

Unfortunately combining oil and water in paint always results in disaster. Oil based paints must be thinned with solvent. Brushes used to paint oil based paints also need to be cleaned with solvent.


Which one is costly alkyd paint or enamel paint?

They can be the same cost. Depends on brand


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.


Can you use latex paint over melamine paint?

Not if the melamine paint is oil (alkyd) based.


What would be a common solvent for paint?

Most of them contain acetone.


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