It is easy to paint at home. It can make your home beautiful. Two types of paints are generally used at home,,namely, water based latex paints and oil paints. Water based latex paints are good for the walls. Oil paints are good for trims, doors, and other areas of high traffic..
Oil paints are difficult to use than the water paints. Oil paint is thick than water paints. It needs different brushes and rollers. Oil paints should be used in ventilated area. It has a strong smell. It can be bought at any paint store. These paints are also called solvents. Solvent is a mixture of resin and oil.
You should prime the area first. Oil paints peel the area, if it is not primed properly. This will happen, if base coat is oil based. You should clean the area before priming. After this, apply primer. Primer is bought from home improvement store. It can be applied with spray or with brush. If you want to paint with dark color, make the primer tinted first.
Water does not soak on oil paint wall as it does with latex paint. Oil paints bubble during the painting. Do not shake oil based paints. You can stir the paint. Use a single coat instead of many. Oil paint takes a longer time to dry than latex paint. There should be lot of ventilation during drying period.
Oil based products are generally toxic. You must take precaution to dump them. Many projects benefit from oil based projects.
Trim—Oil paints are used to paint indoor trim such as bead board, crown molding, chair rails, etc. They are more resistant to wear and tear than latex paints. Oil paints are also easy to clean.
Doors- doors in the interior use oil paints. You can easily clean the fingerprints. Outside door is painted with oil paint.
Decorating projects—if you want to paint shelves or raw wood, use oil paints. You need proper preparation. You should sand or prime raw wood before using oil paint. You must dry the primer completely before using oil paint. This gives a good coverage.
Exterior - Some outside projects need oil painting. These paints are good for trims around windows and around house.
Metal— oil paints are good for metal-based projects. It should be applied on iron after priming.
Oil painting is essential for your house. It makes it look beautiful. Oil painting is commonly used than latex painting. The reason is perfection. The West used the oil paints since many centuries. The Chinese people were very fond of oil paints.
Oil paints have a peculiar type of smell. Oil paints are highly inflammable. They should be kept away from children if they carry inflammable items in their hands.
Oil paints are used as a source of enjoyment in the certain eastern societies. They are used to spray on bodies during festivals like Holi in India. This is not good for youth. It causes irritation and numerous skin diseases. The paint is erased only by petrol, or kerosene oil. Some complications occurred during festival time in India when oil paint was sprayed on a boy. So, precautions must be taken.
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