Painting - oil paint over latex

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tuckerdarla
03-30-04, 10:27 AM
I'm painting dresser red white and blue for my kids room.

I first used red devil tomato red latex enamel and it turned out awful!! for the blue I have a blue oil based enamel and it looks great. I want to paint over the red with oil based emamel but don't no if I need to sand off the latex or just paint over the latex with the oil with no prep. I just started painting about an hour ago.

thanks
darla

prowallguy
03-30-04, 02:21 PM
Oil can be painted over latex, no problem, if the latex is clean and tight.
tuckerdarla
03-30-04, 04:04 PM
thanks,
what does that mean, clean and tight? does it need to cure before I paint over it? the man from lowes said to wait for 2 days then paint. I was hoping I could paint sooner than that.

Darla

prowallguy
03-30-04, 04:33 PM
Yes, you should let it dry at least 2 days. If the latex isn't fully dry, it will never dry under the oil. When the oil dries, it would then peel up the uncured latex.