Painting over Oil Base

[David C. Arroyo]

I, accidently, painted over oil base paint with latex. This was on an
outside door. Question: can I now paint over the latex, with oil? If so,
what preparation do I need to make?
Thank you for your suggestions.

[Doug & Rose Miller]

"David C. Arroyo" <d...@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
+I, accidently, painted over oil base paint with latex. This was on an
+outside door. Question: can I now paint over the latex, with oil? If so,
+what preparation do I need to make?
+Thank you for your suggestions.
+
The prep to make now is to remove the latex paint. Fortunately, it's not hard.
The previous owners of our house made the same mistake on all the trim.
We just peel it off.
The prep to make now is to remove the latex paint.

[Jay A.]

David C. Arroyo wrote:
>
> I, accidently, painted over oil base paint with latex. This was on an

> outside door. Question: can I now paint over the latex, with oil? If so,

> what preparation do I need to make?

> Thank you for your suggestions.

Yes and no.

The latex over the oil paint will eventually peel, or at least flake
off easily. You really should strip off at least the latex.
To paint over oil with latex and have it last, you have to at least
prime over the oil first.
(I "accidently" did this myself once.)

[Richard LaRowe]

David C. Arroyo wrote:
>
> I, accidently, painted over oil base paint with latex. This was on an
> outside door. Question: can I now paint over the latex, with oil? If so,
> what preparation do I need to make?
> Thank you for your suggestions.

There's nothing wrong with latex over oil, IF the proper prep was done
prior to painting. Latex doesn't stick on gloss surfaces and this is
usually the problem. Lightly sand the gloss oil and clean or use a
deglosser (surface condition) which softens the finish.
This is done all the time without any problems.
PREP is the key word here and the most important part of any paint job
and it's also the part that's NOT accomplished in most paint jobs that
fail.

Dick