Can you use water based paint over oil based paint

For decades we painted all wooden and steel based surfaces with oil based paint. In recent years this trend has changed as we move from oil based paints to water based equivalents.

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What paint can I use over oil
How do you get water based paint to stick to oil
What is the best way to paint over oil
What happens when you put acrylic paint over oil paint?

Undercoat, Satinwood or Satin Finish and Gloss are all available as water based products. Many people are fearful about painting over surfaces that have an oil based paint already on them with a water based paint as the water based paint has proven to peel off the oil based paint in a short period of time.

When applying water based paint to a surface that already has an oil based finish it is important to coat the surface with an adhesion primer such as Crown PX4 or Zinsser BIN Primer

Applying an adhesion primer before painting the surface will ensure that the water based paint does not peel off the oil based surface as the adhesion primer ensures it sticks to the surface

In other to successful apply water based undercoat or satinwood to a surface that has been painted in oil based paint we suggest the following steps

Rub the area down with sandpaper
After sanding dust the area
Apply 1 coat of an adhesion primer such as the ones we mention above
Undercoat the surface
Once dry, fill the surface and touch up the filler
Finish the surface in gloss or satinwood

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What paint can I use over oil

You can use a latex primer over oil-based paint as long as it is a bonding primer. Bonding primers are best because they are formulated to adhere to glossy surfaces, such as oil-based painted finishes.

How do you get water based paint to stick to oil

Apply one to two coats of an oil-or water-based bonding primer and dry according to product directions. You'll know the surface is adequately primed when the former paint color, stains, and other surface imperfections are no longer visible. Apply at least two coats of water-based paint over oil-based paint.

What is the best way to paint over oil

How To Paint Over Oil Base Paint.

First, lightly sand the surface and clean it with a sponge dipped in TSP (trisodium phosphate) mixed with water..

Allow the surface to dry..

Coat it with an oil or latex bonding primer. ... .

Allow the primer to dry..

Coat with two coats of high-quality latex paint..

What happens when you put acrylic paint over oil paint?

What you should not do is paint a layer of oils and then paint over it with acrylics. Here's why: the acrylic paint will be unable to stick to the oil paint, so it will flake off. This can sometimes happen very quickly, almost as soon as the acrylics dry, or sometimes it can take weeks.