Let's talk paint

[Tom_in_NH]

Originally Posted by 1990C4S

Advance is their new 'cabinet' paint. It's latex, goes on great with a roller, and dries with a great smooth finish. I have done a LOT of house painting, almost always with oil based on trim. This paint looks better oil.

It's a bit slow to dry, which is why it levels so well I think, but I will never buy anything else now for trim/cupboards/furniture.

Benjamin Moore Advance is not latex. It's a far more durable, waterborne alkyd enamel. Very long full cure time, but ultimately a fantastic wearing finish. However, as others have pointed out, it's all about the prep!

[1990C4S]

If the brushes wash up in soap and water, and they do, then to most people it's 'latex'.

[Tom_in_NH]

Just trying to keep the discussion factually accurate......people look to these threads for advice.
I wouldn't want a reader of this thread to believe that latex paint would ever be appropriate on working surfaces such as kitchen cabinets! So, to refer to any water-based paint as latex can be very confusing and misleading to the uninformed reader.

[Por_sha911]

Originally Posted by Tom_in_NH

Just trying to keep the discussion factually accurate......people look to these threads for advice.
I wouldn't want a reader of this thread to believe that latex paint would ever be appropriate on working surfaces such as kitchen cabinets! So, to refer to any water-based paint as latex can be very confusing and misleading to the uninformed reader.

+1
My wife thought she would paint a table with latex without telling me. You can imagine how well that turned out.

[john70t]

Enamel is like an epoxy and dries to a hard finish, even the water-based stuff.
Washable. Good for door trim and cabinets.
Very different from latex.

Latex will fill in the corner cracks and flex with wall movement.

[billybek]

What would be the most appropriate paint for interior doors?
Would that be an application of the Advance paint? I always seem to have trouble getting paint to level on doors. I probably work the paint too much trying to get coverage.

[1990C4S]

Originally Posted by billybek

What would be the most appropriate paint for interior doors?
Would that be an application of the Advance paint? I always seem to have trouble getting paint to level on doors. I probably work the paint too much trying to get coverage.

Yes, that is what I would use. Pick the surface finish to match your existing trim, maybe pearl?

My second choice would be Benjamin Moore Impervo oil base, but it's harder and harder to find now.

[billybek]

I have a bunch of doors that need painting. I can always do one at a time starting with the developed basement and move to the upstairs.
On my first attempt with these (safe and sound) doors, I found that they sucked up so much paint unless they were primed again over the original primer.
What primer would you use for alkyd enamel topcoat?

[1990C4S]

Orbital sand, quick hand sand (150 ish), vacuum, prime with Zinser 1-2-3, quick hand sand, vacuum, apply Advance with a short nap roller. Repeat the last step. Done.