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How do I know if my interior house paint was oil-based or latex-based? -- nm

Posted by ty97 Mar 26 '13, 06:55

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rub some butter on it. - Max Mar 26, 08:00
Just pour all the paint into a bunch of styrofoam cups, put them in a pile in the yard and burn them. - Jim Mar 26, 07:43
find someone with a latex allergy and ask them to lick the wall -- nm - dogbert Mar 26, 06:59 1
- plus one. -- nm - amanda Mar 26, 07:04
Do you still have some? It's on the can. -- nm - spamlet Mar 26, 06:59 4
- I am trying to figure out if I can throw it away (latex) or need to take it to hazardous recycling (oil). - ty97 Mar 26, 07:01 3
  - take it to hazmat. that's what I do with all my paint no matter what type. -- nm - loosilu Mar 26, 07:23 2
    - They don't accept latex. -- nm - ty97 Mar 26, 07:31 1
      - open it and smell it. latex smells like ammonia. -- nm - loosilu Mar 26, 07:38
you know what kind you used, right? google. -- nm - amanda Mar 26, 06:58 6
- most home interior paint now is water-based. -- nm - amanda Mar 26, 06:59 5
  - yes, it would be very unusual to have oil based paint in your home. it's ridiculously messy to work with. -- nm - loosilu Mar 26, 07:22
  - hmmm. I didn't realize there was a third type. hmmmm. -- nm - ty97 Mar 26, 07:01 3
    - (ahh, looks like latex and acrylic are both in the water family) -- nm - ty97 Mar 26, 07:02 2
      - I don't think acrylic is generally used as wall paint -- nm - Mara Mar 26, 07:08 1
        
        alkyd is, though. -- nm - loosilu Mar 26, 07:24

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