C20 - Wednesday, October 12, 1983 - North Shore News

Home Improvement ’83 -

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solvent-thinned: all have their advantages.

Latex dries more quickly and has less odor. It keeps its color and it cleans up easily. Soap and water will clean the brush or roller.

922-5752 Alkyds stick to the walls

better, and this is important in older buildings because walls and ceilings were often finished with a calcimine or with a glue-size, a bone-glue sealer.

Both ot these oldtime materials are water soluble, which rules out water-based latex.

Alkyds are better if you want a high gloss, and they

might be better for high- humidity areas, such as a bathroom.

The gloss and semi-gloss dry harder and are more abrasion-resistant, but if you are using a flat finish. alkyds and latexes are about equal for durability.

Painters think oil-based paints level out better on the

Picking the perfect paint

wall and are less likely to show brush marks.

Rollers are best for large areas, brushes are best for small areas and the trim. Painting contractors general- ly use rollers for ceilings, rollers and brushes for walls if flat paint is being used, but always a brush when using enamel paint or for an eg- gshell or semi-gloss finish.

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