Oil Paint vs. Latex Paint | House Painting

I'm Dave with Brush Interiors. All the paints I have here are latex or water-based. Most of your modern paints are water-based, and that's totally okay. Once in a while you run into an application of using an oil point, the only difference is you need to have paint thinner or mineral spirits handy, and an oil brush, which is sometimes called a chinex bristle, needs to be cleaned and keep it soaked in when you're not using it.

Now for most modern uses, it's totally okay to use water-based latex paint. In the past, a lot of the woodwork, baseboard, mouldings, and doors was oil, oil paint. It gave you a little more time to work with it, to smooth it out, it sort of would self level, and give you a nice smooth finish. But modern paints are catching up with it, and oil is being used less and less. In fact, the new term for oil is alkid, A-L-K-I-D. Benjamin Moore's advance paint is an alkid, and it goes on just like the old oils, however, it's water-based, okay?

So this is a wonderful new paint I've been using recently, and goes on just like an old oil, they call it alkid but it is actually can be washed with water. Once in awhile, you will run into a special application of a decorative finish, this is a gold leaf that can go on top of another color, this is oil-based. So I will have my mineral spirits or paint thinner handy, and keep my brush in the mineral spirits, and wash the oil brush with this in order to keep the job site clean and everything going well. Otherwise with your water-based paints, it's very convenient, you just wash with water, no problem. Most modern applications, latex water-based paint is absolutely perfect, especially in walls, ceilings, and so forth. Once in awhile you might run into mouldings, door, or trims where you want to use an alkid. You can either use a modern, water-based alkid, or traditional alkid oil. If you use the oil, you simply need a little more of a clean up process here, mineral spirits or paint thinner.

Okay, and to wrap it up, those are the differences between the latex water-based and the oil paints.

[American-Plague]

Well that didn't really explain anything. "Usually you'll use latex, but sometimes oil, although even then you can use latex. Clean latex with water, clean oil with mineral spirits." I mean can we have an example of why we'd use oil rather than latex? Like if the trim is already painted in oil you'll need to either paint with oil again or prime with an oil-based primer before painting with latex.

[KarimJovian]

Would have been nice to see some examples

[TomReichner]

I am convinced that oil-based paint is harder, more durable, and more resistant to abrasions and contusions than water-based paint. If whatever you're painting is going to be subject to getting banged around a lot, or inadvertently rubbed against abrasive surfaces, then I highly suggest using oil-based paint.

[honestycounts]

I often paint in conditions where the temperature is below freezing, so using oil-based paints really is my only choice.

[georgegouvas]

oil based works better than water base.oil penetrates into wood making a root to hold paint.latex just sits on the wood and peels off and you have to repaint in time, were oil will last forever in a lot of cases..latex is just a cheap crappy paint in my opinion, and i'm a painter of wood, metal and vehicles.

[jliz]

He’s really an under cover mineral spirits sales man 😅

[wanjevi]

I dont see any meat in his explanation,
in my experience lartex paint is gaining more of the market because its easy to handle in DIY incedents compared to oil based

latex is more eco friendly (fumes) in occupied houses. They is a lot of cleaning to do after and dripping caution when it comes to oil base paint esp. And when its a house that has furnitures inside. Water painting drip cleaning is just a wipe away added with some water.
In above note Therefore if its a commercial premises ie motels short term rental houses that are or will be repainted after the client has completely vacated the premise oil base give you the better bucks for the job in terms of presentations and look.

A litre of glossy water based paint cost x3 more than oil based gloss.
A litrs of the cheapest water based paint cost the same price to a standard oil paint.

Yellowing facts, I have seen many articles regarding oil base paint as it will yellow with time.
1. All merchant ship use oil base used on company equipments generators, cast metal (clay) compressors, viechles, bus stands, walk way directions and warnings and I have never seen them yellow.
The only place this can be true is when the paint is next to bright light or bulb. wall mounted lamps will leave a yellowish color around walls that oil paint then oil paint this is just a burn caused by the lamp heat with time.

Mould will grown on any of the two paint as longs as it is constantly wet.

Believe me not but all large scale paintings industry, Stadiums use oil based paint. Try asking them when you pass around.

In my opinion oil bases is mainly for expert painters that can handle the mess effectively without time consuming clean ups and commercial premises

while water based is for DIY incidents and personal hommely type environments, that will in the future need to be repainted with the live in occupants.

[EpicHeavyStuff]

Chinex bristle is for latex you can use it in oil too it's a synthetic filament made by Dupont that I love for latex paints China bristle is for oil only those are a natural hair bristle

[OdinsCloud]

The water based Alkyd paints are NOT like the old oils! No way!

[aerowenn]

Yeah this didn't give any information that you can't just read on a can... Which is better for various applications and why? Furniture vs walls, trim, etc.

[Digmen]

Great video, very clear voice and well explained.

[gariya]

Oil based paint is stronger and harder! Water based paints are weak!

[elmonteslim]

didn't really tell me anything useful.

[sbespn]

Don't take advice from the comments. People were watching this because they're not experts.