Water based paint

Learn how to safely and securely detach (and attach) paint can lids without making a mess or ruining the can.

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Get great results from water-based finishes

Learn what type of paint to use, which tools will work best and the basics for picking color schemes.

Painting water based latex paint directly on top of oil based paint without proper preparation will result in a bad paint job that will not adhere properly. Water based latex paint will bend and flex a bit as temperatures and moisture levels in your home change. Oil based paints are brittle and will crack, causing anything on the surface of the oil based paint to not adhere properly and usually chip off or also crack. Many people prefer water based paint instead of oil based paint because…

If you would rather not flush water laden with acrylic paint solids down the drain, they can be removed prior to disposing of the water. This process consists of chemically treating the contaminated water to cause the solids to flocculate, followed by filtering to remove them from the water. The materials and equipment needed are ... Read more

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Most water-mixable oil painters use mediums to increase the flow of their paints instead of water and only use water to clean up. At Jackson’s, there are 6 water-mixable oil brands that make mediums to modify your paints in various ways.