The kitchen is one of the two most-often remodeled rooms in the home, reveals This Old House. It also is one of the two most expensive rooms to remodel. When refinishing kitchen cabinets, many people replace all the cabinet doors and drawer fronts with newer ones, which is a very pricey approach. A properly applied coat of paint to the old ones can achieve the same effect while saving you big bucks. When talking paint, you have the choice of using latex paint or an oil-based paint.

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Oil vs. Latex for Kitchen Cabinet Refinishing



The Changing Landscape for Household Paint
O il-based paint aka alkyd is used much less frequently than in the past. Improvements in the durability of latex paints aka acrylic , combined with their other qualities and convenience make them the most popular choice by far. The fundamental difference between latex and oil paints is the use of different carriers and binders. The carrier is the liquid that evaporates, leaving behind a layer of binder and pigment.


Latex Paint vs. Oil Based Paint
For more than 25 years, old-house owners have heard far-off rumblings that paint would change drastically once less toxic waterborne paints improved and new government regulations were introduced. That day has finally arrived. After some years of use, most oil-based paints are beginning to be phased out, destined to become the buggy whips and Easter bonnets of architectural coatings. While that does appear to be happening, now more than ever, where you live determines what you can buy. Modeled on states such as California, where laws mandating environment-friendly paints have been in place for some time, regulations restricting the ingredients in architectural coatings took effect in eight states last year, and many more states are considering similar legislation.



There are so many ways to decorate your home and make improvements. Painting is one of the easiest and most affordable ways to transform a space. In fact, every year, Americans buy 1.