Thinning Water Based Gloss Paint

In contrast latex paint is water based and should be cleaned up and thinned only with water.

Thinning water based gloss paint. Oil based paints should be thinned or cleaned up only with petroleum or mineral based products. Mix the water with the paint thoroughly with a clean stick to stir it. Pour 9 litres of gloss paint into the clean plastic bucket. Paint is divided into two categories.

Make sure the bucket is completely free of old paint chips or dirt. Latex paint is a water based paint. Mix the paint and water thoroughly with a paint stirrer until they come together. Pour the calculated amount of water into the container of paint.

Calculate the amount of water to start off the thinning. Pour the paint into a large bucket. Check the paint consistency by pouring it into a funnel. Avoid leaving the paint can open.

To thin gloss paint and preserve a uniform sheen use a power drill equipped with a mixing paddle. You ll basically be spraying or painting with water. One of the easiest ways to avoid the thickening of your water based paint is to simply close the lid on the. It is generally thicker than oil based paint and it must be thinned with water especially if you intend to distribute a thin mist of paint over a surface using a paint spray gun or nozzle.

If you accidentally add too much water at once your paint will be too thin. When thinning water based paints such as latex you should be adding 1 2 cup water to your paint and then thoroughly stirring. This isn t going to get you those professional results you re looking for. Mix in 1 2 a cupful of water for paint to each gallon paint you use.

Pour all of the paint from the can into a clean five gallon bucket and add a half cup of room temperature water for every one gallon of paint. Use water to thin water based paint. So for 4 pints of paint you would use an entire cup of water. Oil based or alkyds or water based paints.

Paint thinning requires care in order to arrive at the right viscosity for application and to avoid over thinning the paint. Watch how the paint runs off the stir stick. Stir the paint thoroughly. You don t want to do this multiple times and get inconsistent results.

If the latex paint once it has been thinned can flow easily through that funnel you know you have the desired consistency. Allow 1 4 cup of water for every 1 pint of paint. Then thoroughly combine the paint and water with a. Add 120 ml of white spirits to the paint or 10g per litre.

Don t store latex paint too long. Use a five gallon one and thin a large quantity. Water is the carrier of solid products in latex paint.