RogHodge wrote:Ok I'm going with rust-oleum oil based protective enamel. I went with the amateur version. Mostly because of the color choices available. I have one tentative coat on the galley lid now. And remembered why oil paint is such a pain in the butt. Messy stuff.
I'll try to get some pictures up tomorrow, it's already dark. (Outside)
The bulk of the paint will be gloss ''almond" stripes likely "royal blue" unless I get some other inspiration
My design idea, for now...
I am pretty late to this paint question, but, after reading your comment about oil paints I agree. When I began painting stuff I often chose oil based as it was "better" according to the salespeople. I don't really know if that was true at the time. Probably not so much today. Anyway, I learned a good way to do cleanup with oil based paints. I have two gallon jugs of paint thinner. After a few years use they are both about 1/2 empty (or 1/2 full). I do my first three rinses with the same thinner jug, #1 let's call it, in an old tin can, pouring the rinse back into that jug and repeating. This cleans most of the pigment out of the brushes (I never use rollers with oil). After the initial three or four rinses and return of that thinner to the first jug I pour a very small amount of clean thinner from jug #2 into the tin can. After this rinse I pour the rinse into jug #1. Same for the next rinse or two, until the rinse is clear after cleaning the brushes. Always pouring the rinses into the first jug. Every now and then I take the undisturbed jug #1 and pour off the top clear liquid. The solids stay on the bottom. If they are stuck I get a new jug and dispose of the old jug at the next paint/hazard waste collection party. After about 20 years I have replaced jug #2, the new, clear stuff, twice. That might tell you I don't paint a lot with oil, but, with the oil painting I do plus cleaning up stains and linseed oil mixes the method has served me well. It proves to be no more work than latex clean-up, I don't use tons of water (water, especially hot water, will ruin the natural bristle brushes I use). I have some Marcus natural bristle (hog hair) brushes I bought 30 years ago.
Hope this helps someone out there that is avoiding oil based paints. Using them seems to make color selection much more broad as the oils always seem a little more alive than the latex versions available.