Home Improvements - About enamel paint
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Hi I'm Tim Gipson and I'm going to talk to you about enamel paint. Now enamel paint comes
in two formulations. One is a water based or an acrylic enamel and the other is an oil
based enamel. Enamels are typically paint that you are going to use on trim, maybe some
wall surfaces and they are usually in a semigloss, a gloss or a high gloss finish. So this is
a particular one. It is an interior, exterior. It is 100% acrylic latex and it is a high
gloss enamel and the enamels give you a very durable paint finish that is scrubbable, washable
and like I said usually is in a semigloss, gloss, or a high gloss which gives you a very
high sheen look to it. Most of the formulations today in your acrylics are actually as good
or nearly as good as some of your old oil based enamels so you'll find a lot more in
homes today that the trim being painted with an acrylic based or water based enamel just
because of the formulations are so much better and so much more durable and the clean up
is a lot better, there is not as many of what we call BOC's or fumes with the acrylic based
paints. I'm Tim Gipson and that's some information on enamel based paints.
