Exterior of house, oil based or water based paint?

mrcheez

I'm painting the exterior of my house which includes:

• Painting concrete window sills (white)
• Painting over brick work (white)
• Painting wooden frames around 2nd floor windows (black)
• Painting wooden frames around front door (white)

Is water-based the way to go, or should oil-based be used for the wooden sections?

The house is east-west facing so can get bright sunshine for half the day. It's also near the coast, but not directly at the coast (2 streets away) if that's a factor.

magicbastarder

Well, all masonry/brickwork would use water based. But your may find that if the wooden frames were previously painted with oil based paint, that water based might bead on them.

I prefer oil based for that sort of work; water based can dry quickly outdoors, making maintaining a wet line more difficult.

karlitob

I would do acrylic water based for brick / concrete. And oil based for wood. There are other products that I would add for extra adhesion.

Have a look at this.

https://www.paperturn-view.com/?pid=ODc8797905

I’d also suggest giving them a ring - they literally could not be more helpful.

mrcheez

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122027346#Comment_122027346

I've no idea what the prev painter used, so it might possibly have been oil.

I'll go with the suggestion to use oil for wood, thanks.