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<p>[QUOTE="FWIW, post: 264709, member: 4571"]I am not a fan of latex on high traffic pieces because I do not find it to be durable, but that's my experience, and my painting experience is sorta limited.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have used Benjamin Moore's Waterborne Alkyd paint that I liked. It levels amazingly, almost looks spray painted when you are done. The draw back is the low VOC content giving it a long cure time. I sat the pieces I did for a month in a climate controlled area and the paint was very hard and durable at the end. You also have to paint in a climate controlled cool/low humidity room in addition to curing it there. The paint is very finicky and you do not use a good brush as well as climate control, it will not turn out well, but it also is super easy to work with.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am going to give this chalk paint recipe a shot this weekend on a table and see how it turns out.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="FWIW, post: 264709, member: 4571"]I am not a fan of latex on high traffic pieces because I do not find it to be durable, but that's my experience, and my painting experience is sorta limited. I have used Benjamin Moore's Waterborne Alkyd paint that I liked. It levels amazingly, almost looks spray painted when you are done. The draw back is the low VOC content giving it a long cure time. I sat the pieces I did for a month in a climate controlled area and the paint was very hard and durable at the end. You also have to paint in a climate controlled cool/low humidity room in addition to curing it there. The paint is very finicky and you do not use a good brush as well as climate control, it will not turn out well, but it also is super easy to work with. I am going to give this chalk paint recipe a shot this weekend on a table and see how it turns out.[/QUOTE]
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