You really need to prime with oil based first if you want to put latex over it.

 

Thanks for the reply.

*sigh* Was really hoping to avoid the oil-based stuff - I had alot of problems working with it last time.
Would Sherwin Williams have both the primer and paint that I need for this job? If you could recommend a SW primer, it would help me out when I go to the store. I sometimes think the store employees just want to make a sale.

Thanks again!

 

You don't need to use an oil base primer, you can use a water base primer and paint over oil base, but do not use oil base products over water base, you will only have to prime over any bare spots or any repairs that you have made. I would use SW Pro block/Prep rite primer and then paint it with either there bathroom paint or Duration, depending on how much you want to spend.

 

Am I missing something? I tend to agree with Matthew.I have always primed with oil base primer over existing oil based paints if I want to use latex paint. I have tried using water based primer over oil and it just smears unless I do umpteen coats.

 

BM Fresh Start, Zinnser's 123 ,SW pro block, Glidden gripper, and many more are acrylic primers that will stick to any oil based paint. There is really no need for oil primer in this instance.In some cases, yes, but not so much any more.

 

Better safe than sorry and I have just seen latex primer fail too many times.

 

Thanks so much for all of the advice. There seems to be a consensus that I need a primer, just not whether it should be latex or oil-based.
I guess that is something I will have to work out on my own.
There is a benjamin moore dealer nearby as well. Is BM really that great? I know that they have a Bath and Spa matte finish line. Anyone have experience with that? Not sure how I would like matte in the bathroom - but the walls are old and uneven, so it may help to hide that.

I remember when I first painted the bath a decade ago. There must have been oil paint on when I moved in because after I painted with latex, the paint just peeled off like rubber a few weeks later. Thats when I went with oil. Now its all cracked and dull looking. I hate working with oil, but I would really hate that peeling again.

Thanks again.

 

Sand it to ruff it up, apply BM Fresh start, apply finish coats, no problem:no:

 

Exactly, as long as you scuff sand it, wash it, remove any loose/flaking paint you will have no problems applying waterbase products as previously mentioned.