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Default Latex Paint - Tacky/Sticky finish days after painting - Solutions?

"dadiOH" wrote in message
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schooner wrote:
I painted a birch plywood desk work surface with latex CIL SMART3
WASH & WEAR Kitchen & Bath paint
http://www.cil.ca/en/brands_smart.html (at the suggestion of the HD
paint guy) as he said it would give a durable washable finish. The
surface was first lightly sanded and primed with Kilz2 and then two
coats of black latex.

The issue I am having is that the paint surface seems to remain
tacky/sticky when items are placed on it then moved later. The
surface is dry to the touch but items do stick after a few minutes.
From reading I understand this may be an issue with latex paints
and known as blocking. It has only been 3 days since the final
coat was put on so perhaps it is just an issue of waiting longer
for drying?

Is there anything I can do to get rid of or reduce this beyond
repainting? Will it go away after a week or so or will it remain
for the live of the paint? What about waxing or using talcum?
Since the is a semigloss black finish I wonder if talcum would
cause a mess. For wax what would be the bets to use?


Home Depot strikes again.

The tackiness is because the paint isn't yet dry and won't be for
another month or two. Eventually, the sticky goes away. You can make
it go away now with a coat of water base polyurethane varnish. Which
would also be a *much* better finish for a desk than latex. I'd think
talc would work but not good on black. Don't know about wax, maybe.
Johnson's Paste wax is a good one.



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Thanks, that is about what I thought. Hopefully it will go away, I just
need a short term solution I guess for the next month or so as I do need to
make use of the surface.

Will a polyurethane finish go directly over the current surface as is? I'm
a bit concerned about how well it might stick as the current paint has
Teflon in it for easy cleanup. If so how long does the polyurethane take to
dry before it could be used?

Perhaps wax is my only real easy solution for now. Anything specific to look
for in a wax for a latex surface such as this?