I have a wooden inside the house chair. Is it painted with latex or oil?

How can I tell if it is painted with latex paint or oil paint if I want to repaint it. It is about 30 years old. Some of the paint has worn completely off such as at the end of the chair rockers. It is a fairly simple design but does need repainted.I have a wooden inside the house chair. Is it painted with latex or oil?
It is probably on oil base paint. And the alcohol test will tell you for sure. 30yrs ago that would be the late 1970's lead paints were NOT common. You can refinish with any pant you want, I would chose an oil based paint for furniture.I have a wooden inside the house chair. Is it painted with latex or oil?
If its 30 years old it is probably Oil paint. First thing you want to do is sand your chair real well all over. Then Use a coat of Kilz (Primer) on it, let it dry well and then you can use a latex paint on it, which is much easier to clean up after, and will also dry alot faster than reapplying an Oil base paint.
Rub it with alcohol. If the paint comes off it's latex. If not, oil. But be advised, because of it's age, that it's probably oil and most likely lead based. Your local hardware has a simple test kit for lead based paint.
well by the sounds of it , it more than likey be oil,


the best way to check is try and sand it off , if its latex it will look like white powder. dusty kinda stuff, if it oil it will be hard to sand , then re coat with primer, if you intend going back with oil, use a oil base primer, if not use a latex primer and if your really good you could spray the chair, and coat with poly , sounds great good luck