Paint drying times: Basic Question

[LindsayO]

Sorry, this is such a basic question. I'm doing my first big painiting project, and I have a basic question about paint drying times.

The time given on the tin is the time before you can do a second coat, is this the same time I should wait before painting next to the paint
so if I've painted the skirting board with Satinwood and it says 16 hours before I overpaint, should I wait 16 hours before painting the walls with emulsion
Thanks
Lindsay

 

[JohnD]

as you might drip some emulsion onto the skirting and need to clean it off, I'd let the Satinwood get pretty hard first. A few days.

The easier way is to paint "downwards" i.e. do the skirting last. Emulsion dries fast. drips mostly go downwards.

 

[LindsayO]

Thanks John, that makes sense, someone advised me to do it this way, cant remember why though, maybe because I could wipe off any emulsion drips more easily than I could the oil-based Satinwood

 

[gcol]

Yep emulsion the walls before doing the skirting.