Oil Base Paint

I use latex paint not because I'm against oil based but because I can't find oil based anywhere. I live in North Carolina and when I ask my different suppliers about oil based they all give about the same answer..... "They use that a lot out west but its hard to get that in this area". Why is this and is there anyone on here that lives in the southeast that uses oil based? I would like to make the switch now that the temps are dropping at night. Thanks for the help.

Blame the EPA (Economic Prevention Agency), they do all they can to make you into the best peasant possible. It may be restricted in your area.

like said its being outlawed in many areas, you could try acetone based which it is being replaced by. personaly do not like it, seems to dry to quick, clogs up tips.

Have you tried a fast dry paint like hotline, which is much faster to dry than setfast.

I would think you should be able to get the low voc (acetone based paint) paint. Its costs more, but its worth it (IMO). If I don't have to wait for paint to dry, the extra cost is justified. That is primarily all we use. It dries at night and dries in the cold weather. It sprays much better than latex and it seems to be easier on the machine. We leave it in the machine year round. It never clogs the "J" piece at the bottom of the pump. I dread the sealcoat jobs where I need to use white latex. When I use latex it always seems like I have to futz around with the machine in order to get it to spray right.

I have been using Hotline since day one but am seriously considering switching to oil next year. Im sick of the clogs and hose plugging if the machine sets for any length of time without rinsing. I mean even a few hours after the job I sometimes will get hose clog. Now I bring a few buckets of rinse water to the job so I can pump out most of the paint on site than when I get back to the shop I clean it. I use bucket strainer as i add paint as well as a strainer wrapped around the rock guard and still will get tip clogs. Also i have learned that just having the paint shaken is not good enough. to many solids that don't get mixed so I have been stirring all the paint prior to the job as well.. i love the clean up with water but not sure if its worth all the extra bull _ _ _ _ ! And yellow is even worse yet! I cringe when I go to bid a job that the customer wants yellow. It must be because of the extra crap in there like pigments etc.?? This year I did have a problem when I was loosing all pressure and found that is was a wall of built up latex in the pick up hose that was sating to come loose and go into the check valve and block it. I was able to pull the bottom of the pump apart on site and clean it out. What a mess but it would have been much worse if it was oil base.. Although if I was using oil I probably wouldn't have had the issue ^!&$#%#@^%$!*&