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This week I was using latex gloss paint on the woodwork in the room I’m re-decorating, When the can ran out I hunted in the tool room for another can of matching color and found one that I had bought about a year ago before I forsook my notion that, for woodwork, oil-based was superior to latex. Now, having seen the finish on my latest work, I think it was a mistake to give up that notion. Despite the longer drying time and messier brush clean-up, I reckon the smoother, almost mirror-like finish of oil-based makes the inconvenience more than worthwhile. “Save petroleum products for paint!”, I say.