Oil based paint may be a little more durable but clean up is with thinner or mineral spirits. More of a hassle.
Gloss or semi gloss would work best for your furniture piece. The paint store should show you examples of each type so you can compare.
Depending on the piece you are working with, you probably sand it lightly so that the paint has some "tooth" to stick to. If your piece is shiney already, the paint may just peel right off once it dries, and you have not roughened the surface a little.
If the place you choose to purchase the paint is not helpful, move on to another.
Good luck to you.
Use eggshell on your walls and semigloss latex on your table. If it's warm outside, you could take the table out and spray paint it. It's a lot faster.
Try Anne Sloane furniture paint you can find it at most hard ware stores,
I like Egg shell and Matt, I don't like silk its too shiny but that's just my opinion :)
OK your'e mixing up different terminologies that are causing confusion. Let me try to clarify.
Texture is an added finish that causes raised areas that you can actually see and feel. Like the texture on your walls.
Latex and Acrylic is the chemical makeup of the paint, it refers to water based paint. You can get latex or Acrylic paint in different finishes or sheens. Semi gloss, gloss, satin, low sheen and flat are all ways of describing the degree of shininess your end product will have.
The higher the sheen or gloss the more your project will show flaws. Things like improperly sanded areas or unfeathered sand areas ect... Most professional paint stores will guide you through the whole process but if a particular worker doesn't then ask the manager for someone else. Don't let them intimadate you, speak up. You're going to spend your money with them not the other way around.
And I'm very confused about WHAT to get and different types of paint.
I have a small night table, and I want to paint it, but I want that texture that's glossy to touch. I'm not sure what it's called, but I think it's "semigloss." I called the store and they said, "we only sell latex and blablabla (I can't remember the other) kind of paint."
Does the term "latex" refer to a finish or just the chemical makeup of the paint? What kind of paint am I supposed to ask for?
I'm so confused.
Also, on my walls, I'm not sure what texture to use, glossy or eggshell.
