How long does it take for paint to fully dry on a wall?

Latex dries to touch in 30 -40 minutes, re-coat in approx. 4 hours, Full cure (steam %26amp; scrub resistant) 28 days.


Alkyd dries 8-18 hours (dark colours take longer), best re-coat after 24 hours but before 3 days, initial cure 30 days,full cure 28 days'How long does it take for paint to fully dry on a wall?
It depends on a lot of things, temperature, thickness of the paint, etc. But usually about 24 hours or so. Maybe 36 hours to be safe.How long does it take for paint to fully dry on a wall?
depends on type of paint acryllic dries in 24 hous
It depends on a lot of things -- type of paint, humidity, air movement, temperature, how thick it's applied.





Note there is a critical difference between ';dried'; (solvents and carriers flash off) and ';cured'; (the chemical reactions and physical changes are complete.) The former can be 10 minutes to 24 hours. The latter is often 2-3 weeks.

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