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Does anybody know why turpentine (nonpolar) dissolves oil-based paints, but not latex house paints?

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  1. Like dissolves like.  The reason that it doesn't dissolve latex is because latex is water based.  The polar molecules of water 'push' the nonpolar molecules away.

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