A substance applied to a bare surface to provide an adhesive layer for paint.
Questions tagged [primer]
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How do I prepare an already painted wall for new paint?
We are repainting a number of rooms in our home, do we need to put primer over the existing paint?
Are there any other gotchas that we need to prepare for before repainting the walls?
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How should I clean and repaint a painted wooden deck?
My deck appears to have been painted with just a single layer of paint, which is now peeling off. I like the look of the paint (when it's in better condition, of course), and am uninterested in staining, especially because I'll be adding some new…
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Why would porch paint say "do not prime horizontal surfaces"?
A can of floor and porch paint says "do not prime horizontal surfaces".
The obvious question is, how are horizontal surfaces different from vertical surfaces?
But my real question is, what are the consequences if someone does prime the wood decking…
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What primer should I use to paint over nicotine stained walls?
What primer should be used before painting over nicotine stained walls?
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Do I have to prime over spackle?
I'm painting my kitchen.
Some areas of the walls had to be repaired with spackle.
Do I need to do a prime coat before I paint? I'm painting the same color. Although I'm changing the finish from eggshell to semi-gloss. Paint is Benjamin Moore…
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Do primer + paint products work well?
Are primer + paint products as effective as using separate primer and paint
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Do I need to prime/seal new drywall behind cabinets?
If I were doing it, I would usually prime and paint before installing the cabinets. My painter for this project says he'd prefer that I install everything before he paints.
Do I need to use a sealing primer on the new drywall behind where the…
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How do I determine where lead paint was used?
I just bought a new house. The inspector told me that the entry way paint is cracking because a previous owner painted over lead paint without using the proper primer. How do I find out which walls have lead paint before I move in? I plan on…
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Should we sand and prime holes in our walls or pay someone to do it?
We just had our 1,000-square-foot house insulated with blown-in insulation. Now we have 180 patched-up holes in our interior walls that need be sanded and primed before we repaint. The holes themselves are about two inches in diameter; the plaster…
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What type of primer should be used on moisture resistant drywall?
What type of primer should I use my basement bathroom walls? New moisture resistant drywall has been installed, taped and sanded, and is now ready to be primed.
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Drywall Painting: Do I need to keep priming here?
I am painting a room where the previous paint job was not very good. You can see brush marks from a great distance, it got all over the trim, and the paint looked watered down (thanks builders). It was an earthy portabello color and it was flat…
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What is the best type of paint to paint a shipping container?
Looked for a better stack exchange forum to post this on but did not find one. Looking at buying a used shipping container. The guy who is delivering will paint it but he uses latex. I'm wondering what type of paint is best on a shipping container,…
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What's the reason to sand after priming?
I'm painting my kitchen after some hired help put up drywall and skim coated. They sanded the wall, I cleaned up and wiped the walls clean of dust.
My contractor said that I should prime, sand with 100 grit before I paint.
What is the reason and…
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What should I do before re-painting my skirting boards?
I'll be painting the skirting boards in my room as they are in bad condition. The paint is cracked and the surface uneven and blotchy. What I would like to know is how should I treat the skirting boards before painting them. From some googling I've…
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Dealing with nicotine stains in a Victorian property
I am just in the process of buying an old property, previously lived in by heavy smokers.
What is the best way to clean and prime walls to prevent nicotine stain recurrence in a solid brick Victorian property?
I am concerned that the normally…
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