Everything a DIY fan needs to know about primer! I’m answering the 5 most common questions about priming wood, drywall, metal and other surfaces.
When should I use a primer?
What type of primer is best?
Do I have to sand if I use a Primer?
What is shellac?
and more!
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Appreciate the informative/helpful information.
Not to be that guy, but Zinsser Cover Stain is my go to primer, and is an oil based primer that is used for any topcoat (water based or oil based). Dries super fast, and also sands super smooth.
Is This about time travel? Oops sorry
what a load crap
Almost all water based primers work on oil based primers like Kilz original.
Great info, thanks! Will shellac primers absorb into engineered woods like MDF and hardboard? A challenge when using MDF is getting the ends to seal so the finish is consistent. Water based tends to just soak into MDF.
Great information and a very understandable delivery. Great job
Shellac is my favorite also cause you can recoat it many times and the odor is not as strong as lacquer and I even tint shellac, being a furniture repair guy since 1977. Like the way you told of shellac history too.
I just bought a gallon of zinser shelac primer…. cost $130 🙃🙃🙃 I sure do miss when it used to cost $40
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Zinsser makes great primers! 123 sticks to about anything and is good even on rusty metal! And the shellac primers are great at sealing out smoke and as a stain conditioner. Thanks for the video, sealers and primers can make all the difference in the world.
Great information Elisha! You explain things very well. 👏😃
Thank you for the information, very helpful.
Great tips!
Thank you for this information and the great tips! This is timely, I'm ready to paint fresh drywall in a renovation and it would be a big mistake to skip the primer step, I've made that mistake before 🙁
So just days ago I was at Lowes and the paint dept said to go with oil based primer for a mdf subwoofer box I'm building. I sanded the applied the primer. Sanded and just yesterday applied the first coat of 100% acrylic paint. There is some spackling that I guess I didn't sand down well enough. Should I sand it all down to the mdf to smooth out and use a water base primer ?
Good
Shellac can be used under another finish only if it is de-waxed shellac (Zinsser Seal Coat). Regular Bullseye shellac has wax which will cause problems with adhesion of top coats other than more shellac.
Thank you I REALLY DID LEARN ALOT!
I have a small garage project…painting concrete block and T-111 siding (used on an interior back wall). There are paints that include primer, sooooo…could I mix primer with paint (which I already have) in a bucket and paint with that? Beauty is not what's important; protection is.
The literal oil based can you have in front allows for water based topcoats. You really are misinformed on this topic