“Most of the metal we paint comes to the project shop-primed,” he says. Their most commonly used primer for drywall is the Sherwin-Williams ProMar 200 Interior Latex Primer, a PVA primer that he says is great at hiding flaws to give a smooth surface. in Denver specializes in office/ commercial painting, and their primer picks are substrate-dependent, says Bill Loepp, the company’s Director of Operations. “There are oxide primers in white, too, but I use the red because it’s easier to tell if your painters used the right primer.” And for priming over rust (such as on window lintels), he recommends Sherwin-Williams KEM KROMIK Universal Metal Primer. We learned that the hard way.” His pick is Sherwin-Williams White Pigmented Shellac Primer.įor exteriors, Phillips, who works mostly with wood and wood-composite substrates, turns again to the Fast-Drying Primer. “The synthetic shellac primers, for the purpose of blocking out smoke and odors, don’t perform as well as the natural. “If we have some stubborn stains, we like a natural-white-pigmented shellac,” he adds. Both, he says, are great for covering stains and giving you a good surface to work with. His go-to products are Sherwin-Williams Fast- Drying Primer and their Multi-Purpose Latex Primer. “Typically, what we’re dealing with on interiors is water stains, so we need something that’s going to block those out,” he says. “Primers are one of the most overlooked components of a paint job,” says Jason Phillips, who started Phillips Painting in 1997, now known as Phillips Home Improvements, and focuses on residential repainting in the Dallas area.
The product, he says, also helps prevent any tannin and bleeding. B-I-N boasts a 35-minute drying time (re-coat in two hours) and helps seal up fire and water damage.Īnd he likes Zinsser Cover Stain Oil-Base Primer when dealing with exterior wood jobs that require scraping and priming. “I like it for the better drying time than the water-based primers,” he says. In that time, he’s tried various primers, and currently turns to Zinsser products. (named after his oldest daughter, Lauren Ann) has had his business for 22 years. If he needs to block a lot of tough stains or if he’s working with a wood that has a lot of knots, like pine, he likes Sherwin- Williams ProBlock Primer, which is oil-based.īased in the south suburbs of Chicago, Dave Kenealy handles mostly residential interior projects, including insurance work. “It has a quick dry time it dries to the touch in 40 minutes and can be recoated in two hours,” he notes. It has a good consistency and doesn’t separate.”įor cabinetry, he likes Zinsser ALLPRIME Oil-Base Primer, Sealer & Stain Blocker. “It is $1 cheaper per gallon and does a great job. “I had another brand that I really liked until my rep introduced me to the PPG PVA,” Goddard says. He has three go-to primers, depending on the task at hand.įor walls and ceilings, he uses PPG Paints PVA Interior Acrylic Latex Primer. So we asked six pros with a range of specialties which primers they prefer to work with-and why:įor Don Goddard, owner of All About Paint, LLC in Springfield, MO, interior work is the core of his business. Depending on the substrates you’re working with and their condition, you might have several different go-to primers.
It seals your surface, blocks stains, and helps give you even color when you paint.
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