Primer paint

[magimerlin]

Not in a garage but a wall is a wall.....lol..

Anyways I had to do a few hole repairs(holes not made by me) in a house I'm in.. it was a kids room so drawings on the walls, marker, etc... need primer suggestions that y'all have actually used that will cover good... and i have a couple other rooms that are a dark color from when the owners lived here... those will get painted to but will use same primer to get rid of the dark..

Sooooo.... primer suggestions...
Needs to be
water (latex) based
Able to cover marker marks
Able to cover dark colors
Needs to be white..

Was looking at the zinsser Bulls Eye 123 primers as they seem to fit all my criteria. Let me know what y'all think of it if y'all have used it. Also looking for other suggestions that work aswell... never had to prime a wall befor....lol..


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[DCarr2]

Covering ink, is going to be next to impossible with any latex based product.

Alcohol based zinnser might work, however, for gaurenteed covered, your best bet, unfortunately oil based primer, and id skip kilz, that product ***** by comparison to other products on the market.

For instance, we use Sherwin Williams Probock HS oil base primer, now you can use this as a spot primer, to cover the marker and any water/grease stains.

as far as a good latex based primer, the best on the market right now is a product called Gripper made by Glidden, you can buy it at home depot for about $20 a gallon, has excellent coverage, sticks to almost everything, and its latex based.

if this is your house and not rental property, and your going to be paint trim and doors, Sherwin Williams carries an excellent latex based enamel called Proclassic. that stuff is amazing, its latex, but dries like an oil...

 

[magimerlin]

I am renting at the moment. But will be the last place I move to for a long time.. I plan on staying here and possibly buying it in a couple years if all goes right...plus right now they will take out of the rent owed what I put in to fixing it up...within reason. love the house, the area, neighbors are cool to..... about a mile down a dead end (I'm at the end) dirt road....

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[Git]

BIN

Shellac based primer - use alcohol for cleanup. It will cover over just about anything

http://www.homedepot.com/p/Zinsser-...ot-Exterior-Primer-and-Sealer-00901/100398381

you get what you pay for. This stuff is expensive, but it works

 

[theoldwizard1]

What he said ^^^^^

 

[georgiadave]

Latex paint will not stop bleed through of marker ink. Shellac or oil base primer may work. Alternately and maybe faster, buy a door skin and replace the inked up skin.

 

[magimerlin]

Latex paint will not stop bleed through of marker ink. Shellac or oil base primer may work. Alternately and maybe faster, buy a door skin and replace the inked up skin.

Huh??? Door skin.... read the whole post...lol.. talking bout my interior house walls.....

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[djjsr]

Another vote for shellac base primer. It dries fast so you can quickly do 2 coats. I wouldn't use it on the whole wall, just spot primer the stuff that would normally bleed through the paint. (marker, water stains, ink, etc.) Use a cheap throw-away brush.

 

[Cyberbear]

Have you tried talking with your local paint supplier? A good paint store will have lots of input you can use to make a decision based on the experiences of what has worked before with others.

 

[nh_yota]

Zinsser BIN

 

[maxpower_hd]

X3 for the BIN product. I just used some on the interior of my trailer and it covered very will even with one coat. I was happy with it. I didn't have stains but I went over plywood and it hid the discolored grain well.

 

[four.cycle]

get a rattle can of cheap hair spray and spray all the marks/crayon/grease pencil/lipstick/color crayon/felt marker. dries fast. hose it with a couple good coats.
then go over it with some KILZ primer.

I've also used aerosol lacquer or Krylon clear-coat or Grumbacher "Myston" aerosol pastel fixative. whatever was handy at the moment.

easy. cheap. fast. you just need to "seal" the greasy/inky stuff first. hair spray/shellac/lacquer - they'll all do it.

 

[btdobie]

Was looking at the zinsser Bulls Eye 123 primers as they seem to fit all my criteria. Let me know what y'all think of it if y'all have used it. Also looking for other suggestions that work aswell... never had to prime a wall befor....lol.

I have used the zinsser Bulls Eye 123 Plus recently on a new wall so I can't speak for how it covers dark colors, but it dried nice and thick so I would imagine its good.

 

[Richard Cranium]

clean the area good, hair spray or what ever will clean it up and then your Zinsser bulls eye

 

[Todd.Brock]

I use Gripper to prime stained wood before painting it. It works great. I also have been using a spray can of oil based kilz to spot prime bare spots on drywall before spackling. That also works well and covers cleanly without a high buildup

 

[Hobbit]

If you are already going to be fixing holes just skim over the ink with some joint compound then regular primer or a primer combo paint. It works for me.