I got the primer coat painted in the computer room yesterday. The first product I bought was KILZ. It’s a primer and stain blocker. I found out that you should read labels when it comes to stain blockers. I just bought The kind of KILZ that was in the big display at the end of the aisle. It was in a two gallon container, which seemed handy. It wasn’t the right product though. It only covered light stains and scuff marks. The good stuff was down the aisle. I ran out before the room was covered, so I went back to the store. This time I got a Behr product. And this time I read the label – it was a premium stain blocker. I re-covered some of the stainiest areas, and finished the spots I hadn’t yet gotten to.
I’ve never primed before. This was my first time ever. Usually I just get a good quality paint and put it on thick. I’ve never had any trouble, even painting white over black. Not having any experience with primer, I was experiencing something weird: the primer wasn’t covering things completely, even when I put it on thick. Is that what primer always does? It seems defeating or something – you roll on a fresh coat of paint, and when you’re finished, it looks splotchy and ill-painted. Why would anybody use primer? Get good paint and put it on thick. It takes less time, less money, and it doesn’t make you feel like you’re a bad painter.
Yea, it doesn’t look splotchy at all….it looks great!! Maybe splotchy is in the eye of the beholder.
So did you finish painting the whole room? Can we see a picture?
I see the splotchy. And I agree. Who uses primer?
Maybe fresher plaster absorbs primer differently than older plaster and produces splotchiness? Myself, I wash the surface good with Spic ‘n Span, bleach or use an abrasive as a deglosser (when I’m recovering a bathroom, kitchen, or classroom wall, for example) – then just paint. I always thought primer was for completely bare walls, first time, virgin, never touched by a paint brush. No?
But, bottom line, who’s going to stare at your ceiling except floor-bound insects fantasizing about being up there? Looks fine. You have plenty other things to obsess about now that school’s reopened, don’t you??
Congratulations on being the first person to utter the word ‘stainiest’.
You’re a wordsmith.
I’ve primed something before. Except it wasn’t a room, it was a bird house.It was hard work. But wow was it beautiful!