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Priming is Essential
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Priming helps ensure a professional-looking paint job. It isn't just a way to sell you one more paint product, and it isn't just watered-down paint. Primer is a specially formulated product designed to: increase adhesion, help the finish coat develop maximum sheen, give the finish coat a uniform appearance, increase the finish coat coverage, block stains, block tannins from aromatic woods, block resins from knots and pitch pockets, add to corrosion resistance over metals.
2 Steps
Step 1
TINT PRIMER FOR BEST RESULTS
Most primers can be tinted, and tinting will ensure good coverage for the finish coat. But too much tint will dilute the primer and reduce its efficiency. Usually a primer can be tinted by no more than 25 percent of the formula for the color you’ve chosen; follow the recommendations of the manufacturer. Dampen your roller or brush to get of to a fast start. Use water for latex, paint thinner for alkyd.
Step 2
CUT IN CORNERS
Pick your starting point and cut in the corner wit ha 2-inch sans brush or a corner pad. Cut in the first 3 to 4 feet along the ceiling too. Apply the primer using a 9-inch roller with the appropriate nap. Start wit ha single vertical strip at the cut-in corner. Roll the remaining wall in 3x3-foot sections, working from top to bottom. Lay the primer down in a W, then fill in the gaps without lofting the roller.
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