10 Things YOU Must Prime to STOP Paint Fails

Jeremy discusses 10 things you should prime inside your house before you paint.

Timestamps:

0:00 Introduction
0:53 New Drywall
1:51 Spackle Spots
2:47 Raw Wood
3:53 Dramatic Color Change
4:51 Stained or Poly'd Trim
5:34 Oil Trim
6:52 Wallpaper Removal
8:40 Water Damage
9:34 Dark Marks
10:41 Soot Stains
11:52 Outro

Primers in order of Appearance:

[jasonbellows]

Solid content! Almost didn't take recommendation from Sherwin Williams rep about priming dark purple walls and army green walls going to a light tan. Glad i did! Also glad i watched this before paint some wood trim with poly top coat!

[beverlyc.]

Great content in this video! Thank you.

[cranstonwilliamsworth]

Lots of good information, thank you for sharing!

[jeremystone]

I know this was a year ago and you may have changed your primers. However you should try (if you haven't) PPG speed prime for bare drywall and Zinsser Smart prime for over oil. Also Benjamin Moore can tint their primers to the color of your finish paint.

[nwzscfz]

Great video - wandering what to do with rusty nails leaking thru white paint. Should I use oil base paint? The surface is the exterior trim around my garage door. Thanks again, love your videos. Thanks

[trollop]

Ive had the greyish soot in rentals and have wondered what the hell it was, and i think youre correct on it being candles. Ive never thought if that and always wondered what the hell it was from.

[conradcoolerfiend]

The spot thing on the joists blew my mind. I always thought it only could have been sagging drywall and raking lighting.

[victoriacooke-oidg]

Thank you for all the info. For the soot stains, how would you go about covering them if they are on a unpainted popcorn ceiling that has asbestos?

[mikeysan]

Excellent video! Not sure if you still check this, but I have four windows on the side of the house in virtually constant sun through the summer. Not sure what they were painted with, but the paint at the bottom has flaked off...it's a nearly horizontal surface. The paint applied to the top and sides is in decent shape. Since there's now bare wood exposed, I presume I need to prime with an oil-based primer? Should I then use an oil-based paint for the top coat?

[Reno-pzkt]

Question, how is it to a ceiling when the primer is not the same texture as the thicker primers? Would have like to have seen that process. Thanks Jeremy

[doubledragon]

You can also get PVA primer in two gallon buckets.

[rhondalane]

Hi, I just found your channel and really like how you explain everything . My vinyl exterior windows are looking very old and tired and I was wondering if you’d ever recommend painting them? Budget wise I can’t afford to replace them right now so any tips to make them look better will be appreciated!!!!

[NoShredDad]

Would you prime the brand new siding prior pain. I was going to do two coats of paint but not sure if I should prime the exterior first? Thank you.

[Avital]

Sometimes when I don’t prime a previously-painted piece of trim, it seems like the finish coats don’t look as white as I would have expected. For this reason, unless I’m feeling super-lazy, I usually go ahead and prime. Does this make sense?

[gianthills]

recently ran into a situation where it was a repaint over a dark color and the head painter made the mistake of top coating 4 times I think, because he didn't think to prime it twice. Of course he tried to blame it on the paint.

[JulianBG]

Jeremy, do you have recommendations what primer or finish coat you can apply to hide small holes (from bubbles)? Something like liquid filler that can fill up the those small holes and avoid having to do another skim coat. Any ideas?

[elizabethc]

Great information as I do a LOT of painting for myself and family/friends. One question though...what is the best primer for crayon on bare drywall? Thanks in advance.

[maryquehl]

Love your videos. Great insight. Have a 22'x28' room with 12' ceilings with soot stains on ceilings where the trusses are located, and part way down the walls from the ceiling. I cleaned all the areas. Now ready to prime. Whether i use zinsser cover stain oil or Bin shellac i am going to have to use a respirator. How much of a risk of pulling some of the primer that may get tacky, will i have as keeping a nice wet edge is going to be impossible. With Zinsser cover stain would you reccommend a 3/8" or 1/2" roller cover on a 14" roller? Shellac seems really messy to me on the ceilings because it is so thin. Also concerned about roller marks. If i use cover stain oil base Do you recommend painting the entire ceiling and all the walls even where there is no soot stain? Concerned about height of paint on walls if i dont prime it all.

[bobsundstrom]

Don't forget the crayon...it always bleeds through. I also like BIN and STIKS from BM.

[PeterBergeris]

Used Sherwin Williams drywall primer with Icelandic tint on fresh drywall n came out good. Found two areas after, that needed compound. After sanding, used multi purpose primer with tint n it dried a little darker than the first drywall primer. Why? Will the finish color cover it OK? Used the multi purpose primer on another walk n it was good.