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jessbaby
My boys!
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Jessica
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Is it absolutely necessary to Prime before painting?
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Posted 8/24/08 10:56 PM  |
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lbride
Lovin' my mini man!
Member since 3/07 2475 total posts
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Lisa
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Re: Is it absolutely necessary to Prime before painting?
the walls in our house were off white (dirty though) and we didnt prime before painting
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| Posted 8/24/08 11:18 PM |
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christys0925
LIF Adolescent
Member since 9/07 512 total posts
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Christy
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Re: Is it absolutely necessary to Prime before painting?
I painted over brown and burgundy walls with no primer. It came out great. Just get some good paint. We used Behr premium and have no complaints.
HTH
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| Posted 8/24/08 11:26 PM |
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hbugal
Lesigh
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Re: Is it absolutely necessary to Prime before painting?
If it's new drywall you have to prime it..
If you are going from darker color to a lighter color you have to prime it..
If you are going from hot pink to deep blue you need to prime it but you would want to tint the primer...(learned this the hard way)
If you are painting a fairly clean light painted wall you dont have to prime it.
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| Posted 8/24/08 11:46 PM |
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jax1023
LIF Adult
Member since 3/07 1165 total posts
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Jackie
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Re: Is it absolutely necessary to Prime before painting?
Our entire place had off white walls. The paint was in good condition- not peeling of chipping anywhere. We did not prime.
If you remove wall paper, you want to prime then too.
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| Posted 8/25/08 7:25 AM |
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Chatham-Chick
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Re: Is it absolutely necessary to Prime before painting?
We ALWAYS use a tinted primer, regardless of whether we're painting over a dark color or light.
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| Posted 8/25/08 7:35 AM |
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TreAnt427
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Member since 8/06 8652 total posts
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Tracy
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Re: Is it absolutely necessary to Prime before painting?
Depends on what color you are painting over.
We primed the whole house b/c the previous owner's smoked a lot and we wanted to get the smell out.
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| Posted 8/25/08 8:04 AM |
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ali120206
2 Boys
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Re: Is it absolutely necessary to Prime before painting?
Posted by lbride
the walls in our house were off white (dirty though) and we didnt prime before painting
Same with us.
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| Posted 8/25/08 8:08 AM |
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imyself
Member since 10/06 2938 total posts
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me
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Re: Is it absolutely necessary to Prime before painting?
Posted by TreAnt427
We primed the whole house b/c the previous owner's smoked a lot and we wanted to get the smell out.
Same here. We primed to seal in smells so our house wouldn't smell like an old ashtray.
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| Posted 8/25/08 9:13 AM |
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metagefken
LIF Adolescent
Member since 5/08 679 total posts
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J
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Re: Is it absolutely necessary to Prime before painting?
Posted by jax1023
Our entire place had off white walls. The paint was in good condition- not peeling of chipping anywhere. We did not prime.
If you remove wall paper, you want to prime then too.
not necessarily. i just removed wallpaper from my dining room, kitchen and hallway and didnt need to prime. i would suggest giving the walls a light sanding just to make sure all the paper is off.
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| Posted 8/25/08 9:43 AM |
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dbleplay17
My 2 boys!
Member since 10/06 4578 total posts
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Chrissy
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Re: Is it absolutely necessary to Prime before painting?
we had dirty of white walls. we washed the wall with broom and rimed with killz cuz they were gross
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| Posted 8/25/08 9:48 AM |
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MrsPornStar
Partners in crime
Member since 10/05 14656 total posts
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Mama
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Re: Is it absolutely necessary to Prime before painting?
I don't know if you have to, but we primed every wall. The previous owner had almost no color in the house and was a dirty pig, so the walls were dirty. We wanted to get a bright, true color so we used primer and tinted primer in some rooms.
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| Posted 8/25/08 1:48 PM |
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babyfaith
Onward and Upward!
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Re: Is it absolutely necessary to Prime before painting?
I would say you can skip priming only if you are painting a darker color over a lighter color.
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| Posted 8/25/08 1:53 PM |
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