Your wall paints might be ready to go, but your walls might not be ready for them. Priming your walls is not always necessary, in cases where the walls are in good condition or were painted with latex based paints. But if this isn’t the case, then you definitely want to use a primer before wall painting. This is all the more important if you’re painting things like wood. Wet paint can make the wood rot, if it doesn’t dry properly. Giving your wooden furniture or beams a coat of primer can make sure that the wood doesn’t rot. Primer is also necessary if you’re shifting from either a latex based paint to oil based paint, or if it’s the other way around. Either way, the change of base is eased so long as there is a base layer of primer to hold on to. That’s perhaps the most important role that primer plays: it helps the paints to adhere to the walls properly.
Your home painting invariably differs from one makeover to another. You pick another design and different colours. If you’re transitioning from light to dark paint, then there isn’t much of a problem. A single coating should be enough to get the desired look. But if you’re going from dark to light colour paints, then things can get difficult. If you’re covering up a dark blue wall with something light like cream paint, you just can’t stop at a single layer of paint. You’ll end up requiring at least two coats of paints or even more. On the other hand, a layer of primer can help you to cover up most of the darkness, and a single layer or at the most two layers of paint is all you need to get a lighter shade on your walls. Primer helps you to transition your walls between dark and light hues of paint.
A single layer of primer is considerable cheaper than apply multiple layers of paint, which effectively saves you a great deal of money. You can even get primers that are tinted. The general primers are white in colour, but you have your primer tinted to the shade you want on the wall. This is convenient for dark, rich wall colours. All in all, your primer stops your paint from peeling, helps your paint get a richer shade or a lighter shade (as you might need) and protects your walls. So the next time you’re wondering how to paint your walls, remember that the first step had better be priming!
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