Does SELF-PRIMING PAINT Really Work...Or Is It A Marketing Gimmick? (PAINT + PRIMER--Tips, Secrets!)

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DOES SELF-PRIMING PAINT REALLY WORK...Or Is It A Marketing Gimmick? (PAINT + PRIMER--Tips, Secrets!)

Self-priming paint (or Paint + Primer) has been around for more than a decade now. But do these seemingly hybrid products really work? This short video from The Honest Carpenter, in collaboration with Oak City Coatings, will explain the truth about self-priming paints!

Behr was the first company to launch a self-priming paint. Then, pretty much every major paint manufacturer followed suit.

In many cases, these new "self-priming" products were actually the same paint products as before, but with different labels. In other cases, formulas had been tweaked, but not drastically.

Primer is a thinner product that is meant to fill in porous surfaces, and act as a bonding agent for paint layers to come. It typically contains more resins, and little to no pigment.

But, high-quality paint also has a higher concentration of various minerals and chemicals that also bond well to various surfaces. This makes it capable of covering some surfaces well without a primer coat.

In some cases, really high-quality paint, with a slightly higher concentration of resins, is advertised as truly self-priming--manufacturers insist that primer coats are not necessary.

However, many manufacturers still encourage the use of primer coats for specific substrates. (This info can often be found on the back of the paint can, or in technical literature online.)

Many self-priming paints are recommended for "previously painted or coated surfaces."

But, they can also serve very well when repainting from a very dark color to a very light color, without a primer coat!

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