Best Primer Paint
The Zinsser Bulls Eye 1-2-3 Water-Based White Interior/Exterior Primer and Sealer can be used on a variety of surfaces throughout the whole house. The Zinsser Bulls Eye 1-2-3 Water-Based White Interior/Exterior Primer and Sealer can be used on a variety of surfaces throughout the whole house. Water-based formula sticks to most surfaces without requiring sanding for ease of use; Cleans easily with soap and water.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Instead of cutting in around everything first and rolling later, I painted one 12" tile at a time (cut in around the edges with the brush and rolled the center of the tile)."
"I needed to prime a large bed frame which already had a stain applied to it."
"No sanding needed, used this to prime dining room chairs from the 60s."
"Good coverage, good protection, easy to apply."
"Great primer!"
"Used this on west facing steps that get fried 300 days a year, so they were cracking and peeling badly Two coats of this and they looked great and the finish coat went on like ice cream on a two year old's face--smooth and easy!."
Light Gray Primer Spray. Part Number 87064.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"The price is twice as much as usually paid for cans twice this size."
"A can goes fast, so I'm glad I purchased a second can."
"I was looking for a primer for some new resin figures and this was recommended to me and I feekl confident in recommending it to others."
"Excellent spray primer, I use it to prime 28mm RPG minis for painting."
"Be very careful to spray ONE PASS on your plastic miniatures, or else this primer becomes a paint-rejecting glossy mess."
"1 can only got 6 of my model parts primed, it really went fast that I thought it would last longer _('ཀ`」 ∠)_."
"I messed it up the first time and had to use wire brush in drill to get it off to start over."
"can never have enough primer."
A good bonding primer is essential to ensure that topcoats adhere to tough-to-paint surfaces. KILZ Adhesion is a unique latex primer developed to bond securely on slick surfaces where a traditional water or oil-base primer will not adhere. Bonds to tough-to-paint surfaces including Kynar, PVC, Formica, vinyl, glass, tile, glazed brick, chalky paints, glossy finishes, fiberglass and metals.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I love this primer."
"We got this to paint cover a garage window."
"Does exactly as it states-nice."
"Works great and doesn't smell bad."
"Yes it did exactly what it said it would."
"Used on old vinyl floor as prep for tiling floor !!"
"I don't think we would have been able to paint the chairs had it not been for this primer."
Best House Paint
POR-15 is a high-tech high performance rust-preventive coating designed for application directly on rusted or seasoned metal surfaces.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"So just be cautious and wear the right equipment, and protect things you don't want coated black cause this stuff can run and drip."
"A bit of information missing in description did not mention it will not hold up to direct sun--not UV protected."
"One quart is more than enough to complete these projects and still have plenty left for touch ups down the road."
"It is UV sensitive so if you wanna paint a part that is exposed to the sun just give it a top coating with another paint."
"Great product."
"Just check out any classic car forum or classic car parts catalog,you'll find it."
"Looks reasonably good rolled on if you go slow and do a few thin coats."
"guaranteed" to stop rust and it didn't I applied it as it stated not even gave it a top coat to protect it from the elements and the rest still broke through the layer on my left quarter panel."
Best Spray Paint
Size: 11 oz. Enter your model number to make sure this fits. Workable fixatif spray protects computer prints, pencil, pastel and chalk drawings.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Works great but smells terrible."
"Great quality even though some of the lids were cracked or damaged but still a great product."
"Does a great great job in protecting my coloring pages but the smell is horrible."
"It covers well, really stops the smears."
"Ok......use this for pastels."
"I got this for school and as fixatives go, this is probably one of the best products available, although I do wish it were more low odor."
"I can work over it, erase it and depend on it."
"I used this to set a pencil and watercolor picture my daughter-in-law painted."
Best Household Paint Solvents
It restores surfaces to the original color for a perfect match every time and the wipe-on application means no messy paint drips, brush marks or overspray. Enter your model number to make sure this fits.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Looked online before buying and found most complaints about the need to wear gloves and the fact the bottle of material was too small. Keep in mind this product is effectively stripping the top layer of the plastic away via a chemical reaction, so use the gloves."
"It comes with a soaked cloth in a sealed pouch, a tiny bottle of the liquid, and a couple of different applicators. Once it starts drying you can add more of the liquid from the bottle."
"Make sure you put it on evenly and use long swipes and overlap but watch the amount you use."
"It's an 18 year car, and the paint was off in some places, had oxidized, yet this made it almost imperceptible to find the difference."
"Best product ever."
"I used this on my shutters on the house."
"But when I applied it the first time like OMG. it got all of the wax build up I had on my Rhino cover I have for my bed of my pick-up ."
"Tried this product on a combination of plastic ladirondeck lawn chairs, one very faded others mildly faded with oxidation."
Best Household Wood Stains
Gel Stains are heavy-bodied, and so do not penetrate as deeply into the wood as liquid oilbase stains do.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Saved me thousands of dollars replacing these horrid oak banisters. Put on some latex gloves, then throw a sock over your hand and go to town that way. You'll still need something smaller for hard to reach areas but don't waste your time trying to be fancy. You will want to finish with a poly coat over top to prevent the stain from fading or coming off."
"I treated every coat like it was the top coat, making sure to not leave any blobs or streaks and just let a little bit of color soak in with every coat. I did about 3 coats of the Brown Mahogany first to get that rich red tone, and then used about 2-3 coats of the java on top just to darken it up a bit. 3 coats of Java Gel stain and the Urethane top coat (3 coats) on top."
"I was able to finish the bathroom (3 coats) and put 2 coats on in the kitchen with one gallon. I used a matte finish polyurethane for the kitchen cabinets and a gloss finish for the bathroom cabinets."
"We tried minwax gel stain initially and we were very unhappy with the results."
Best Household Varnishes
1 Gallon kit covers around 25 sq.f.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"This was my first time with Epoxy so I will share my experience to help the next victim :). Crafted 2 end tables and wanted to inlay a picture below the epoxy, Watched several videos and read how to's on it. ( did mine in garage with door open, don't do that). Prep, MUST do a seal coat, I read this and thought ehh, I prepped the wood enough and skiped this. I fought bubbles for about an hour while top layer dried. Loved how they turned out for my first time, If you take one thing away from my review, let it be to pour thin multiple layers!"
"First time user here, I read the instructions and my product came out perfect."
"I put off buying epoxy after hearing numerous horror stories and seeing some firsthand mess ups (bubbles galore, sticky finishes, etc...)."
"So far so perfect!"
"I always wanted to play with resin and there are a lot of products on the market."
"Good product at a fair price."
"Comes with excellent step by step instructions."
"Works well and looks great on my bar surface."