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Old 12-09-2011, 01:58 PM  
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my name is Jim, I have a question for any one who knows, should newly plastered walls and ceilings be primed


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Old 12-09-2011, 02:00 PM  
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is it totally necassary to prime new plaster with oil base primer


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Old 12-10-2011, 11:03 AM  
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I don't about oil based primer. You can seal it with a couple coats of lite color water based paint mixed with 50% water.
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Old 12-24-2011, 12:10 AM  
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hi newbie question:

what is "priming" and why is it important to prime? what is being primed?

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Old 12-26-2011, 07:24 PM  
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New plaster is porise and can suck the moisture out of the paint making it dry to fast and blotchy.


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