Painting Pine

[cibula11]

I am starting to paint my pine ceiling in the attic. I was wondering if I could use some leftover exterior primer, or if there is some sort of primer that would work well with pine. I would like to paint the ceiling white, so good coverage is needed.

 

[glennjanie]

Yes the primer you have is sufficient, unless some of the pine knots start bleeding through. Then you can cover those places with Kilz 2 or a similar product.
Glenn

 

[Daryl in Nanoose]

I would olny use a oil based primer. Kilz original oil based is a real good one. I have tried latex stain blocker before with poor results.

 

[Square Eye]

Oil based Kilz.. Pine is terrible about bleeding through at the knots.
No latex primer is going to stop it.

 

[jrousell]

I have seen KIlx brand primer with Shallac in it. Would this be the right thing? or just their regular oil based primer?