Using
KILZ on the floor is a GREAT idea.
I use the spray can lacquer based
Kilz on knots, one or two quick coats, then prime the whole wall.
I just sprayed a little
Kilz on the areas that were bad.
Not exact matches
I'm a huge fan of
KILZ 2 as well — that's what we used
on our brick fireplace a couple of years ago and the finish has held up wonderfully.
AS THE LAWRENCE WEINER RETROSPECTIVE at the Whitney Museum fades to white under multiple coats of
Kilz and latex paint, and his various exuberant ephemera take up residence at LA MoCA before wending their way back to their rightful property owners; as Tate Modern and the ICA London emerge from momentary spells of whispered headlines, random sketching, streams of consciousness, and face slapping; as New York's New Museum concludes its vestigial assault
on the Work of Art, not to mention the etiquette of proper spacing, and as visitors to the new building experience the worst case of buyer's remorse since the reopening of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; as the Metropolitan Museum's Dutch paintings readjust to the staid organizing principles of artist's name, date, and genre rather than hanging according to who bought what from whom (
on whose advice) and resold it to so - and - so, who then donated it to the Met; and as the scent of modesty - prosaic, charcoal filtered, crystalline - emanates from the 2008 Whitney Biennial, now is as good a time as any to talk about money.
The smart people at Lowe's decided it would be good to use
Kilz primer
on the upstairs hall and master bedroom floors prior to installing the wood.
SO, I ran out and purchased some oil - based
KILZ (because otherwise the knots in the pine would have bled through a yellowish color), and began painting
on TWO coats.
If I am using white paint and the piece is really smelly and old, I brush
on one coat of
Kilz original.
(It's going to be tough though... I've got everything from wood glue and
Kilz under my nails, to dust - filled pores
on my nose.
Yes, we bought the paint with
KILZ mixed into it,
on the recommendation of the fellow at Home Depot.
I ripped up the carpet, and painted the sub flooring with
Kilz, but it is so hard to keep clean, and hard
on the feet!
If you don't want any of the grain to peak through, apply a primer like
KILZ 2 ® Latex Primer before you put
on your first coat of paint.
For the desk, I started with 2 coats of
Kilz Latex Primer applied with a foam roller
on the large areas and a small paint brush for the fine details.
first I sanded with 80 grit sand paper then I put a
kilz primer
on it.
If I am painting an old piece white — I use one coat of
Kilz Original primer
on it.
I liked this primer a lot, it's thinner than
kilz (which I usually use) and I bought it
on accident but it was a happy accident because it went
on easy and dried fast.