Kilz Primer Popcorn Ceiling

My question is do i need to topcoat the kilz with.

Kilz primer popcorn ceiling.

The best products are the same as those for flat ceiling flat or matte finish latex. It s so much better and brighter than it was. Best paint for popcorn ceilings. The bumpier the texture the longer the primer roller nap needs to be to fill the hills and valleys.

And a gallon of decent white paint for the ceiling won t set you back much and it won t take much time. Protect a drywall ceiling with primer or primer and paint before adding any ceiling textures. The kilz will help to cover up imperfections stains etc on the ceiling and will prepare the ceiling to be painted but it is not in and of itself a paint. You also need the oil based primer to seal the nicotine and prevent it from bleeding back through your water based ceiling paint.

I understand your toughts on oil primer. You will also benefit from buying a ceiling specific variety or one that is already pre mixed with a primer. Texture such as popcorn or the flatter knockdown version typically doesn t need a primer finish and only needs paint if you want to change the color. Once the ceiling is completely dry cover the ceiling trim with painter s tape to protect it from primer and paint.

If you purchase a high quality product in this finish you will spend less time on the project and get better results. I recently used it to cover hideous stains caused from water damage. Apply a base coat of stain blocking primer. I have found that some of the popcorn ceilings that i have not primed first w oil before painting the tape joints turn out a brighter white than the rest of the ceilng after the painting is complete.

The can is designed to spray up instead of how regular spray paint cans are designed for spraying. I m in the process of painting kilz primer on our nasty popcorn ceiling there was icky discoloration from age and then i went left a burner on smoked the place up last month hence the kilz. If the ceiling is old you may need a stain blocking primer to prevent old stains from bleeding through. Kilz brand paint primer has a ceiling spray paint in a can that works great for stains.

Oil primer will not re wet the popcorn and can be covered with water based paint after the primer dries in about two hours.