Another question, have some drywall primer left over, bought at lowes called 1st step latex. Want to reprime the doors and frames, can I use the drywall primer? I know there is some primer that can be used on drywall or wood.
Dan
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I think PVA primer is ok on bare wood, but it's not as good as a primer made specifically for that. Don't use PVA on non-porous surfaces like already painted stuff, plastics, metals, etc.
zak
"so it goes"
thanks zak, i figure worst case is that I have to cover it
thanks again
no, worst case is it dosent bond and you have to sand it all off and start over.Tmaxxx
Urban Workshop Ltd
Vancouver B.C.
cheers. Ill buy.
good point but another reason for asking about if it would be okay is that I was priming some patches around the door and by accident end up with some on the door so I spread it out, this was a few days ago and its bonding real well, by the way these are the six panel hollow core doors from lowes, not sure if that makes a diff.
Dan
Actually its not much good for anything except priming drywall.
If you have used it you must have some kind of feeling that its next to nothing . No hiding . I think it would be a wate of time unless you were spraying every thing at once .
Tim