Hello: New to this site from cookstalk- I will be doing a paint job for my son this weekend and he thoughtfully bought 15 gallons of Kilz primer from Home Depot. Is it the same quality as other primer or am I destined to be a victim of the lowest bidder syndrome? I suggested he buy Benj Moore but this stuff was too cheap to pass up. Thanks Rich WQill be priming 1200 ‘ addition mostly sheetrock.
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Kilz started out, many years ago, with one product...a primer which blocked stains from coming through new paint. Now they're marketing many more products. All I know about them is that their stain blocking primer worked well.
Here's their FAQ page. Maybe this will help decide if what you have will work on your application: http://www.kilz.com/pages/default.aspx?NavID=61
Other companies, like Behr...also available at HD...make a primer which is specifically for new sheet rock. It has an adhesive quality when dry which pulls the paint out of the roller, allowing a single top coat in most cases.
The last thing I want to do when rolling paint, not my favorite job, is to go back for a third trip over the same surface.
although not one of my favorites,Kilz will suffice ,,,make sure it's is mixed,strred, shaken or boxed,, ( poured from one 5 gal bucket to another several times )
good luck !
I've had excellent results from Kilz stain blocker, their interior and exterior primers, and their mildew-resistant paint. Much of it was bought from big boxes, but the price at Ace hardware isn't enough higher to make me think that they're making a special cut-rate paint for HD.
I've had great results using the Kilz mildew-resistant primer. I've gone through quite a bit of it and totally satisfied with it.Covers nice! After one coat over new drywall it almost looked like a finish coat.
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Is the odor of Kilz an issue when painting a full room?
Not with Latex it isn't.
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The original Kilz (still available) has an alcohol base with a horrible odor problem. You absolutely have to use it with good ventilation. The latex stuff is not much different than latex paint."Put your creed in your deed." Emerson
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Original Kilz is oil based.It is BIN that is shellac (alcholo solvent).The problem with discussion like this is that Kilz is both a brandname and a specific product.Unless one gives the full product name everyone is talking about a different product.Kilz Orginal
Kilz Orderless
Kilz Exterior
Kilz General Purpose
Kilz/2 Latex
Kilz Premium
Kilz Upshot
Ki;z Orginal low VOC.http://www.kilz.com/pages/default.aspx?NavID=22
http://www.kilz.com/pages/default.aspx?NavID=61
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A-holes. Hey every group has to have one. And I have been elected to be the one. I should make that my tagline.
You're right, it is the shellac Bins that stinks so bad. But i have never seen this product: Ki;z Orginal low VOC. "Put your creed in your deed." Emerson
"When asked if you can do something, tell'em "Why certainly I can", then get busy and find a way to do it." T. Roosevelt
fast one it is important to set you straight
Bin shellac base is unpleasant
KILZ original is the one when I get a whiff my vision blurrs & I see yellowish brown tinged brain cells floating in the air never to harmonize again
always amazed me how appropriate the name of the company is - perhaps their legal department named it
Rich,
Come to think of it, doesn't HD have a policy of no returns on paint? Kinda looks like you'll be primin' with whatcha got...
>> Come to think of it, doesn't HD have a policy of no returns on paint?I don't know any place that will take back custom tinted colors but I've returned unopened, untinted paint at HD before.