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Originally Posted by Heard
Ted- not being a painter, educate me on the color of the primer. Why reddish maroon?
Thanks,
Heard
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Not being a 'painter' myself, I've run into this same situation over the years while squirting my own paint. A couple of quotes below from the H.A.M.B. explain the biggest reason far better than I could have put into my own words. DD
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" Any color primer will work but you will need to apply more paint the more contrast there is between colors."
"A primary reason to use like-colored primers is reduce the amount of paint needed to for complete coverage. When just learning to paint, I made the mistake of using a light primer on a section of a truck bed when I ran out of dark primer. When I painted the truck, the entire bed had the same number of coats. However, when out in the light, there was a significant lightening of the paint where the light primer was used."