Painting - Which primer to use?

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joebry
09-07-05, 04:19 PM
I want to re-paint some walls with a latex paint but the paint that is on the walls now may be oil-based. Will one of the Zinsser water-based primers be ok, and which one should I use? :confused:

The descriptions of the Zinsser primers all seem to do the same thing. The Zinsser Bulls Eye 1-2-3 DEEP TINT can be tinted which I would like to do.

slickshift
09-07-05, 06:10 PM
It would be unusual for the wall to have oil-based paint on it
Try this test first:
http://forum.doityourself.com/showthread.php?t=230633
joneq
09-07-05, 07:45 PM
Oil--- Latex ----It don't matter. Zinsser goes over any paint. Primes --seals--and sticks like nothing else