Primer
Benjamin Moore Featured Primers
Protect and enhance your home’s interior and exterior with premium oil, acrylic, and latex primer options.
All Purpose Primer (C085)
A premium all-purpose alkyd primer, undercoater, and stain-blocking sealer for vertical and horizontal surfaces, this oil-based primer delivers a mildew-resistant coating, superior tannin-blocking, four-hour recoat, and excellent hide.
- Delivers superior tannin blocking
- Provides a mildew-resistant coating
- Offers superior adhesion
- Seals uniformly
- Low-VOC
- Only available in areas that require VOC’s <100. Please check with your local retailer
A premium quality, interior and exterior, low VOC alkyd primer that provides excellent adhesion, sealing, and stain-blocking properties. This all-purpose primer is formulated to suppress most stains including: crayon, graffiti, grease marks, tannin bleeding, water stains, asphalt, creosote, rust, and smoke stains. This all-purpose primer can be used over oil or latex paint and performs equally well under all Benjamin Moore® architectural finish coats. Fresh Start® AllPurpose Primer gives you the ability to recoat on the same day.
FEATURES
Blister resistant • Stain Blocking • Excellent adhesion •Interior / Exterior • Superior tannin blocking • Mildew resistant • Enamel holdout • Sandable • Can be top coated with either latex or oil-based finishes • Low VOC
RECOMMENDED USE
Previously painted surfaces or as an undercoater / stain sealer on wood, drywall, plywood, ceiling tile, Formica®, Masonite®, and ceramic tile. For exterior surfaces, use on new or previously coated exterior wood. It is an excellent stain suppressor and is recommended for blocking cedar and redwood bleed. Type of Stains: Water stains, tannin bleed / tannin-rich woods, smoke damage, markers, crayons, pens, pencils, nicotine, hand & fingerprints, household stains such as coffee, and many more.
High-Hiding All Purpose Primer (046)
Our highest-performing 100% acrylic primer delivers maximum hide and a uniform finish across most interior and exterior surfaces. This primer provides a mildew-resistant coating and is the go-to for a significant color change.
- Seals and suppresses most bleeding type stains
- Maximum hiding
- Fast drying
- Low VOC
- Provides a mildew-resistant coating
- Superior adhesion
- Engineered with Gennex® Color Technology
A premium quality, 100% acrylic interior and exterior primer with an advanced formula technology that delivers maximum hiding, superior adhesion, and excellent stain blocking in a low VOC, mildew-resistant coating. It provides superior adhesion and is more forgiving over difficult substrates. Additionally, this product is effective in sealing and suppressing most bleeding type stains.
FEATURES
Provides maximum hide • Seals and suppresses most bleeding type stains • Provides a mildew-resistant coating • Excellent adhesion to multiple substrates • Features a quick-drying formula
RECOMMENDED USE
New, previously painted and properly prepared wood, drywall, ceiling tile, Formica®, Masonite®, ceramic tile, cured plaster, and wall coverings. Use on new, previously painted, and properly prepared exterior substrates such as wood, aluminum, hardboard and vinyl siding, shingles, concrete, masonry, brick, and non-ferrous metal surfaces. Seals and suppresses most bleeding type stains such as tannin bleed, water stains, smoke damage, markers, crayons, pens, pencils, nicotine, hand & fingerprints, household stains such as coffee, and many more.
Ultra Spec HP Acrylic Metal Primer (HP04)
Ultra Spec®HP D.T.M. Acrylic Enamels provide excellent rust inhibition for superior corrosion control and protection for metal substrates.
- Water thinned
- Rust inhibitive
- Fast dry and fast full cure times
- Excellent adhesion
- Can be applied to galvanized metal
- Engineered with Gennex® Color Technology
This unique waterborne, acrylic primer minimizes flash rusting and protects steel from corrosion. Its rust-inhibitive formula is ideal for use on interior and exterior ferrous and galvanized metal. This primer can be applied to slightly damp surfaces and adheres well to most hard to coat substrates. It can also be used to prime masonry substrates.
RECOMMENDED USE: Ferrous Metal, Galvanized Metal, Equipment, Metal buildings, Fences, Masonry, and General maintenance painting substrates.