We have hit a roadblock in our painting project, we have some serious bleeding through issues.
I am no painting expert and I am a little confused.
We have painted 2 coats of regular primer and 2 coats of Kilz stain blocker primer and it is still bleeding through.
We are using a water based primer, is that the problem?
Help!
Any suggestions?
We want to get this project done!
I asked my furniture making husband and he says as a option, you can always slap on a coat of shellac onto the piece. This will seal everything underneath it to prevent any further bleeding. Then you’d put another coat of primer and go ahead with your paint. I hope this helps!
Zinsser primer/sealer/stain killer – it’s shellac based, dries super fast. Some pieces are just really really stubborn, but zinsser is the best in my opinion. I’d do 2 maybe 3 coats and wait a day before painting to make sure you don’t have any bleed through. Hope that helps- it’s such pain when that happens!
Zinsser Cover Stain has always covered issues like this for us.
Yes, that is the problem… Try an oil-based one if you can; always works for me, although it’s no fun and hard to clean up. I’ve heard good things about Kilz Clean Start (water-based), if you must use a water-based product–but I’ve never tried it myself.
Definitely oil-based Kilz or Zinsser for bleed-through issues! Just use a cheap brush/roller and throw them away.
I think Young House Love gave some tips on bleed through recently. Hope you find a solution!
Many blessings,
Holly
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OH NO! I know how you feel! I had the same problem with a dresser. I went out and got some BIN primer. Nothing gets through that stuff! It’s a shellac based primer and it’s pretty stinky but it works. At first it will seem like it’s not working because you’ll still see the stain but once you put the paint on top it will be gone.
Best of luck!
Kelle
xoxo
Yes, that’s the problem! Grab a can of kilz spray primer and spray the places where the wood tanin is bleeding through. Good luck!
i find zinnser oil based primer to be the very best at blocking stains, though it still may need a couple coats.
I use BIN primer, like Kelle, but if you’ve bleeding you may have adhesion issues with the primer you’ve already used, so a godd sand prior to priming is a good idea (a big pain, but a good idea 🙂 good luck!
Try Zinsser, it’s an oil based primer and it works great at covering nasty stains or pine knots. And don’t forget to give it a sand first. Good luck!
Easy – you need an oil-based combined primer/sealer/undercoat. It will stop the tannin from the timber bleeding through, no problem.
I always use oil based Kilz in a spray can. Some of the water based zinnser and kilz need a week cure time. Good luck:) Can’t wait to see the finished product.