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2. What Is Paint Primer and Is It Actually Necessary? - AOL

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   Primer is basically just paint that's (typically) untinted, and it's applied to walls before the paint color of choice is. The texture is usually thicker than traditional paint to smooth out the ...

3. Primer (paint) - Wikipedia

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   Primer (paint) A water-based primer, used primarily on wood. A primer ( / ˈpraɪmər /) or undercoat is a preparatory coating put on materials before painting. Priming ensures better adhesion of paint to the surface, increases paint durability, and provides additional protection for the material being painted. [1]

4. Oil paint - Wikipedia

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   Oil paint is a type of slow-drying paint that consists of particles of pigment suspended in a drying oil, commonly linseed oil. The viscosity of the paint may be modified by the addition of a solvent such as turpentine or white spirit , and varnish may be added to increase the glossiness of the dried oil paint film.

5. Rabbit-skin glue - Wikipedia

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   Rabbit-skin glue. Rabbit-skin glue, in pellet form (left) and partially dissolved in water (right) Rabbit-skin glue is a sizing that also acts as an adhesive. It is a type of animal glue that is essentially refined rabbit collagen. The glue has been used for centuries for stretching and priming canvases for oil painting.

6. Stain-blocking primer - Wikipedia

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   Stain-blocking primers are used to cover stains such as watermarks, nicotine (actually tar), markers, smoke, and prevent them bleeding through newly applied layers of paint. They also provide adhesion over problematic surfaces, giving better film leveling, and durability. Commonly used stain-blocking paints include acrylic and alkyd .

7. Paint - Wikipedia

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   Assorted tempera (top) and gouache (bottom) paints. Paint is a material or mixture that, after applied to a solid material and allowed to dry, adds a film-like layer. As art, this is used to create an image, known as a painting. Paint can be made in many colors and types. Most paints are either oil-based or water-based, and each has distinct ...