Beware of the Kilz2 that is water based..it is useless for covering stains..it is good for priming over hard colors or new drywall to seal it..but if the problems on your walls and ceilings are from stains, yellowing of the walls due to smoking, crayons and ink marks it will not seal it and it will ';burn'; right thru it showing through your finish paint(the marks/stains)..You must use the original kilz that is a solvent base to kill the stains out if this is tthe issue..I am a 37 year experienced painter and when latex kilz came out I tried it a couple of times..and as I say..it is useless for heavy stains and water marks...You cannot use either as a finish paint for where you cut in around the edge of the ceilings with it( latex or solvent based kilz) it will ';picture frame'; on you showing all around where you cut in.. If it is being sprayed..You can get buy with it but not recommended...but you must be a VERY EXPERIENCED spray person for it not to show from the over lapping of your fan on the sprayer..Can i use the primer/sealer Kilz on my ceiling without painting over it?
The purposes of a primer are to cover over and hide what's there AND to make the surface accept a new finish coat more easily and uniformly.
Kilz (or any other primer) is not meant to be a finish-quality product. The Kilz will help to cover up imperfections, stains, etc., on the ceiling and will prepare the ceiling to be painted, but it is not, in and of itself, a paint.
It's smart to use a good primer before you repaint a ceiling. And a gallon of decent white paint for the ceiling won't set you back much, and it won't take much time. Simply using the primer to start with will (in the long run) save you both time and money, and give you a better finished surface.
It'll still take a few coats to make that stuff look like actual paint, so I'd just paint it. Besides, primer (especially Kilz) has no scrubability. Granted it's on a ceiling, but if there's any dust flying around or if there's any smoke in the room it's going to be yellow in no time.
No, I don't think you'd like the way it looks; it's rather thick and chalky looking when it dries. You need to paint over it. BTW, there's absolutely no rule that says ceilings have to be white; in fact, it makes rooms more interesting if the ceiling is a color!
no, it's called a primer for a reason. it's not designed as paint but as an undercoat for paint,if your going to do a thing do it right. that way you do not come back and do it again later
There are some primers that can be left as a finish coat. [on a ceiling] Dunn Edwards 'Prep-Seal' can be tinted to Swiss coffee and left alone. I've done that a couple of times with no complaints. It's cheap.
no you have to apply a 2 coats of a finish paint,,,kilz will turn yellow in bout 2 or 3 months,, no matter if some one smokes in the house or not
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