qt Zinsser 249727 White Zinsser, Smart Prime Water-Based Interior/Exterior Primer/Sealer

I don't understand why people give this a bad review or return it. It's the best primer for cabinets.

Used it after taking down wallpaper. Some glue stayed behind, and I didn’t want it reactivating with a regular primer. This one sealed it all in, stuck well even on shiny spots, and covered everything without a problem.

Excellent coverage with 20% h2o! I didn't have an airless sprayer handy to shoot it full strength, so I used a cheap 22v turbine sprayer. No tannins or anything bled through. Easy to sand. I like using better than Bin. Which is saying alot because I preferred Bin primmer for years. I just tried this Smart Primer on a whim.. Now it is my favorite.

I’m a big fan of Zinsser BIN, but I’m not a big fan of the ammonia clean up. I was hoping that this product would combine the features that make me love BIN with a soap and water clean up. Well, Smart Prime isn’t a water-based clone of BIN. It’s much thicker and doesn’t self level well. I do like it more when thinned with a bit of water, and it does sand easily. And it seems to be an effective bonding primer. (I haven’t had an opportunity to test its blocking ability.) Overall, I’ll keep using it, but I’m not ready to throw away my BIN just yet.

I read reviews about this water based primer before buying and was still a bit skeptical since I was changing my black bedroom furniture white. This is the best primer I have ever used, I lightly sanded my wood furniture and since it was black and I didn't want any bleeding I used two coats of primer. This goes on like butter, total coverage with not a lot of waste. This gallon was just the right amount for two coats on 2 nightstands; a king size bed headboard and frame; and two large dressers. I did not take a lot of before pictures which makes me mad but I did have a picture of the nightstand to show how black it was. This is well worth the price.

This is a great product I use it all the time, works great for cabinets and is extremely durable and they wonderful base for high quality paint jobs .. My most recent purchase was a very dodgy can... The product had separated and that basically had what can be described as a sandy putty... No matter how much I mix the paint I could not get it to smooth out... It was pretty annoying because it set back a customer job. Five stars on the product one star on them supplier... I don't know where the hell they kept this paint before they shipped it...

Good product for the use we had, thanks !

Game changer in my opinion. ALMOST as good as an oil base primer as far as covering stains and tannins but with the ease of use and lack of fumes that you would expect from a water based product. Two coats completely covered a pure black creosote stain. If you’ve ever tried to paint over creosote stains you know how impressive this is. Adhesion is excellent assuming the prep work is done correctly and it sands with relative ease.