How to Prepare a Wall for the Primer Paint

Series Summary

Home improvement projects can be either rewarding or infuriating. Whether it's fixing the toilet, painting the house, building storage shelves, installing drywall, or adding on a new room to your house, home repair and maintenance can be done successfully and rewardingly. The key to making your home improvement project relatively hassle-free consists in having three essential things: the right knowledge, the right materials, and the right tools. Though we can't give you the tools or the equipment, we can help with the talent. With step-by-step instructions from our expert you can learn how to easily build storage shelves in your garage and learn how to properly paint your walls.

In this free online video series, learn from DIY home improvement expert Jon Olson, as he demonstrates garage home improvement projects such as installing garage shelves and painting the walls in the garage. Learn what materials and tools you will need, how to prepare garage walls for primer, including how to mix and paint primer, how to prepare the wall for paint, how to paint a wall, basic painting tips tips, and how to build and install storage shelves in your garage.

Video Transcript

" Hi! This is John on behalf of Expert Village in this video clip I will be discussing how we will prepare for the primer. Before we start putting our primer on we need to go through every surface on our wall and just feel it to make sure that there is no bumps or divots. In addition give it a visual inspection to see if there is any areas that might need a little patch work before we start primering. The next thing that you will want to do is take a towel and wipe off any excess dust or debris from the walls. A lot of times when you are sanding there is a lot of little fine particles that would get into the wall and just stick there and then when you primer it won't go on very well. Finally you need to make sure you have all the correct materials together. I'm going to use a 3/8 inch roller, a pan, and of course the primer."