How long does paint primer take to dry

[p8ntblr]

Planning on doing a little painting Saturday and was hoping to do it all in one day. If I primer in the morning, will it be dry by the afternoon to paint?

[maxparot]

Planning on doing a little painting Saturday and was hoping to do it all in one day. If I primer in the morning, will it be dry by the afternoon to paint?

That is dependant on the paint, if it's thinned, what it's thinned with, how it's applied and the weather.
Best advise is to follow the paint manufacturers recommendations.

[Uncle Cracker]

It takes exactly one hour longer to dry than you have...

[jking]

Are you painting indoors or outdoors? I know several people who swear by oil-based primer for exterior projects. The oil-based primers generally take much longer to dry before top coat. If you are doing interior paint with latex primer, you should be able to top coat within a couple of hours. Read the cans & stick to their recommendations.

[docrowan]

I've been painting my shop, which is made of T-111 siding and fairly rough pressure treated wood trim. It's been warm, dry, and sunny. I used Kilz water base exterior primer and it would dry on the rough t-111 in under an hour. Some nooks and crannies on the trim would collect a little more paint and it might take two hours. I didn't have any problems with recoat with primer after a couple of hours. Because I was working in some very detailed places, I ran out of time to put on the two coats of final color until a couple of days later, which was probably just as well to allow for the primer to get good and cured.

Hope this helps.

[jseklund]

I have been renovating a house- and my gf has been doing a lot of painting. We've been priming with Kilz2 and it usually dries in about an hour. Worst case, I'd say two hours for a coat to dry should do it with the Kilz.

[p8ntblr]

Thanks guys. I'll be using Kilz as well and will be painting indoors. Sounds like it should dry in time.

[scmhogg]

Paul,

Where do you get Kilz paint balls??

Steve

[tuttlejr]

I have had great luck with Bullseye 123 primer which is water based. Recoatable ib about an hour. Can be tinted. Sticks to just about anything: Galvanized, Glass, any slick clean surface. A better choice than Kilz for most purposes. Made by the same company. Clean your hands immediately as it is tenacious with its grip. Or wear gloves.