you would want to use an oil based primer, like kilz. it has heavier stain blocking "technology".
Binz - Shellac Primer $50/gallon.
Use Kilz 2 latex primer to seal and block a variety of stains, including crayon, pencil, ink, marker, rust, and grease. Prevents stains from bleeding through topcoat paint.
Try a heavy coat of primer/sealer. The primer should condition and adhere to your plaster walls. Once the primer sets up (dries) you can then apply anything you want to those walls.
No. Never use primer to change wall colors. I once bought a house that was just renovated. Everything was nice; but the walls. The renovators cheaped out and just covered the walls in white primer, it made them all feel like sandpaper.
yes
It is not necessary to use a primer for interior walls, but using one helps with adhesion and smoothness of the paint.
The smell of cigarette smoke can linger in the air for a long time. The smell can get into the carpet and the walls, and become a permanent scent in a home.
Yes, But it would take alot of smell to do so. About and smoke can be smelled it place that you smoke.
Use Kilz 2 latex primer to seal and block a variety of stains, including crayon, pencil, ink, marker, rust, and grease. Prevents stains from bleeding through topcoat paint.
The benefits of primer is to solve common painting problems including stains on walls, moisture damage, old painted surfaces, odours, colour changes, and new exterior woods. Only two coats of primer should apply on the wall before painting is to be done. It is usually acceptable to use one coat of primer.
Using primer is necessary on interior walls or ceilings when the surface to be painted is new or newly repaired.
The airborne molecules settle in on furniture and walls in a house. That, coupled with an enclosed space, will allow for the strong smell of smoke to lurk even after the visible gas has dissipated.
Try a heavy coat of primer/sealer. The primer should condition and adhere to your plaster walls. Once the primer sets up (dries) you can then apply anything you want to those walls.
Walls are walls, wherever they are. - This problem depends on what the stain is and you haven't said. Possibly easiest to simply repaint the wall - first with a 'stain blocker' such as Zinnser Bull's Eye or Kilz Stain Blocker Primer. -These products work well and ANY paint can be applied over them. -(if the wall is papered, then you should remove paper first.)
If it's the standard light gray primer it should be alright.
I suggest purchasing one of those "Odor Eaters". They take the smell out. Also, lighting scented candles, sanitizing walls/floors/hard surfaces with bleach will do wonders. If there is carpet - get it out! the smoke will stay in the carpet forever.
Vinegar and water is a great combo for removing smoke from your home walls that are latex painted. Shampoo the carpets, and wash or dryclean all cushion covers and window coverings.
No. Never use primer to change wall colors. I once bought a house that was just renovated. Everything was nice; but the walls. The renovators cheaped out and just covered the walls in white primer, it made them all feel like sandpaper.