Why Choose Benjamin Moore Primers?
Provide a solid foundation for your next paint project with Benjamin Moore’s line of primers! Depending on your paint project, Benjamin Moore offers acrylic, latex, and oil options.
Primers play a few crucial roles in any paint project: they ensure the strength and smoothness of your finish coat. They also penetrate and seal substrates while blocking all types of stains. Over time, they improve the hide and color performance of the finish coat and prolong the life of your paint job.
If you are investing your time into painting your home, invest in high-quality Benjamin Moore primers to get an excellent paint finish the first time! Learn more about the products we offer below, and shop at one of our three locations in Madison, Charlottesville, or Crozet!
Multi-Purpose Primer
A 100% acrylic, interior and exterior primer for all project needs. It combines all the qualities desired in a multi-purpose primer: strong adhesion for all surfaces, provides a mildew-resistant coating, quick drying, and low-VOC. Formulated to suppress most light stains.
Sheen: Primer
Sizes: 1 Quart, 1 Gallon
Aqua Lock® Plus Primer/Sealer
Aqua Lock® Plus is a multi-purpose, 100% acrylic, water-based primer-sealer for outstanding everyday stain blocking on various surfaces. It adheres to interior and exterior surfaces and can be top-coated with latex or oil-based coatings.
Sheen: Primer
Sizes: 1 Quart, 1 Gallon
Aqua Lock® Plus Primer/Sealer
Aqua Lock® Plus is a multi-purpose, 100% acrylic, water-based primer-sealer for outstanding everyday stain blocking on various surfaces. It adheres to interior and exterior surfaces and can be top-coated with latex or oil-based coatings.
Sheen: Primer
Sizes: 1 Quart, 1 Gallon
Block Out® Exterior Tannin Blocking Primer
Block Out® Exterior Tannin Blocking Primer is designed as a multi-purpose latex exterior whole-house primer. This primer excels at priming exterior wood and is formulated for use on metal and masonry surfaces, siding, or most exterior substrates.
Sheen: Primer
Size: 1 Gallon
Block Out® Interior Primer
Block Out® is a modified synthetic primer-sealer carried in a special solvent that dries quickly and is effective over many different stains, including water, tannin, smoke, rust, pencil, ink, nicotine, and coffee.
Sheen: Primer
Sizes: 1 Quart, 1 Gallon
Corotech® Alkyd Shop Cote Primer
Alkyd Shop Cote Primer is a quick-drying formulation that can withstand mild-to-moderate atmospheric conditions. It provides a protective barrier and can be top-coated with several finishes, including hot solvent topcoats.
Sheen: Flat
Sizes: 1 Gallon
Corotech® Prep All Universal Metal Primer
Prep All Universal Metal Primer is an economical, single-component primer engineered to provide corrosion protection on all ferrous metals. This quick-drying formula provides fast production times, and its alkyd resin formulation allows for the application of a wide variety of intermediate and finish coat products.
Sheen: Flat
Sizes: 1 Gallon
Corotech® Specialty & Flooring Primers
A collection of specialty primers, including flooring primers for masonry and a zinc-based primer for steel.
Types: 100% Solids Epoxy Pre-Primer, Clear Acrylic Sealer, Moisture Tolerant Quick Set Epoxy Sealer, Polyamide Epoxy Primer
Sizes: 1 Quart, 1 Gallon
Fresh Start Premium Primers
A complete line of interior premium primers delivers the exceptional adhesion and holdout required for a smooth and durable topcoat.
Sheen: Primer
Sizes: 1 Quart, 1 Gallon, 5 Gallons
Prime All® Multi-Surface Latex Primer Sealer
Prime All® Multi-Surface Latex Primer Sealer is a high-quality primer with great flow and leveling. It has strong adhesion and sealing properties while drying to the touch in less than an hour.
Sheen: Primer
Sizes: 1 Gallon, 5 Gallons
Prime Lock Plus
Prime Lock Plus is a fast-drying alkyd resin coating that primes and seals plaster, wood, drywall, and previously painted or varnished surfaces
Sheen: Primer
Size: 1 Quart
Seal Lock® Plus
Seal Lock® Plus is an alcohol-based interior primer sealer that stops stains from bleeding through on plaster, wood, metal, and masonry. It helps block and lock down stains from smoke and fire damage, and is an ideal replacement for pigmented shellac. Seal Lock® Plus may be used as a primer for porous substrates or as a sealer/stain blocker.
Sheen: Primer
Sizes: 1 Quart, 1 Gallon
Stix® Waterborne Bonding Primer
Premium-quality, acrylic-urethane primer with unparalleled adhesion to the most challenging surfaces. Use on glossy tile, PVC, vinyl, plastic, glass, glazed block, glossy paint, pre-coated siding, fiberglass, and galvanized metals.
Sheen: Primer
Sizes: 1 Quart, 1 Gallon, 5 Gallons
Super Kote 5000® Acrylic Latex Primer
Fast dry primer-sealer for interior drywall and plaster. Designed for production turnaround by professional painters.
Sheen: Flat
Size: 5 Gallons
Super Spec® Alkyd Metal Primer
Interior/Exterior primer for ferrous metal substrates. Use on materials such as structural steel, metal buildings, fences, equipment, stairs, railings, and general maintenance. Provides excellent long-term corrosion control and outstanding adhesion properties.
Sheen: Primer
Size: 1 Gallon
Sure Seal Latex Primer Sealer
Sure Seal ™ Latex Primer offers strong adhesion for all surfaces and excellent stain blocking and resistance in a low VOC formula.
Sheen: Primer
Sizes: 1 Gallon, 5 Gallons
Ultra Spec HP Acrylic Metal Primer
Ultra Spec® HP D.T.M. Acrylic Enamels provide excellent rust inhibition for superior corrosion control and protection for metal substrates.
Sheen: Primer
Size: 1 Gallon