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!

Benjamin Moore Primers
Multi-Purpose Primer

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

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® 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

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 Primer

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

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

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

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

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 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