Wall Primers
For best mechanical bond between the old and new surfaces to be treated the correct wall primers are something that is very important and can only be achieved by using acrylic based ones.
Acrylics are recommended and so important to the application process and just as important as the actual application itself. If you do not have a correct mechanical bond or adherence between the old drywall or substrate then you will not have a good application.
Two readily available water based Acrylic products we can recommend are Benjamin Moore Fresh Start and Kills 100% Acrylic with stain block (Home Depot).
We generally tend to use the first over new drywall and surfaces that have not had any treatment before, while we would use the latter over a surface that had previously been painted, wallpapered, etc, because of it's stain block capabilities.
Please contact us with any comments, questions and concerns or for more information at (914)760-1119 thank you.