I fully endorse that method of getting it out of the tin..! I’ve made some proper messes with this gear.

Wow switching to a foam roller changed everything for me. I did all the baseboards in the house with a paint brush. Now moving on to windows and doors and door frames. Good call on the $ store basically need to use a new roller for second coat. Not interested in wrapping it up in fridge like some people do. Thanks again for the foam roller tip. Made my life so much easier

Great video! I'm retired after 50 years in the trade. You cover the abc of pigmented shellac and make a video that Zinsser should pay for. Your application methods are brilliant, especially since you can't buy shellac thinner here in CA to clean tools (ammonia just doesn't cut it). Well done!

I would like to add a tip as well.I have been using this product for years, especially on furniture. You mention having to use solvents for clean up.I also use inexpensive brushes from the dollar store, however, rather than having to throw away the brushes or use Mineral spirits or thinner, I have found, taking a clean, tin can, you can add about 2or 3 inches of amonia( also from dollar store and several tablespoons of dawn dish detergent, you can clean the brush with this mixture and rinse with water. You may have to repeat with the dawn/ammonia mixture one or two times, but it will save your brushes for future use after it dries.Of course, do this outside or well vented area as the ammonia is VERY stinky.

Never thought I’d enjoy seeing wood grain covered in paint. I’ve never seen b I n shellac primer. I’ve retired from wood working for quite a while now. You’ve inspired me to try refurbishing furniture as a hobby once again using your techniques. I hope I do as well as you in creating wonderfull pieces.

I used this for painting my exposed wood rafters white. Used a water-based first, and was heavily bleeding through straight away. Tried an oil based pigmented sealer, and even that bled through. Found this stuff, and it is great. I like its thin consistency, it dries almost shiny, like plastic, and covered the bleed 1st coat 100%. Other than the strong smell it is a dream primer

I wish I had watched your video "before" I used this primer! I poured it out!!! Ok sub optimal. Liked how well it covered and I used a roller. Was unprepared for how runny it was but now after watching your great tutorial I know how to apply my second coat and how to remain unpainted myself! Thanks for taking the time to post the video 🙂

Thanks, this tutorial was very helpful, especially the part about using disposable supplies. Clean up is such a pain and I hate working with brush cleaners, they give me a headache. This BIN stuff works great on laminate surfaces too!

Thank you! After first making a big mess with a brush, I decided to look it up on youtube and then I hit the jackpot. Second coat was a breeze!

*I just spoke with Sherwin Williams:* And they told me about this primer which brought me Here! Although here in california you have to clean up with ammonia, *... Kills Original Paint Primer* And you can clean up with either *Paint Thiner or Lacker Thiner:* And if you're gonna paint your walls like you're doing cabinet tree you can paint your walls with this primer also. Thanks for sharing.I look forward to hear from you bye for now Ken

Im a painter and wow two coats a must.thnks for reminder

Just did my first project using this primer and your tips. Thank you so much! The coverage is unreal.

My mind is blown! You’ve just solved every problem I have with BIN! Thank you!

Thank you so much for posting this. I thought I had done all my homework before tackling an oak door that I had to paint white. This door was stained and the first coat of BIN looked awful. I really thought I had messed up. I stopped and found your video. I repeated and worked faster, it really dries fast. I did have to do 3 coats but it was so worth it. It turned out absolutely beautiful. I almost think it turned out so well, I am debating whether or not to paint it. Again, you were a calm in my storm, lol!

This product is superb! Nuff said!....Painted an entire room in the stuff due to various historic staining (water and aged woodwork paint. Walls / woodwork, it covered the lot 👍🏽🥳 Things to take in mind and as raised by many already is how runny this stuff is ....do your best to avoid drips. I also use cheap brushes and rollers and BIN 😉 them afterwards. I did try Zissner 123 too, which although very good, was no match for BIN'S stain covering prowess, especially on varnished / stained wood. Didn’t even have to use knotting solution 👍🏽🥳

BIN is my FAVORITE!!!!! Love the disposable ideas!! 💝

Thanks for this excellent primer on how to use B-I-N shellac. (fun pun) I just completed my first true woodworking project - a small wall shelf. It came out great but the poplar I used (was given in the class) would not have looked great if I finished it. I will follow your steps to a T.

Awesome video. I've used this stuff on cabinets and found your video when trying to find better ways to apply it. It's so viscous that I have been making big messes, your demonstration is just what the doctor ordered.

Thanks so much. Great tutorial. I'm wanting to paint my 1950s pine kitchen cabinets. My father in law and his brother built the house and cabinets.

I used the BIN for the first time on a table and absolutely hated it. Very hard to use with a brush and had to throw away my purdy brush 😩 . I have to put a 3rd coat and so glad I found your video. Going to Home Depot to buy the roller thanks!!!!!!!!🥳😎

i keep a bucket of denatured alcohol and keep my brush in it when not using it. just smack it back and forth on the edge of something to get most of the alcohol off of it and then use it. drop it back in the bucket in between uses. this will keep the brush from ever being sticky. i just leave my brush in there when not in use. my bucket is metal and has a lid that seals. i threw some magnets along the edge. the ferrule on my brushes are magnetic so the magnets hold my brushes upright so just the bristles and part of the ferrule are in the alcohol.

Thank you. Love the 'throw away' ideas, saves a lot of time. I use the 4" rollers for doors and used it on the cabinets, but tried foam brushes for the drawer fronts - oops, just not the same. AND, I'll definitely be the paper plates from now on. $.01 vs $1.00 for a disposable tray liner.

💐Thank you for your tutorial, I used B.I.N today (I wore gloves and a mask) using a cheap disposable brush and found it a bit sticky and very fast drying. I will in future use cheap rollers. I find I have a few quite thick areas and some thinner. I guess this will all come good during sanding. Thanks again from Australia 🇦🇺

Every time I even take out the Zinzer BIN. I come to your channel to remind myself of the rules. ! Thank you.

I use a ladle to scoop paint. I put a paper plate underneath as I transfer it to my pan. I just wipe it out and let it dry.

Love your suggestions. This primer is the best for bkeedthrough coverage. I’m taking several pieces from a very dark finish to white and don’t want to take any chances. Working in 22% humidity it dries so fast I am thinking of using an extender. Also you are wise to use a white paper plate. I used one with a pattern and the dye came out and mixed with the paint after a while 😮. Lesson learned.

That stuff is so much better than their newer "Advance" version.

Thank you so much for this. You made the process so much easier. Now, I can do my repainting and have less of a hassle.

I typically spray with HVLP sprayer. This product is THIN!!!! So, no dilution is necessary. The solvent in this primer (BIN) is denatured alcohol. Clean up is quick and easy with 1:1 ammonia and water. After I soak my tools, brushes, rollers, etc. for a few minutes, I rinse with water. Quick and easy!!!

my favorite way of applying pigmented shellac is HVLP spray. thinning 10% with alcohol, light sanding with 320 and I'm read to top coat. the down side is cleaning the spray gun, immediately after use.

I used a roller with that stuff and it caused all the fuzzies to come off the roller into what I was painting. The primer dries so fast that it gets sticky which is what pulls the hairs out. The roller worked perfectly well with my normal paint, but not the primer.

Thank You for that info. I had a lot of bleed thru and had no idea what to do!!

Thxs for staring I’m looking to redo my oak cabinets

Sooooo very helpful!!! I hate cleaning my brushes and rollers and you have just confirmed to me that it is ok to toss out. Thanks!!

I sooo wish I would have seen this video before I used this primer, I never tape off mirrors with any products I use, however with this product I will DEFINITELY be taping off mirrors from now on it’s absolutely a nightmare to remove, I used a roller to apply it and it worked really well, I made the mistake of using a good brush (won’t do that again) this is seriously the fastest drying best working primer I have ever used, I don’t know why I waited so long to try it. The main reason I tried it is because I got bleed through after my topcoat and honestly it didn’t happen for almost a full week, the client was on vacation (thank God) so couldn’t pick up their pieces immediately, I was unwrapping my packing blankets to prepare the pieces for travel and that’s when I saw the bleed through. I will never use another primer again.

I use this primer for everything. I never use disposable supplies. It cleans up easy with a little bit of Ammonia and then soap and water. Ammonia is cheap and it takes very little to clean the brushes. All of my brushes are years old.

Bin saved my life!

I clicked on your video hoping to get a dry time before sanding... You answered my one question, to wait 2 hours before painting.. Other than that great tips

Hey, great video. I'm going to use this product to prime some new drywall in an outdoor garden room. Here is my proposed timetable, id be grateful if you could let me know if I'm doing it right? Thanks! - lightly sand drywall compound - Add first coat of BIN. Use rollers for main parts of wall, and paintbrush for edges - wait 30 mins - apply second coat like 1st coat - wait 2 hours - lightly sand with 220 grit paper - start painting! (All emulsion water based paints)

Great informative video!! I cant wait to use this product on my Dining Table! On a side-note, your hair looks great!! Style and Color!👍🏼

I just started using this product and I love it thank you for your video I will try rolling around with the foam roller next time

thanks so so much for all your input!! i have a few major projects that id like to give a facelift to and im trying to learn all the tricks and how to.

Stir, not shake.

Great tips before I didn't know what the heck primer is!! now I do know now.

I guess I would use dollar store brushes with the shellac also..But I use Woister for everything. And you definitely don't want to screw up a Wooster brush. Especially the short cut brush. I totally understand where you're this. Thx.

Thankyou so much for your tutorial it has been so helpful❤️

Great video I agree bin primer is the best!

This video was soooo helpful, thank you!

Thank you! Appreciate the step by step!

btw, mineral spirits or thinner doesn't work for clean up. 50/50 household ammonia/water works well and allowed old brush to become reusable.

Great video thank you so much x

BIN is amazing but it does not smell healthy so make sure you work in a well ventilated area. Also protect the area around your work area as any splatter will be difficult to remove, so, don't do this in your living room.

Thank you for your video! I’m about to use this product for the first time on a pine kitchen table. Was just planning on using a brush, but I think I will get my rollers out and do the easy cleanup setup that you did. Super helpful! ❤️🙌

Fantastic concise tutorial. Thanks!

Buy a cheap turkey baster to suck up the paint from the tin, it gives you absolute control of how much and where the paint goes... (House painter, 20yrs)

Thank you so much for sharing I have a huge project ahead of me

Thank you for this! So helpful and to the point!

My biggest tip is to NEVER shake your can. I shook mine last night and the top came off. It went all over my granite counter tops and hardwood floors. I mean almost the whole can. I had no solvent. It will never be the same.

This video is so helpful. Thank you! How long should I wait after applying 2 coats of BIN primer before painting?

Thanks for a great video Denise.

Great video! Thanks for such great instructions!

Bin primer is literally the best primer hand down like for anything dude u can paint a sheet of glass with this shit n itll stick n allow u to paint anything over it and it will not peel ! Amazing product ! Unfortunately you ain't gonna find it today smdh

If I am going to paint a pine desk a dark blue, will it cover over this white BIN primer? I will be using Fusion Mineral Paint

Thank you so much for all the great tips! I’m repurposing some of my old furniture for my niece’s first apartment and this is so helpful!! 😊

Wonderful video, thank you!

Dixie cup! brilliant. Doing this today. :-)

Very useful just about to do kitchen cabinets thank you

Thanks Denise! I glad there's a product that I can get at my local lowes. Love your newsletter, hope you do more videos.

It's shellac based. Keep your brushes or rollers. Let em dry. When painting again a couple minutes in fresh primer and the hard b-i-n brush or roller will be "melted" and reusable.

Yes do you sand before thanks

That shit is so hard to work with and clean up. I can’t ever find a good brush to use that just start clogging up and painting it on is a pain in the ass. It’s like painting oatmeal on

You look ❤❤

IT DOES come in a spray can for challenging areas (nooks and crannies) and cheap rollers shed fuzz ... save yourself some sanding

I just used this on my fireplace mantle and then read that it might be flammable? Any advice? Thank you!!! Also - I loved your video. I should have watched it first!

Thank you for the video. Can I paint over this primer with water base laytex enamel?

Thanks for the video and the great tips

Do you think this would work as a primmer on wood prior to doing acrylic painting on it?

Shellac based primer has dangerous fumes. Working outside is a good idea, protective eye wear is a must, and wearing an N-95 respirator is a must if you work indoors. Work next to windows. This stuff is bad for your lungs!

Thank you

Excellent

Great video. Thanks for the great detail. For a larger dresser, would this product be good applied using a paint sprayer.

Did you ever tint the white shellac? Cabinets are very dark stained oak and the final finish will be an almost black Benjamin Moore Advance alkyd paint. I would rather not use white primer between the two near blacks.

Great, thanks

Does the shellac primer work okay over veneer repaired with bondo or wood filler before painting?

i was told you need to wear a respirator when using shellac primers.

Has anyone used this with an airless sprayer? Seems plenty thin enough to use it that way and may make larger projects go faster and get an even coat into all the seems. I'm planning to re-do my golden oak kitchen.

Use Zinsser Cover Stain Primer it dries quickly and you only need one coat.

Think you

It's oil and it smells horrible. Unfortunately if you're painting wood oil primer is the way. I tried to go against the norm and used a latex based primer a very good one Kilz2 with 3 coats still had some bleed so I did one final prime with some BIN in a spray can problem solved.

Hi What would you recommend as a good topcoat for a bathroom cabinets. Great video, 👍 Thanks

Do you know if the BIN primer will cover an deep set oil stain on a pine table top? I’m working on an old table that had a chain saw sitting on it for who knows how long! I’ve sanded and scrubbed with mineral spirits and it’s still there. Hoping BIN locks it in. Thank you! Love your videos!!! ♥️♥️♥️

Do you need to sand before applying the primer)

I really would advice against the doller store stuff, you can buy cheap professional paint brushes that arn't $20+ and youll have a way better time painting. The good thing about dollar store brushes is what she stated in the video that ytou can just throw them away once youre done, but you can save $10 brushes for multiple jobs, id say even more than 10, so in the long run youre probably saving money with a $10 brush.

I painted a table a year ago used shellac and waterbased paint but marks have seeped through can I put BIN over this to repainted again? Thanks 😊

Good job 👏. Thx 🙏🏼

no sanding necessary? I have kitchen cabinets im refurbing. They have lacquer finish.

Great video. Do you have to paint over this primer or can you use it as is?

Hey thanks for the video how long exactly do you wait for it to dry before sanding ? Thank you!

Do you allways give two coats...you mentioned a wax after finish coat ,is that needed if you use satin finish for kitchen units...thanks

The BIN range of primers are very brittle when coating over any previously stained or varnished/lacquered surfaces chipping is the most common problem with them.