What is interior primer? Criteria to choose the best primer

What is interior primer?

Interior primer is a layer of paint that is painted before applying topcoat. Primer will help increase adhesion to the coating layer, ensuring the durability of the paint system, providing long-term effectiveness.

It can be said that this is an economic and effective measure for your home. Therefore, the use of primer is very necessary, should not be ignored while painting the house.

Criteria for choosing a good interior primer

To choose a good primer, you should base on the following criteria:

Products with high safety, do not contain harmful substances: This is one of the top and most important criteria that should not be ignored in choosing interior paint. Choosing a safe primer will help protect the health of your family and the builder.
High alkalinity resistance: Due to the characteristic that cement often has a high alkaline content, which affects the surface of the paint layer, choosing a primer with alkali resistance will help protect the surface longer.
Good adhesion: to limit peeling, peeling paint after a period of use.
Highly resistant to moss and fungus: The walls of the house are often damp under the influence of the weather, so the primer will act as a shield to help protect your home.
Fast drying time, convenient to apply the next layers, saving time and money.
Capable of helping the coating to be less discolored due to the impact of chemicals in cement.
These are essential criteria to choose the right primer. In which, safety criteria for health and alkalinity resistance are evaluated by many experienced construction workers as the two most important criteria.

High-class interior primer products from Koro Paint

Currently, Koro Paint is providing many paint products to customers including interior primer products. The two most popular and commonly used interior primer products are: Koro SaltProof Primer Exterior Paint and Koro 3in1 Primer Interior Paint and other for wood and for steel.