![]() Order a sample pot to pick the right shade for your project. Our paints are fast drying and washable, making it ideal for any interior walls, including kitchens and bathrooms. Our signature paint, the Marble Matt Emulsion, is a water based acrylic emulsion which has outstanding opacity resulting in excellent coverage per litre, with one litre of our paint covering approximately 15m2. Mylands are one of the last remaining manufacturers to still use natural earth pigments in our paint, making them sumptuously deep and colour rich as well as eco-friendly. Formulations are easy to apply and almost odourless, with quick drying times and easy clean-up of paint brushes. The list goes on.Mylands paints are water based with a low VOC (Volatile Organic Compounds) content, making them virtually solvent free and kind to you, your family and the environment. For plaster you may be better looking at Zinsser Gardz or PVA, for masonry you may be better going for an exterior stabilising solution designed for the task. Yes, you can use Zinsser Cover Stain as a stabiliser, but most of the time there are better alternatives. It will be absolutely bullet proof in two hours and block any tannings dead! Honestly, when I say it is the very best product on the market for this task, I mean it. Zinsser Cover Stain will outperform both products on varnish and stained timber. It will knacker your brushes and it won’t level off very nicely, but it’ll do the job. ![]() They may not adhere well enough, but even if they do pass a scratch test, they will still let tannins bleed through. Again, the water-based alternatives are generally not up to the task. The alternative adhesion primers you can use on stain, varnish or old oil-based paints are Zinsser BIN, PS1 primer, or one of the water-based primers which seem to be flooding the market. It sticks hard and fast, then allows me to paint over it with anything I like without issue. I also use a very diluted coat of cover stain to prime old gloss or satinwood before applying water-based trim paints. In fact, I don’t think there is a product on the market that does a better job. What I would recommend Zinsser Cover Stain for is stained or varnished timber which is to be painted. Don’t get me wrong, it isn’t suitable for use on some substrates such as uPVC windows and there are better products out there for say, melamine. Zinsser Cover Stain works well as an adhesion primer in certain situations. Make sure you ventilate the room as well as you can because although it is nowhere near the level of pliolite, it does stink. Just dilute the Cover Stain with white spirit to loosen it up and off you go. You can coat a full ceiling or wall with it too. Zinsser Cover Stain has a 2-hour recoat, meaning you can easily paint over it on the same day, even with water-based paint like emulsion. Still, if circumstances mean the drying time won’t affect productivity, go with undercoat. In-fact that could be even longer if you apply a thick coat. The only downside of using undercoat is the 16-hour recoat time. Oil-based undercoat is a good option and it is cheaper than Cover Stain. You should never use pliolite inside!! The fumes are too much, and they can make you feel ill. The only two products I know of that block stains as effectively as Zinsser Cover Stain are oil-based undercoat and pliolite-based masonry paint. ![]() It really will stop most stains dead! No messing about!! However, it does sometimes struggle with water stains, or heavy smoke damage. This has the effect of two coats without the added drying time. If your stain is on emulsion, say a ceiling or wall and the stain is particularly bad, you can apply a full coat of cover stain, and back roll as you go. Cover Stain will deal with almost anything you throw it at. In fact, it is rare a water-based stain block will ever cope with heavy nicotine, smoke damage or water marks. ![]() Oil-based stain blocks are generally a lot better than their water-based counterparts anyway. Available from most trade paint outlets, but it’s often cheaper to buy this product online. Touch dry in 45 minutes and re-coat in 2 hours. Suitable for both internal and external use. You can even use it to prime bare timber, meaning it’s a very versatile product and it is something that as a decorator, I always have in the van. Zinsser Cover Stain is an oil-based stain block, sealer and adhesion primer.
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