I would like to paint my front door red. What colour undercoat should i use?

Answer 1

use a Grey undercoat that's all you need forget primer which some people have said to use its something completely different, undercoat is applied to a surface after "priming" and before the finish coat. It is Matt with a high content of pigment and extender and a colour approaching or helping that of the finish coat, you don't need a primer just an undercoat if your painting over existing paint if its a unfinished/new door use a primer first then your undercoat then your top coat

Answer 2

Grey Undercoat

Answer 3

Most of the big paint manufacturers specify the correct undercoat to use on the tin of the topcoat. Follow their recommendation.

Answer 4

When I painted the trim in my kitchen a bright Coca-cola red, the rep at the Sherwin Williams store recommended that I use a gray primer.

Answer 5

A dark brown undercoat would really make it pop
But I only know from my obsession with doing nails so I'm not too sure if it applies

Answer 6

It all depends on the shade of Red... the deeper reds use a darker gray primer. A good paint expert can tell you the best primer to use for your particular shade of red...

Primer usually has a %, the higher the % the darker gray

Answer 7

I painted my front door and it looks fantastic! I used an exterior grey primer and then a high gloss "brick-red" color..go for it!.

Answer 8

That's an interesting question!

Answer 9

Tint a quart of primer the color of your door

or

Grey primer

Either is fine.