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What Primer Tint for F&B Orangery?

10 years ago

We are painting our dining room in Farrow & Ball Orangery, Modern Emulsion.

I would rather not pay for Farrow & Ball Primer, so was planning on buying BM primer (we usually use BM Aura paint).

Farrow & Ball recommends the Red and Warm tones primer for Orangery. Does anyone know what color that actually is? I'm not sure what tint to ask the paint store for.

I'm not a fan of tinting primer exactly to the same shade as the final color - I like to go a few shades lighter so I can clearly see what I've covered and haven't covered as I go!

Primer is definitely necessary. Our current color is a strong tealish green. Sort of like this:
http://www.benjaminmoore.com/en-us/paint-color/cabanagreen

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Faron79
10 years ago
If it was ME using it, I would just use ~~ a 3/4-strength (formula) shade of the main color.

* I DON'T know if they have a primer for deeper colors though...
* Some primers can only accept "x" amount of colorant.
* This may be a color that a gray-primer would work just fine under tho'. Grays work under many colors too. Also, it's a more versatile primer color...

Faron
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