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Good Quotes: Priming Before Painting

98915cor.jpg"For those colours which you wish to be beautiful, always first prepare a pure white ground."


- Leonardo da Vinci

 
 

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I'm kind of surprised that Leonardo said that, because most of those old-timey guys tended to use a red ground under their paintings, kind of like gilders use under gold.

Hmmm...

posted by Curtis on December 7th 2007 at 4:43am
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This is incorrect: DaVinci was referring to the base for creating colored paints, not primer. For the best results with certain colors when painting your walls and ceilings, it's smart to tint your primer first.... Just ask your paint dealer.

posted by Justin (the first one) on December 7th 2007 at 8:47am
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i like the painting guy. hired painters are never this cute.

posted by benja-dena on December 10th 2007 at 2:13am
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