I used tinted gray primer for all my black interior doors, windows and trim. I am sure white would work, but, it may take an extra coat of paint. I used two coats with my gray primer.

Smart painters have the primer tinted towards the topcoat color. It's free.

Thanks for the feedback. Sounds like our painters dropped the ball by using white

Specific is terrific. Subcontractors usually do exactly what is asked by the GC (ie. 2 coats primer 2 coats paint). Something extra like tinting primer would be specified, especially with a new build.

Thanks. Maybe it’s our general contractor that’s the issue then. Door was just put in and showing white dings already

It would only be an incompetent painter who needed to be told to tint the primer.

ACE has a pre-tinted Gray OIL Primer. This could've been used, & Latex topcoatS after that. There are Black spraypaint primers, but any primer can be tinted ( NOT all the way to Black tho'....).

NOTE: Even if your primer is identical to the topcoat color, it DOES NOT mean you can skip the 2nd coat of paint!!! Very false economy thinking that way!

Faron

Usually it is tinted in 50% to the paint.

There's little benefit to tinting primer until you get in the deeper colors.

>>>> I tell customers this:

If you're getting a topcoat color benefit from tinted primer..... you're not putting on NEARLY enough paint!!!

>>>> Also:

Primers are mainly for even ADHESION & durability of the topcoats. The "color-blocking" benefit of priming is only a side-benefit!

Fargo

Yes. Touch up.

I think front doors are blue, back doors orange, and side doors are green. I could be wrong.