KILZ Restoration Primer, Interior, 1 Gallon

This primer is the best! No odor, great coverage, and water based...so soap and water clean up. I've used it to prime all the wood trim in my house...baseboards, window trim, and door trim. It goes on smooth and is just the right consistency. I used 2 coats as I was going over dark stained wood...no sanding necessary and it adhered well, covered completely, with no bleed throu. I'm told I can use it to paint my old dirty ceilings without having to use any paint...I'll be trying that this winter, so I know I'll need more!

I bought a house that had pet odor before I moved in. I figured I would clean it up when I moved in and never gave it much more thought. The carpets were professionally cleaned right before I moved in. Long story short there was always a strong nasty pet odor. I was able to smell it down to the carpet and I tried everything to clean it. from shampooing, vinegar, baking soda, ozone, store bought cleaners, nothing worked. The first year I was unable to open my windows because any humidity that got in that room resulted in the carpet just spewing a horrible odor so bad you could almost taste it. So I gave in and pulled all of the carpet, I found that there was an old tile floor underneath (maybe asbestos floor), and I thought that was good because it sealed the subfloor. when I pulled up the carpet I found stains that were feet in diameter and the smell was almost to unbearable to proceed. but I got it all out, soaked and scrubbed the floor thoroughly a couple times and figured I would just let it air out. Well after about another year of trying to let it air out and dissipate while still cleaning it, I was still unable to open my windows. The smell was better but still there. living in an older house with a crawl space and uneven floors, leveling the house to replace subfloors was not even in financial consideration. So researching for about a year on what to do while the smell was still there, they only thing that seemed like it was guaranteed to work was kilz restoration. The floor is a very shiny smooth tile. Due to the possibility of it being an asbestos floor, I did not sand or prep in any way besides cleaning it one last time. I purchased the kilz adhesion and that was my first layer. I let the adhesion dry for about 2 hours then applied a thick layer of the kilz restoration. The smell was disappearing as I was rolling it on. After the floor was completely covered another few hours of drying and I was able to walk on it. I do have pets, that are trained and house broke, so I kept the room blocked off for about a week to allow it to completely dry. Waiting to be 100% sure this stuff worked before considering putting carpet back in, after a week I unblocked the door ways. There was a very strong ammonia smell along with a weird paint smell for about a 3 weeks, but I am now able to open my windows and all of that is fading and there are no hints of that original pet smell remaining. While trying to figure out carpet the room has been open and between the dog chasing the cat and sliding around, and me walking on it with my work boots, there has not been any chipping or scraping at all, it is getting dirty though. From my experience this is a very strong, durable layer that will cover almost anything. This is not intended for foot traffic so you do need to cover it, but I am very impressed with the overall result and how strong it is. So far this to step layer has solved all of my problems and I now have carpet scheduled to be put in.

We’re finishing our basement after using it as the cat’s litter box room for a year. Needless to say it needed major cleaning + primer. Before painting the floors & walls we used this Killz primer ALL over & are doing the walls next - this stuff did the job! No odor, no stains, crazy coverage. We did two coats to be safe but odor was gone with just one. 5 gallons went a LONG WAY. 10/10 recommend - worth every penny & will restore the surface like NEW. This is for the nastiest of jobs.

By absolute far the best restoration paint on the market today. Goes on easily and quickly with the least amount of mess for a not so thick paint. Roller or brush and it's a piece of cake to apply. We bought an old farmhouse from 1875 and the people who had owned it prior to us rented it out and NEVER took care of it after tenants moved out. It reeked of cat, dog and human waste like you cannot even imagine. It literally sucked the air out of your lungs it was that bad. One room was full of human waste because the owner hadn't fixed the toilet and the tenants used that room as their toilet I guess. The heating system is obviously very old in this house too which added to smell with the burnt urine. We literally applied one coat of RESTORATION ( Do not waste your money on the other KILZ if it's really bad, buy this one ) and the smell is gone. We put it on the floor, walls window frames and everywhere else to get rid of the smell. 3 gallons and we had 4 bedrooms, 2 landings, one bathroom, 1 kitchen and one living room painted. With 2 coats. It even goes over the top of varnish with minimal seeping through. Top coat goes on easily. House looks brand new now. Glad that's over. Oh and one more thing. For a paint that hides disgusting smells the paint really had no lingering smell to offend you or irritate sensitive noses like I have. BEST PRODUCT ON THE MARKET AND YOU CAN TAKE THAT TO THE BANK!

Works well. Got less than 200 sq ft out of one gallon and my paint gun, though. Paid almost $50. Isn’t really put on too thick, either. Did the heavily soiled areas. Going to buy 5 gallons of Kilz 2 for $97 and try doing the rest of the house with it.

I was seriously at my wit's end with the cat pee smell that seemed to come from in between my walls. I tried cleaning it with every cleaning solution known to man over the course of two weeks. Nothing worked. Except this paint. I want to give it 10 out of 5 stars because my nose is very sensitive and I have very very very bad allergies. You can imagine how much I was suffering because I couldn't get the cat pee smell out, so I'm extremely happy someone recommended for me to get this. Of course, it takes a week or two before the smell of this paint goes away, and the paint smell triggered my allergies- but so does everything else lol. Just keep the week thing in mind for your planning. I saw some other reviews saying this paint had a potent smell- I thought the smell was pretty tame myself, I've smelled much stronger paint before. So it's not unbearable or anything when you're waiting on the paint smell to go away, unless you have severe allergies. I also went ahead and tackled some mildew spots with this. I used two coats for the mildew and four for the cat pee area (The pee area was super bad, I think two coats would be fine for normal cat pee situations). Much love for this product, best thing ever, 10/10 would buy again.

Works

Loved this, had a small fire and needed to deodorize and cover smoke damage I did not clean the room first , I just painted with restoration the wall looked great there was no smoke odor and water clean up -- 1 note Make sure to clean up as soon as possible. If you wait it is really a pain !