What paint/primer should I use to paint insulation board?

Janerose
by Janerose

Going to make scenery n want to paint some donated insulation board...it seems to bleed...is there something I should use first?

  4 answers
  • Fiddledd224 Fiddledd224 on Aug 15, 2019

    I would paint a primer layer first. You can try a regular white latex wall paint, and if that doesn't work, use gesso----- the same coating that's used on canvas for paintings.

  • Janerose Janerose on Aug 15, 2019

    Thank you...going to ck out gesso if other doesn’t work...

  • Deb K Deb K on Apr 05, 2020

    Hello Janerose, Acrylic paint works good on this material, but honelstly, you should prime it, just to give yourself a nice surface to start your painting on,.

  • Janerose Janerose on Apr 05, 2020

    I made my own gesso with baby powder