Is there a primer that smooths textured walls??

I’m not sure how large the holes are from the pic but something I’ve done on panelling might work. Remove electric plates and was wall with TSP. Find the biggest scrapers you can. Mix drywall mud (or buy premix) and apply within your arms reach. Move the mud around with scraper. My method is apply sideways and smooth by scraping bottom to top. Once dry take a big, but fine, sponge (I like the ones for cars) and wet the sponge. Really wring it out and blot on rag if necessary. It should be barely damp, now use gentle pressure and wipe the walls smooth. Rinse your sponge often. The sponge catches the dust! Now use a good tinted primer, dry and paint. I hope this helps, it’s a lot easier than sanding,

Ah, these are "orange peel" walls. These are very common in Florida where I live. there is no primer that can fix this, it has to be done with skim coat. Here is a tutorial for you:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeGWbgAUvCM

You may want to just have someone come in and do it for you: Adding the skim coat to smooth the textured walls was super inexpensive and a very simple process. You can hire a painter to smooth textured walls, but the cost for labor would have put the project out of my budget. The cost of supplies and doing it myself put the total investment around $50 and 5 hours.

Read the bottom part of this post to learn how to use joint compound on a roller to remove the texture

https://www.bobvila.com/articles/how-to-remove-texture-from-walls/

https://www.wikihow.com/Remove-Texture-from-Walls

Your picture shows a wall that has a textured finish that has been sprayed-on. Primer will not smooth this. You could skim-coat the walls, but be prepared for a lot of work.

To smooth your walls, they will need a skim-coat to fill in the texture. Not knowing how many of your walls have this appearance would be a factor in covering them.

You could also use the joint compound technique, which involves spreading on the joint compound, letting it dry, sand with fine sand paper, wipe up the dust, another coat of joint compound, let dry, sand again, now you will be ready to paint your smooth wall.

Once again, I agree with Ann --- you're in for a ton of work to skim coat them. You're much better off to find a color you love and let that color do the "story of the wall!"

No primer will remove this but you can clean the walls, then add a thin coat of sheetrock mud to smooth them out. To avoid sanding, smooth with a damp sponge. They make sponges that are designed for this purpose but I always use a car wash sponge. It's easier than sanding and much less mess.

Hello. I don’t believe a primer paint product alone will cover the texture. I think application maze said do it somewhere but it’ll still remain there.

Ya'll work too hard. Electric sander, med. grit paper.

here is some info

https://homeguides.sfgate.com/rid-textured-paint-wall-20277.html

https://www.hunker.com/12000481/how-to-make-rough-walls-smooth-again

You can use a roller and paint on "mud" Get the already mixed kind oint compound (also known as drywall mud or simply known by pros as mud) is also comprised mainly of gypsum dust that you mix yourself to a cake frosting-like consistency. ... With a little bit of finish work, the joint compound helps create a smooth surface with undetectable seams.

Hi Jill, I would just do a quick sanding on the wall to smooth it down, messy but way less work.

You will need to sand the walls for sure.

Hope this Helps! Jeremy - https://do-daddy.com

I would skim coat the walls with joint compound using a large roller on a long handle.... this give a quick sand to knock off the bumps, prime and paint. Or you could use a High Build Primer but its pricey.

I use a 14" drywall knife.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19ikdLur60s

Here's a link to a how-to article:

https://www.hometalk.com/diy/decorate/walls/want-to-change-your-orange-peel-walls-31135682

A friend tried this & it turned out very well.