Working through a stack of furniture this week, and starting with a "dirty prime" on each piece. Why prime? Well, occasionally you get a piece that is going to bleed through, no matter what. Certain woods have tannins (most notably cherry and mahogany) and unless you use a blocking agent, they'll bleed through any and every type of paint. Since I'm doing so many pieces this week, I'm cutting out the tannin stain headache and hitting everything with a stain blocking primer (typically containing shellac). Not only will it take care of one annoying variable, but a coat of primer makes it easier to envision a color. The primer doesn't have to have a solid white coat, a dirty coat is just a thin, quick coat. #wiseowlprimer #wiseowlpaint #paintedfurniture #themoreyouknow 💫 (at Burlington, Iowa) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8H6b8gHnrv/?igshid=1dnmrrhp12fgh