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Our Wall & Ceiling Primer & Undercoat is designed for use under Dead Flat®, Estate Emulsion and Modern Emulsion. Made with the same quality ingredients and pigments as our topcoats, this undercoat is the crucial foundation for creating a rich, even and longer lasting finish.
Now available in 750ml
Our Wall & Ceiling Primer is now available in a 750ml tin, perfect for smaller spaces, weekend wins and moments where you just need a drop more.
Our Primers & Undercoats
We recommend using Farrow & Ball Primer & Undercoat wherever you’re using a Farrow & Ball topcoat. Not only is it specially formulated to bring out the very best in our paint, but keeping to the same brand for your priming and painting products will help to avoid any incompatibility issues.
The Farrow & Ball System
Our paint colours are renowned for their depth, complexity, and ability to respond extraordinarily to light.
For an even, long-lasting finish, we recommend following the Farrow & Ball system: • One coat of our Primer & Undercoat in the recommended tone • Two coats of your chosen topcoat
Richer Colour
Our Primers & Undercoats are available in up to four tones: White & Light Tones, Mid Tones, Red & Warm Tones, and Dark Tones.
Each one is made with a careful balance of pigments, and between them they bring out the best in our entire palette of colours, adding richness and depth for that signature Farrow & Ball look.
Exceptional Coverage
Because they begin with the same rich pigments and water base as our paints, our Primers & Undercoats help your chosen colour to adhere effortlessly to the surface you’re painting, giving you a smooth, even finish and unrivalled coverage.
Rated 5 out of
5 by
CynthiaRG from
Worked perfectlyThis had great coverage and helped us paint dark over white
Date published: 2023-10-11
Rated 5 out of
5 by
B Thompson from
Perfect undercoat for Oval Room blueNot used this before and it was the perfect undercoat to Oval Room Blue on our bedroom cupboards and the radiator. We used Dead Flat finish so it worked perfectly
Date published: 2023-07-11
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Anonymous from
Railings in estate emulsion. Beautiful!Gorgeous color and finish! Luxurious and many compliments.
Date published: 2023-07-07
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Andrew 69 from
Looking for that magic depth of colour!A must,to obtain the colour, with that depth of colour that is at the heart of Farrow & Ball paints. With out it you will not achieve the colour. You must use the correct under coat .
Date published: 2023-07-03
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Meta Mechtild from
Excellent productEasy to apply and excellent aspect before applying wall painted color. Wonderfull
Date published: 2023-07-02
Rated 4 out of
5 by
Andrew 69 from
You can't go far without it.Good base coat, but beware the non dead flat paint
Date published: 2023-08-20
Rated 3 out of
5 by
Yonci from
Excellent priming productGood product, packaging not strong enough and/or delivery company did not take proper care = tin arrived with mutliple prangs
Date published: 2023-08-07
Rated 1 out of
5 by
Veronica8376 from
Very poor coverageProfessional painter had to apply 3 layers of primer
Date published: 2024-03-25
Rated 1 out of
5 by
HannaJ from
Does not adhereHad painted the living room in one coat of Light Blue but color turned out way more greenish than I thought, so was going to use Skylight I had purchased for my bedroom instead. Thought I needed the undercoat so as to give the new color best base, but what a mistake! Primer just slide around and does not adhere, the walls look a mess and I’ll have to go over them completely with sanding paper edger it has dried (if it does) to see if I can get them somewhat smooth again. The walls before this had just been plastered, then undercoat and as said one coat of Light Blue. I should have just painted the Skylight straight on.
Date published: 2023-06-11
Rated 1 out of
5 by
Gareth S from
AwfulPurchased from B&Q, absolutely awful to work with. Within 5 minutes of putting onto cleaned/prepped walls, it just didn't want to adhere. After now reading the reviews, it feels like we have wasted our time and effort. At least with cheap generic white emulsion it's not nearly £50 a 2.5l tin.
