Surface Prep & Priming
📋 What it is
Priming gives paint a surface to grip; clean, primed surfaces make everything after look better and last longer.
🗣️ Coach says
The most-skipped step is the most important: prep. A clean, primed surface lets paint grip instead of sliding off or peeling. Skip the primer and even great painting flakes away. Good foundations make good finishes.
🧠 Memory hook
Prep + prime = paint grips. Skip it and it peels. Foundations first.
😂 Giggle
Why did the miniature get sent back to art school?
It hadn't mastered its base coat!
😲 Whoa!
Paint on an un-primed smooth surface can rub right off with a fingernail — primer is the invisible hero of a lasting paint job.
✅ Quick check: Why is priming a surface before painting so important?
Say your answer out loud first — then reveal.
Primer gives the paint something to grip, so it goes on evenly and doesn’t peel or rub off later.
Prep-and-prime is the foundation habit that makes everything after it work.
🧪 Try it! (2 minutes)
Name one thing that could go wrong if you paint over a dirty or un-primed surface.