Prep paint is a type of paint that’s used to prepare a surface before painting your final finish. Tint’s Prep Plus is suitable for interior and exterior projects and like all Tint paints, our Prep Plus paint is vegan, doesn’t smell and is low VOC. Our Prep Plus paint has some extra benefits — fast drying, easy to sand, high coverage, seals the surface underneath and gets colours poppin'.

It depends what you’re painting. If you’re painting a pre-painted wall in good condition and there isn’t a big colour change, then primer isn’t usually needed. That’s if you’re using Tint paint, because ours are self-priming *winks* *tips paint can lid*. That said if you want to go the extra mile, a single coat of prep paint will prepare your surface for the perfect finish and make sure your colour is just right.

Prep Plus is really important when you’re making big, big changes. Make sure you apply two coats of our Prep Plus paint if you're painting any of the following surfaces:

Large marked or stained walls

Walls with repaired patches (if it’s bigger than a coin)

Previously painted high-gloss surfaces

Previously painted surfaces in a darker colour or extremely different colour

Previously unpainted surfaces such as bare plasterboard, brick, masonry, MDF, cement sheet, render, wood, metal or laminate

Priming doesn't take that much more effort, so we give it a big thumbs up if you're after a super long lasting and pro quality paint job. The brunt work is really in prepping the space with cleaning, repairing, crack-filling, removing furniture and taping edges. When that's done, let the Prep plus paint roll right on with ease.