If the floor is already painted, it’s not always necessary to prime unless there are areas of peeling or cracking or maybe there is a foreign substance that can’t be removed. If priming, oil primer has to be used over an oil paint. You don’t want to use a latex primer over oil paint.
There are many high traffic floor paints, that may require a certain primer to be used directly with them. There are too many scenarios to mention here.
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