My neighbor swore I didn't need to prime my drywall before painting in our adobe house

He said it was a waste of money and time, so I skipped it on my living room. Three months later the paint started peeling off the joint compound in 2 spots near the window. Has anyone else had primer fail them or was this just bad luck?

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brookethomas23d ago

OMG the exact same thing happened to me lmao. My neighbor gave me the same advice and I listened like an idiot, and now I have this stupid peeling patch right by my kitchen window too. I think it's worse with adobe houses honestly, something about the moisture or the way the walls breathe just makes primer way more important. I ended up having to scrape all that paint off and start over, and lemme tell you I was so mad at myself for not just spending the extra 20 bucks on primer lol. Now I tell everyone just ignore the old heads on this one, primer is totally worth it.

joseph45522d ago

@brookethomas you are so right about the adobe thing, my buddy who works at a paint store told me the same thing about how those walls just soak up moisture different. Funny story though, I once tried to save money by using that cheap dollar store primer and it actually worked out okay for like a year before it all started cracking. But yeah, definitely not worth skipping the primer, learned that the hard way too.