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Had a guy at Home Depot tell me primer doesn't matter. He was so wrong.
I was painting my living room last month in Phoenix, 110 degrees outside, and I just wanted to get it done. Guy in the paint aisle said skip the primer, just do two coats of the expensive stuff. Saved me $18 and an hour. Two weeks later the dark brown color started bleeding through the new white paint. Looked like a mess. I had to sand it down, buy a $12 gallon of primer, and redo the whole thing. Took me 6 extra hours total. Now I get why my dad always yelled at me for skipping steps. Has anyone else had a paint job fail because they trusted some stranger at the hardware store?
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phoenix2925d ago
Learned that same lesson the hard way painting my kitchen cabinets. Trusted a random dude at Lowe's who said primer was a waste and now I got spots of yellow showing through the white every time the light hits it right. Should've just listened to my gut and bought the damn primer.
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patricia_green2125d ago
Why would you listen to some kid working the paint aisle who probably hasn't painted a wall since high school? That's on you for taking advice from a part-timer. @phoenix29 I bet that Lowe's guy didn't even know the difference between water and oil based paint. Primer is cheap insurance and everyone knows it.
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