That contractor in Phoenix told me to skip prime and I paid for it

Had a guy named Mike who did my drywall patches last spring. He said primer was a waste of money on small repairs. I went with his advice and painted right over fresh joint compound. Three months later every patch has this weird flashing where the paint absorbed different. Had to sand it all down and start over. Cost me Friday and Saturday plus 40 bucks in extra paint. Anyone else deal with contractors giving bad shortcuts like this?

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rowanharris24d ago

Three months? That's brutal - I figured skipping primer would show issues way faster than that, not let you think you got away with it for a whole season. Your guy Mike must have been real confident in his bad advice to say it'd be fine on joint compound like that. Bet you never saved time on primer again after spending an entire weekend fixing his mistake.

the_paul24d ago

Did Mike ever admit his advice was wrong after you had to fix it?