Primer

Arrggh.. so I found the bad primer and the good primer for this project. I was at Lowes using up a gift card and bought 2 gallons of the Valspar premium primer to put on the drywall.

It was noted to be "tintable", but most of the other brands said that as well. Maybe that was my mistake, but anyhow.. 2 gallons later, it looked like I hadn't done anything. You might not believe it, but the right side actually has a coat of this stuff on it.

I gave up at that point and went back to the Kilz primer, which was the same cost and worked great. Easy application and good coverage.