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Originally Posted by fintstone
I recently used Kilz on a similar fresh drywall job and it did ruin my work in several places. Too wet and heavy. Used a roller and it pulled off skim coat work underneath here and there. It does work quite well for stains and to prevent mold (where necessary), but I will not use it on fresh work again.
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If you went back in time from when the product was first brought out you would know what a snow job they did. I think they are now owned by a major paint company.
We used it to cover fire smoke in attics. No top coat and that was the perfect and only real proper use for the product. But leave it to marketing and ignorant customers and it became a "primer." A main reason for that was the very quick drying time. You could get oil based enamel to go over Kilz quite well within a couple hours. But it didn't adhere so if subjected to the elements it was a one week failure.
I hired a painter even though I was a painting contractor not knowing that he would shortcut the job on a new bay window that cost a large a sum to install. He used Kilz and top coated the same day. I had to strip the window entirely and lost double the amount of the contract.
This was many years ago before any product changes to the original formula and it cost me a thousand dollars when my house payment was $400 and gas was under a dollar.