Skim coat on drywall with paint.
 

Doing my basement with 1/2 sheetrock. I need to prime it. I was told that
mixing a little bit of drywall compound with a latex paint will create a
nice primer coat for the new wallboard. I have never heard of this. Have
you all tried this? What were the ratios used? I am not going to skim coat
the entire thing, so I thought this might be a good alternative. Thanks.

No need - Tape your seams then prime and paint. Keep It Simple.
"Jack" wrote in message news:PIXDe.23096$ij3.37@trndny06...
Doing my basement with 1/2 sheetrock. I need to prime it. I was told
that mixing a little bit of drywall compound with a latex paint will
create a nice primer coat for the new wallboard. I have never heard of
this. Have you all tried this? What were the ratios used? I am not
going to skim coat the entire thing, so I thought this might be a good
alternative. Thanks.