Photoshop: white brush not covering 100% of mask

I have created a mask for an image I am working on. There are two layers, one photo below another. While creating a mask for the upper layer I roughed in an area covering the right hand 1/3 of the mask. When I go back to the mask to touch up the area with a white brush, I cannot achieve 100% opacity for the upper layer. you can still see a little bit of the lower layer bleeding through. I have checked to ensure I have the default white setting for the brush, checked brush mode in  normal, used all types of brushes, even updated to the most recent version of Photoshop CC2014 64bit version. I went into a chat room with a tech from Adobe, and they reset my workspace, against my wishes, and claimed that fixed it. NOPE!

Are opacity and flow each 100% for the brush?
If you select an area (marque tool) and fill with 100% white, does the partial transparency go away?
What is it that you are seeing that makes you sure you are partially seeing thru the mask...try another image below as a test...see thru to that layer?
You might setup a layers test and use layer mode of "difference" to prove (or not) you are seeing thru the masked layer?
Does this happen for just this image/file or for every file you setup in the same way?  Try a simple red bkgd layer with a layer above it filled with green and try a mask to verify you see red only where you expect....to rule out a problem with Ps as a system or just the one file you are having trouble with.

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