Mar 23-24: Painting the Containers

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This is the start of the painting project. Lois bought a gallon of light green paint. She is working with a paint brush.
#1  This is the start of the painting project. Lois bought a gallon of light green paint. She is working with a paint brush.
Here she is, up on her ladder.
#2  Here she is, up on her ladder.
She looks happy. I think she is faking it.
#3  She looks happy. I think she is faking it.
Quit taking photos, she says. Enough already.
#4  Quit taking photos, she says. Enough already.
Here she is almost done for the day. She got quite a bit done.
#5  Here she is almost done for the day. She got quite a bit done.
Here is another view. But the paint looks like it is a shade lighter than what she ordered.
#6  Here is another view. But the paint looks like it is a shade lighter than what she ordered.
Day 2. Don gets into the act, testing the new sprayer on his container. You can see a bit of spray on Lois's container too. We are just starting to figure out how to use this new sprayer.
#7  Day 2. Don gets into the act, testing the new sprayer on his container. You can see a bit of spray on Lois's container too. We are just starting to figure out how to use this new sprayer.
Here he is going over the lettering that is stuck on the side. The paint seems to be covering it up nicely.
#8  Here he is going over the lettering that is stuck on the side. The paint seems to be covering it up nicely.
Don painting over the letters.
#9  Don painting over the letters.
Much later, Lois is putting the finishing touches on her container.
#10  Much later, Lois is putting the finishing touches on her container.
Up on the ladder.
#11  Up on the ladder.
Up on the ladder.
#12  Up on the ladder.
Here is Don's masterpiece. The south side is pretty much done. The corner still needs paint, and the whole bottom rail.
#13  Here is Don's masterpiece. The south side is pretty much done. The corner still needs paint, and the whole bottom rail.
Here is Lois's masterpiece. She finished all but a small bit of the south side plus one of the doors.
#14  Here is Lois's masterpiece. She finished all but a small bit of the south side plus one of the doors.
Here is the sprayer we used today. It is a $50 model and worked pretty well after we got the paint thinned down enough to go through the nozzle.
#15  Here is the sprayer we used today. It is a $50 model and worked pretty well after we got the paint thinned down enough to go through the nozzle.
Here is Don's container.
#16  Here is Don's container.
Here is Lois's container.
#17  Here is Lois's container.
Here is Don's doors. Not done painting, but the paint ran out. We need another gallon, I guess. And what we did paint covered really well. All that dark green  just sort of vanishes under the new very light green paint.
#18  Here is Don's doors. Not done painting, but the paint ran out. We need another gallon, I guess. And what we did paint covered really well. All that dark green just sort of vanishes under the new very light green paint.

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