23 jun 08 Painting begins

Well more correctly began the weekend of the 14th with Brian and Alex applying about 40 gals (160 litres) of paint. We used a sprayer to apply the primer and the white ceiling paint and the drywall taping disappeared into a sterile white. Once the primer was done we started applying colours and when the paint was dry putting some tile in. All in all progress is inexorably moving forward.

The whole issue of colour warrants another post but I will close with a lesson I learned while mixing tile adhesive. Rubber gloves, no matter how good they are will not keep your hands dry if you put them too deep into water or run the hose in the opening. My mother tells me this is a lesson I repeatedly failed to learn as a child with rubber boots and puddles.

The photos are after the walls were primed and ceilings painted, another as colour began to find its way back onto the walls and the third of the tiling process. More later...