Testing tools
Painting the shed was a great way to dry run tools that I planned on using in the build of the garage and studio – here I wore a tyvek and respirator for the first time. I also learned the angle limitations of this particular sprayer were not going to work for the much larger garage.
Sale paint & Learning Curves
Did you know that tinted paint gets returned or abandoned and that stores mark it down? Well serendipitously on one of our trips to the hardware store I found *both* colors I wanted for this shed. The green is not the same green as the studio and I wouldn’t be able to recreate either but hey, it’s a shed! Of course I’m making it fancier than the average shed so here comes the first part – a white wash interior.
It took some time figuring out how much to water down this particular sale paint to get a nice coating but then it was good to go. What I learned… your shoes and anything under the spray will get coated in a fine mist. I wish I had saved that drill I used to mix the paint from that misty fate, the speaker that was too close to the opening got cleaned and so did my glasses. My sandals… not so much. We invested in booties for the larger garage paint part as a result of this learning curve.
We also added wiring for a solar shed light which you can see in one of these pictures, the final result in the shed reveal.
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