Boy, did I have a messed up day today. The sun came out for the first time in a week. So I thought I’d take the chance and paint the case. Which turned out not to be such an easy thing to do after all. First off, I didn’t want to dismantle the case so I put it through the dishwasher.

Didn’t think it would work? To be honest, I wasn’t so sure myself. It came out looking like this!

Yeah, I know. It looks exactly the same. But it cleaned up those really hard to reach areas. So I take it out into the garden and prime the case.

After the first coat of primer, I discover a variety of beasties attached to the primer. Which sucked.

I cleaned up that mess and then got on with the next coat. I walked inside, and 10 minutes later, I look out the window… Magpies are attacking my damn case! 3 of the b*stards! I actually grabbed my camera to try and take a photo, but I scared them away. So I kept a close eye on it after the 3rd coat… and then it decided to rain.

At this point I gave up, took some old curtains, set up in the back room, and started on the orange.

Obviously it’s not finished, but this is as far as I’m getting tonight. Watch this space tomorrow, the coat should be finished by then.