No pictures but a lot of work

Today got off to a late start but start I did. Going to the bus with the intention of doing something simple - putting green paint in the bathroom - I found as usual that I ended up doing something totally different.

Wanting to get the bedroom table done and out of the way, priming was the obvious thing to do. As the cockpit, closet, drawers and toilet needed priming also, I started in the cockpit. The closet was a bit rushed because it was hot leaning in there so there are gaps. I'll fix those anothger day.

The cockpit walls are well primed though perhaps I should also have primed the floor since it is bare plywood. After the cockpit I moved on and primed some of the toilet before printing the beam in the bedroom and the underside of the table.

Needless to say, as it was over 100F in the bus, I did take several breaks. At one point I had to add water to the paint to thin it as it was getting thick in the heat. I continued on and primed most faces of the drawers and the topside of the table. The new cupboard door saw primer too.

By the time the last drawer had received paint, the light was beginning to fade. I popped the brush in a can of water to keep it soft and left, admiring the fact the cockpit now looks a load better.

Tomorrow is a shopping day. I need solely bolts to lock the drawers shut. I might also get more brushes and rollers. I know I have several brushes but it was all I could do today to find just one!

Of one thing I am certain - the way I'm rip-roaring along, the bus will be painted by the end of the week. Meanwhile, some weeks ago, I glued two pieces of PVC plank together. Looking at it today, that joint is now rock solid. I know exactly what I'm going to build my shower base mount out of! Yup - PVC planks glued together and glued to my PVC floor!

Paint, paint and more paint

Today was just a painting day. Yesterday I put primer and sealer onto the bare wood of the dinette. Today I put primer and topcoat on the dinette. This time though, I used a brush.

The advantage of a brush is that I can get into corners and crevices. The advantage of a roller is that the finish is more even and its faster but it doesn't get into all the imperfections.

Anyway, I painted the inside and outside of the cabinets white. The drawer and doors will be purple as will the walls and ceiling. I'll put the purple paint on after I've done with the kitchen cabinets.

This is what the interior looked like yesterday. Today I didn't get a chance to take a picture because just as I completed painting the dinette, rain began to fall, followed by darkening skies and the sound of the hooves of the horses of the four horsemen of the apocalypse thundering over the horizon. As I'd pretty much finished when the storm began, I closed the bus and rinsed out my brush.

It was a good idea to paint the cabinet with just a single drawer first. It proved how hard if not impossible it is to paint properly with the runners in situ. Painting the dinette used over half a gallon of topcoat. The dinette and ceiling etc took probably two thirds of a gallon of primer too.

I'm not sure how well this latex paint will hold up. I'm hoping it'll last reasonably well. If it doesn't then I'll have to find oil based paint somewhere.

Meanwhile, visitor figures are down without Facebook. On the other hand, I'm not prepared to send Facebook the documents they demand. In fact, I informed Facebook of this. Despite losing maybe 30% of my visitors, its not worth surrendering my identity to something that sounds like a Nigerian scammer.

Reading around, I understand that facebooks stance on proof of ID is generally designed to block San Fransisco drag queens and transsexuals/transvestites from joining in the gender and name of their choice. Essentially, its anti constitutional but who said the Facebook marketing juggernaut cared about human rights or national laws?

A cynic would wonder whether Mark Zuckerburg designed the policy after an unhappy encounter with a drag queen...