The tear is now sporting it’s new white coat (well, actually, it is it’s second white coat). After working on a number of odds and ends projects, it was finally time to put some paint on the tear.
I am not a painter by any means, so my first stop was the local “Paint Spot” to get some supplies and, more importantly, advice. After talking with the friendly staff there, I left the store with everything I needed to cover up all that plywood and filler and give the tear some color.
That is, if white is some color. I chose a gloss white for a number of reasons, but most importantly, to keep the inside of the tear as cool as possible while we were camping. Originally, I wanted to get a semi-gloss or satin finish, but I neglected to tell the folks mixing the paint. Oops. However, the high gloss finish is starting to grow on me.
We did run into a problem though, the rollers we used shed quite a bit, so now we have a fuzzy textured finish. Right now, my plan is to let the current coats cure and then do some light sanding with some fine sandpaper. Then I will follow that up with a final coat of paint using a quality roller that (hopefully) won’t shed. I may even talk to the folks at the Paint Spot and see if a semi-gloss or satin coat can be applied over the existing gloss.