So, the storage box arrived and was put together (not without a few problems on the way) and was truly a revolting shade, so I was really keen to get the blue paint over the lurid orange. Two coats of paint were called for, 6 hours apart. This was successfully achieved on the strip at the base, and the next day I moved it into the living room - to get more light, as I prepared and painted the top. Just a few minutes away from finishing the second coat, I slipped - with the open paint can in my hand... and dropped it... disaster! Blue paint EVERYWHERE! On the TV, the DVDs and CDs beside it, the TV cabinet, the floor (fortunately tiled, not carpeted), the wall, the skirting board, the plugs and sockets... I used up nearly all the white spirit in the bottle cleaning up, and still didn't manage to get all of the paint off. The grout between the floor tiles is now pale blue where it should be grey, the TV looks dirty, and the cabinet could do with being completely re-varnished. Also, I lost about half the expensive paint in the process, and have blue fingernails and cuticles!! ¡Qué horror! OK; there is something positive to record. The weather has been dry and sunny - I've been able to oil the teak furniture, and lasure the deck board beneath the garden shower, so there has been some progress made as well as the painting of the storage box - which looks right in its new location. However, despite scrubbing the crazy paving with soap and water, there's a stained patch which hasn't come clean. I think dirty water has been lying there over some time and not draining away... we'll try and bore some drainage holes at the lowest points so it doesn't get worse.
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