I had primed portions of the back wall and bathroom areas before now. And now I decided - because of the superior finish of the dried primer compared to the sanded (roughed up) original wood paneling - that I would prime ALL of the bathroom surfaces in preparation to receive a paint-on rubber membrane that will be throughout the bathroom interior prior to wet bath (shower surround style) finish wall surfaces. In our home we used RedGard brand (Home Depot) because it was a little less cost than another brand in blue color sold at Menards. We'll cover that at the appropriate time.
For now, I still needed to prime both the interior surfaces of the bathroom wall, and the full side of the new right side back wall. Here's how those turned out.
Much of this lower wall section will be cut out for propane tank compartment, but I just primed the whole thing for the time being.
Also, the left side new back wall (galley side) needed to be painted on its interior surface. You may recall, we chose 3/4" plywood over the original 5/8" plus glued and nailed 1/8" interior birch plywood, mostly for plywood edge strength in accepting fasteners (from the roof and sidewall assembly).
Therefore, the lesser quality side was to the exterior (where it will be covered by siding) and the smooth A quality surface will be toward the interior, but WITHOUT the tight finished birch grain paneling to match surrounding interior surfaces.
Because of that we chose to add a contrasting painted surface for the exposed wall portions. Those portions are really quite minimal as that wall is mostly covered by: entrance door, one window, galley counter and cabinet, upper wall cabinet. So the darker finish color should end up looking more like trim sections than broad field sections. Here's the paint we used, a copper or gold metal-flaked dark bronze. We've used this stuff lots in our home for both accent pieces and furniture pieces. It's gorgeous!
And with that, we were temporarily done with the "finish" portions of this stage and moved back into
the next portions of "structure and wood replacement".
