Thanks Vic and ticki2 too.
Well yesterday I worked with the kids hanging sheetrock. We got 6 sheets of 4.5' by 12' hung on the ceiling with use of a jack. Looks real nice and they now have some sheetrock confidence they didn't have before. That's what it's all about!
So I didn't get any work done on Lil' Queeny, but I thought I'd take this opportunity for a couple other finish thoughts and pics.
Here's a picture of the primer we're using. As I said before, it has a great dried surface; very tough! I've used Kilz, but I like this better. You just want to get tools cleaned up every so often. It's not as easy to remove once it starts to dry as is latex house paint.
DW has saved us LOTS of money by shopping the "Oops" shelf. Those are (generally) high quality paints at highly reduced prices. People come in for a color match and for one reason or another don't like the results. So the store marks it down and sets it aside. DW takes several of these "correct proximity colors" for her given color palette and mixes her own color in a five gallon bucket. The results are usually fairly rich colors in a bit of muted tone, just what we like!
So when it came time to shop for exterior finish for Lil' Queeny's under wings and lower box I found rubberized undercoat online for about $35 quart, and brush/roller applied bed-liner for maybe $45 gallon, and some online advice saying high ventilation needed - maybe for a week or more! Then we went over to the big box stores to check their Oops shelf and regular shelf. The first store we found this "sanded" deck/concrete paint in a color that will look quite nice I think (maybe better than the black I was leaning toward). I guess I'd have to call it Olive Drab with a little less olive and a little more drab.
Yes, $9. The same stuff on the regular shelf is $35 gallon. I was pleased. For the same reason stark white doesn't work with our color scheme (except inside utility cabinets for example as a "function over style" design) black might not exactly work either. Olive Drab - with a lean toward drab, might be just the ticket! And the sample swatch on the lid feels extremely durable.
Today I'll regroup in the shop and begin application of our finish. This is what we'll use. And picture 2, from our home, shows results of a same treatment - Golden Oak stain over fir 1x4 boards (quite different from the birch in Lil' Queeny), and finished with the same Olde Maple tinted poly.
