The Paint is ON!
Whew! 2 days and 4 coats later, we have achieved paint!
Well, the ceiling only took 2 coats, but the rest took 4.
A few musings about paint: One Coat Coverage is a BIG FAT LIE!
I already knew this, but this job really helped confirm it. We tinted the primer, we bought the good paint at Hirschfields, we got the right rollers and I very carefully did that "W" thing with the roller. But that green was not going down without a fight. 2 coats of tinted Bullseye primer, and 2 coats of the actual paint later, we finally beat it into submission.
For the record- we only painted the parts that will show after the cabinets are in, so that's why there is still green showing in some spots. Also, the soffit and the one face of the island are a more orange color, so they are supposed to look different than the walls- it's not your monitor.
Tomorrow morning, the floor arrives! I'm going to try and post something every night this week, as it should look noticibly different pretty much every night.
On a side note- those disposable paper paint buckets make excellent popcorn tubs. Just remember you can't use them for both- it's one or the other.
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