I used to say "god hates me." It seemed every time I made a plan he made one against me. I stopped saying that once my son came along. He has to atleast like me to give me such a gift. Now I think he just likes to see me swear.
I bought a short school bus to convert into a simple air conditioned camper and give my family a place to cool off at the swap meets, races, etc. Well it came the standard school bus yellow. By law it needs to be atleast covered over by another color.....I like blue. I've painted cars for a living some years ago and can lay down some color. But this is a bus and I believe even if I could get it in a booth with some expensive two part enamel paint it wouldn't look much better due to the wavy panels and ribbing.....again bus.....not Porsche.
So last weekend I started to paint the roof with some Ace hardware oil based safety blue paint. IT STARTED TO RAIN !!!! Luckily it had been hot and sunny for most of the application so it "flashed off" pretty fast and the showers stopped my progress but didn't ruin the finish.
This Sunday, some afternoon showers are forecasted but it's morning and the roof is already done. I decide to head out to the driveway and paint me some bus. I mask the important stuff and have at it. I rolled the roof but decided to spray the rest...... I'm not total redneck.
Well I get 99% of it done before the "showers" start. I hear an alert on the radio as I'm spraying blue that there is a severe thunderstorm with hail on the way......COOL !!!!
Well I got most of the bus blue with the exception of the front top section. I need to remove the stoplights from the front and rear anyway so it still need work in that area. Atleast most of it's blue. I'm sure God laughed as it poured on my fresh paint but he didn't see fit to ruin it. WHEW !!!!
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