painting magnets: sunday

officially day 1 of my ref magnet house project. i was all ready to start my project when i realized i had make a quick run to the hardware store to purchase my green paint. it was also raining so hard that i had to start the project inside the house (specifically my room) where it is dry and the cats won't get in the way.

so here's a quick view of my ref magnet frame project - day 1:

 

last saturday, i had to buy one whole sheet of galvanized iron and had the hardware guys cut it to my specified dimensions (about the size of a cartolina) -- for an extra fee! this was delivered afternoon of saturday so my day 1 basically started on sunday. not visible on the black cartolina is my world map which i'll cut later for my sheet's design.

bong mentioned that i had to apply a primer to the sheet so that the paint will stick it. she said that there is a red primer and a white primer. the guy at the hardware store apparently gave me the red one.

after quick drying the primer, i started spray painting the sheet with my green paint. this will act as the color of my continents and islands.

isn't the color cool? :)

my world map in cartolina all cut up. the plan is to paint over this a black paint. unfortunately, when i had to fix the placement of the cut-ups (which i already stuck to the sheet with a magic tape), i pulled the cartolina away from the sheet and the paint went with it, all the way through the primer! that meant that the paint wasn't as dry as i thought it would be! the next problem i encountered was that when i had to clear the area, i dropped the paint covers on the sheet and they too, created damages on the sheet. the only solution was to apply the primer again and had it dry overnight.

so i painted the sheet with a second coat of primer and i'm hoping that by the next day, this has completely dried!  

p.s. i found out this day that painting with a roller is definitely better than a brush! :)