I moved my desk and stripped two more sections, then washed off the paste. I was going to leave it, but then got thinking about skim coating with a roller, thinned drywall compound, and a squeegee…and decided to give it a shot. I did only one (vertical) coat, and that wall is pretty rough, but I think it’s going to work, and with a HELL of a lot less sanding. I think it’ll probably take three coats, but each one is so thin that it dries quickly, so it won’t add much time to the job, and it’ll look much better than just crossing my fingers and slapping on a couple of coats of paint.

Once I’m finished this wall, there’s just the short section on the south side, which (unfortunately) I already know has the three-layered nightmare on it. Thankfully, it’ll be the last section, so there’s light at the end of the tunnel!

I also got no odour oil-based Kilz. I probably should have got the original, but I may end up doing my desk indoors, and oil paint fumes would probably kill me. When my desk will actually be done, I don’t know. Depends upon the weather.

After I finally coughed up for the expensive pond plant pot…Amazon shipped this, which is the $2.99 8″ pot I already bought six times over.

Fortunately, their customer service is still good, so they said keep this one, and the right one will arrive on Friday. This order has been cursed right from go. I did get the landscape fabric for lining pots, and fish food, and belts for my sander…those were right.