On Friday night, I fell asleep in front of Netflix, and woke up at 2200h. Instead of having the good sense to shower and get in bed, I took the hardware off my desk and cleaned it with strong ammonia and hot water. I’d wiped it down when we moved here,  but just cleanser, so there was a surprising amount of cigarette smoke still on it. Ammonia made short work of that!

I started fairly early yesterday morning with primer. A pain in the arse with all the crevices and the fact that I hadn’t sanded, but I paid extra for oil-based primer so I could get away with that! First coat of primer.

I let that dry for a couple of hours, then put on a second coat.

I decided upon latex paint and clear coat because I can’t move this bitch outside to paint, and it’s raining anyway. It’s not like my desk gets a lot of abuse anyway. I might regret my decision, but that’s what I’m doing.

I expect the plants for the 55 to arrive some time this week, so I got the soil mixed and put into the tank. Mud pies!

I didn’t put the sand in yet because I’ll need to dig to plant the crypts and swords, and that’ll muddy the water and the sand, which is nearly white. I think I’m going to try partially burying the roots, then put down the sand. I dunno yet. I didn’t take a photo of the tank because it was dark when I finished, and it’s a glass box with two inches of black mud in it.

As soon as I finish my coffee, I’m going in to lightly sand the primer on my desk and put on a coat of the same creamy white paint that I have in my bathroom and on the wall by the tank. I hope it works!