It’s tricky

I had considered, for a moment, using our compressor to spray paint the radiators, but I knew that was going to be very messy and I imagined also quite difficult. It’s not something I’d done before, so I decided to paint them using a brush, or two.

There are four layers of cast iron channels to them, and it is really difficult to reach the backs and fronts of them all. I started by just doing what I could with a big 1½ inch brush. I then asked Brian for one of his old artist brushes to reach into the more tricky areas. That worked, but I still had to try hard to get all the inner surfaces, and the brush was very small.

It’s taken me three days to paint two radiators. I have to say that it really has not been the easiest paint job, but what better place to be doing it than in such glorious sunshine and listening to my audio book - The Newcomer by Fern Britton.