A Mail Pouch From Scratch

Today I began day two of painting the mail pouch barn-to-be near Parkersburg WV. Lots of challenges on this barn but none bigger than the temperatures. Today seems to be slightly more bearable than yesterday as there is a slight breeze. I have spent the afternoons in my camper under the comfort of the AC. The main focus of the barn faces west north-west, so the shade hours of work are all used up by 2:00. One side of the barn I am also painting faces south, so it gets the full force of the sun. Last night I painted the primer on that side, starting at around 7 and I worked even after the sun went down behind one of West Virginia's average sized mountains. A pole light helped with the task for a while and I hated to quit because it was so comfortable out at the time.

The barn is certainly thirsty. I used about 10 gallons of primer, and so far 9 gallons of black for the face side. I am a bit short on paint to finish the side so I will have to make a paint run to Sherwin Williams.

My goal is to have the Mail Pouch lettering done by tomorrow at 2 - I want to beat the heat!

Update on Friday, September 3, 2010 at 9:53AM by Scott Hagan

Finished the MAIL POUCH artwork in time to beat the sun.

The folks were great to work with and were really excited about the painting project.

army strong barn painting

Today I finished the barn painting of the army strong logo at Caledonia, Ohio. It sits facing River Valley High School and will  be quite visible - at least until the corn grows.

All was not smooth however on this project. I found a surprise when I walked out to get started this morning...

 This is what can happen when working on metal and working too late in the day. It was a heavy dew that burned me here.

Well I spent the day fixing it up and finished in the afternoon. Here is what the barn looks like all finished

Conotton Valley Schools gym paintings- Bowerston Ohio

Today more prep work was done to the 3rd of 3 gymnasiums at the Conotton Valley Schools. As this Gym sits in the heart of downtown Bowerston, Ohio, the first gym was actually finished this morning. It is located in Sherrodsville, and has become a complete transformation. It has been said this particular part of the project was not a painting, but a complete renovation. The ceilings were fixed of holes and areas of decay(not by myself but another contractor), then all areas were painted white, the bricks were painted to look brand new, and the floor received new lines as well as the school logo at half court.

I will be adding the final picture of this gymnasium soon when the floor gets its 2nd coat of urithane. That part of the project will be handled by the district maintenance crew. They also did a great job sanding the floor in preparation of the new lines and artwork. A special thanks to Keith for all the extra effort on the floor.