Trying to paint in winter is lousy.  It's been cold and rainy for weeks.

I had lined up my mate Andrew, a spray painter of 20 years' experience, to help me paint the frames.

Andrew's a quiet sort and I think he quickly decided that I would just make a horrible mess of the job, so he came over today and put on undercoat, colour and gloss clear topcoat in just over 2 hours.  It looks superb.

I'll give it a couple of days to go off properly and then I can start hanging bits back on again!