One step back, one forward

Over the last couple of days it has been a little step backwards but we should be going forward again. I had moved the mini forward (the first time in 2+ years it has moved) so I can get to the boot ready to flatten the primer ... found I had not quite finished priming inside there so finished that off and did some more cleaning in the garage. Oh and I finally found enough space in there to remove some mini parts from the house!

The power for the garage is cheekily run from my shed on an extension lead to the garage, I am always conscious of not overloading it and only run the 2 strip lights and one other item at a time ...normally the heater. So a couple of days ago I turned on the plug in the shed and heard just a little crackling, almost like a crisp packet un folding or a bit of tinsel being scrunched, not loud and didn't continue. That night I did have an idea what was going on and used a different ext lead on a different plug socket. Having taken a half day today, when I got back home I turned the main power off and went to discover the plug was not looking quite right and the socket was ... well you can see. In the end it was ok I just raided my box of electrical parts for a new plug and socket front so all sorted now.

Before I got home today I did pop into the paint shop and announced today was the day ...for paint NOT more primer. The chosen colour (as agreed by the family as I left that open to them to counter the vast amount of time I have hidden away working on it and give them some input on the project) the colour needed a vast amount of one pigment that I was told he normally only uses 30ml of to mix a colour, yep I needed 260ml and he buys it in 250ml bottles. He made an order and hopefully it will be there tomorrow, but I did get an aerosol made up while I was there for small parts and back up for an emergency later on.
I was good and before I got home I bought plastic sheeting and a jug for mixing paint and thinners ( prob best instead of using the jug from the kitchen :) ).
Obviously I cracked straight on with sanding the boot, um, well I might have dug out the boot hinges which where already primed put them on a board and painted them :) Yep the first parts truly finished in the final car colour. As it is a pearl paint it is not easy to photo and will change a lot in different lights as well as it changing when a bit of clear coat is applied, so may be not truly finished but my word they are close. Ignore the colour on the board as it is quite different due to no primer.

Hinges, ext boot hinge bolts and bonnet spring painted but have paused to help my youngest with some school work and the garage to stop stinking so bad before sanding the primer in the boot. Not expecting any more visual changes today so took five to write this.
Boot and inside car painting tomorrow as long as my compressor behaves, woop.