aNtistic design

Step 4 Painting

This step may not have been totally necessary but I plan to reuse this form so having it protected from the weather was important .I decided on white paint to allow me to more easily detect any ants that might have absconded (and they did abscond) .once I had all of the screw and knot holes filled and sanded smooth I applied 3 coats of paint (just to be on the safe side) .I went with an indoor outdoor latex primer made by KILZ ,which is a maker of great protective/cover up paint .once that had time to cure I taped off a 4 inch section all the way around the inner and outer form with the top edge of said section measuring 17 inches from the bottom of the width spacers .I then painted it red with some cheapo spray paint I had laying around .the reason for doing this was that of reference .I knew I wanted my table 17 inches tall .not only was the red line the reference for packing the sand .but also the stop line when I started removing sand tunneled out by the ants