Painting

We contracted to have our house painted in July. The rain delayed the painting until mid-January. We now have painters all over the outside of the house.  

They began by power washing everything.  The roofs were the first surfaces to be painted.  With a spray painter in hand the painter walks all over the roof painting.  Notice no safety gear.  The US OSHA would be writing tickets, fining the paint company and shutting down the job site.  Not in Bonaire.

Everything on the patio, the property walls, the back yard and in the gravel around the walls had to be moved to allow for painting.  Our living and dining room are outside which didn't give us a place to "be" during painting. Everything is piled up inside filling our great room.  It was only for a few days but we were discombobulated. 

The crew of 6 painted everything white by hand, with rollers and brushes.  The wind blows too strong to use the sprayer.  The painter said if the sprayer was used the whole neighborhood would be coated with white paint. 

Interesting sidebar: our painter is Dutch and is married to a French Canadian.  He doesn't speak French and she doesn't speak Dutch.  They speak English to each other. The painting crew speaks Dutch and one speaks only Spanish.