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The Pursuit of Imperfection

“…rattle-can primer, which was the official color in my high-school parking lot.”

I am currently refinishing a dumbbell rack in the garage. Feel free to insert your own jokes about my noggin fitting a dumbbell rack perfectly. You wouldn’t be the first. My kids already beat you to it.

I haven’t painted anything metal in years, at least not beyond the basic attempt at preventing further deterioration of some outdoor

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