Public Domain image courtesy of Picryl
Today was my first day of painting for this year's production of Ebenezer Scrooge at Pocket Sandwich Theatre... and my most recent Scenic Soak TM.
A proper Scenic Soak TM involves a tired paint-stained wretch at the end of a longish day that involved ladders and buckets; a long cool drink, preferably alcoholic; a hot water filled bathtub; soap, of course; and a pumice stone. Because nowadays when most paints are also primers, the paint you painted yourself with doesn't come off easily!
(This is true for the latex house paints commonly used at many theaters. True scenic paint may not.)
A lovely ritual. I recommend it.
Be sure to rinse the tub thoroughly! afterwards... because paint flecks don't come off the tub easily either.
