Catching Up - some paint

Been awhile since the last post about painting. Blogs are hard to keep up for some of us. I often wonder why I even attempt this, and have not really answered the question for myself.

Last post was about beginning to paint the interior. I did nearly finish that job - still needing to paint the bilge. Shipping things to Nome is always a problem, and proved to be in trying to mail up some bilge paint. The package got lost in the mail for a month, then turned up as "not able to mail to my location", so I lost the postage (considerable), but was refunded by my supplier. I had successfully ordered some xylene based epoxy paint thinner, which I know is haz-mat, so figured this paint (quart sized) could therefore also be mailed. But no.

So I may just use some house paint available locally here - there is some hardy floor paint I may choose. Most bilges have oil and diesel exposure concerns, whereas I shouldn't have that problem. I don't have an engine inside the hull(s), so no petroleum products should hit the bilges.

There will be interior touch-up paint as I drill holes for plumbing and wiring runs, which was the last thing I started doing (drilling the holes) before the cold of winter hit. Now, at -15 F., I'm avoiding the boat.

A pic or two of where I left it:

Also did a bit of preliminary application of primer on topsides: