Watching Paint Dry

Okay! Here we go! It's 11:57 AM here in David, Panama and the temperature is a sunny 77 degrees as recorded by the Yahoo Weather Center. For the paint we've chosen ColorKote Indoor/Outdoor Spray Paint. Color white. Our surface will be a CD Jewelbox which appears to be for most intent and purposes non porouse. For viscosity and dryness evaluationh we have a wooden toothpick, round with pointed ends. Since this is our first event, we haven't line upped any sponsors so it's all commercial free.

12:02 PM...shaking the can. The Jewelbox surface has been sprayed and there's a cirular glob of paint in the middle.

12:04 PM...Other than a slightly unpleasant sort of perfume like smell, there appears no change as yet in regards to the viscosity of the paint.

12:08 PM...A definite puckering around the perimeter of the orb and a change in color quality froma gloss to more of a flat finish.

12:10 PM Aha...The puckering is rapidly increasing. Our toothpick viscosity test shows a sharp increase in the hardness of the paint both in the outer and inner portions of the paint. In another minute or so we'll do a scratch test to further determine dryness. (Betcha Albert Einstein never did high end science like this).

12:14 PM ...Continuing to pucker but it appears at a slower pace. The paint still has wetness to it.

12:18 PM...Entire orb is now puckered. My heart is pulsing with anticipation.

12:20 PM...Entirely puckered and our toothpick-o-meter shows the paint to be gooey and still not dry.

12:28 PM... Totally puckered and flat finished but still not totally dry. However, it shouldn't be long now.

12:32 PM... The toothpick-o-meter is still able to pierce the surface of the paint.

12:34 PM...Still tacky.

12:38 PM...Darn this is really taking a while to totally dry!

12:44 PM...I should mention that for expediencey I only used one coat of paint as opposed to the recommended two coats prescribed on the can. And...this sucker ain't dry yet.%$#@*&.

12:52 PM...The toothpick-o-meter can stand on it's own pointed end when inserted into the orb. Further examination also reveals tiny amounts of paint on the end when removed from the orb. A further indication of lack of complete dryness.

12:59 PM...THAT'S IT! TOTAL DRYNESS HAS BEEN ACHIEVED IN 57 MINUTES! WHAT A DAY! WHAT A DAY! OUR REMOTE CAMERAS ARE SHOWING ME SCORES OF PEOPLE AT THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER GETTING UP FROM THEIR COMPUTER CONSOLES, HUGGING EACH OTHER, LAUGHING CRYING AND KISSING! WHEW!