Copia finished sandblasting the tender frame today and wanted to paint and get completed. Dick inspected the frame and took pictures prior to painting. What you're seeing in this set is the frame completed, but still coveted in iron oxide dust and grit. The area which had the creosote or tar took them a long time to get clean, but clean it came. The deep pockets of sand, grease, rocks and all that jazz are gone, as are the areas of scaled iron oxide. The primer could have been any color, but we choose a charcoal gray. The primer is a quality covering , and the last pictures are of the primer being sprayed onto the frame. Tomorrow the tent and scaffolding comes down and goes back to the shop.