Just wanted to thank all who helped me with my (sometimes lame)
questions. You've made my project run more smoothly. I'm sure I'll be
back with more (sometimes lame) questions, but to say thank you for your
help, so far, I thought I'd throw out a few tips I've stumbled on
myself.

If you're assembling something from a kit, such as the Chrysnbon
Bathroom Accessories kit I just put together, _do not_ remove the pieces
from the 'tree' their attached to, as it says in the instructions. It's
much easier to paint them while they are still attached. When dried, it
just takes one little dab of paint to cover the spot where they were
connected.

If you have small pieces that aren't connected to anything and want to
paint them without painting your fingers or the tweezers you're using to
hold them, here's a solution.

Make a loop of painters masking tape and stick it to your left hand,
then stick the item to the tape. You can easily turn your hand to get
to all of the surfaces as you paint with the other hand. Remove the
tape from your hand without disturbing the item and allow to dry on a
flat surface. If the backside side needs to be painted, just flip it
over to a clean spot of tape and finish it.

The painters tape allows you to easily stick and remove your little
items and will not pull off the paint if it needs to be stuck down on
the painted side. Of course, if they're small enough, you can do
several pieces at a time. I found this particularly helpful when
painting the teensy chain that went on my wee cuckoo clock.

smo