In Which The Front Door Interior Is "Done"

On Saturday, I wet sanded the 3rd primer coat as much as I could stand (did I mention I hate sanding?) and cleaned up the front entry as much as possible. The weather is supposed to turn wet this week, so I wanted to make sure I had the
interior enamel topcoat down and dry before any spike in humidity.
Sunday, I put down 3 coats of SW Proclassic trim enamel, sanding with 320 grit between each coat to mellow out nibs. I cut the paint with some Floetrol (for this paint I usually cut with distilled water) and honestly, I wasn't impressed. Maybe I didn't use enough (4-8oz per quart of paint is a lot), but while it got a little thinner, I didn't feel like it did a better job leveling out the brush strokes or extending the open time while brushing. The final finish doesn't look better than my water-thinned work. Jury's out I guess.
Does the final result look better than before I did all this work? I have no clue because I forgot to take a before picture and I have the memory of a drink addled chipmunk. The exterior won't have a bajillion layers of paint on it, so that might actually look better than when it started if I can get the molding profile cleaned up.
One guaranteed thing I got from all of this was a chemical burn from the easy sand primer. We aren't sure what in the mix did it, but the SDS was an interesting read: note to self, wear gloves. I also managed to step on the paint can lid for the enamel... derp.

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