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How Not To Paint A Door

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The Three Month Saga.. After deciding that the doors needed painted, and deciding they needed to be red,  I headed to the local hardware store, over three  months ago.  Red, picked the color from the chip and the nice man there said that he did not like to mix reds.  Okay. "What do you suggest I do then?"  I replied. "Pick another color" he countered, "Perhaps green?" "They are green now, I WANT them red." the exchanged continues and I squint to make sure he is not JWS' long lost brother.  He finally explains that reds turn out pink and people are not happy with them. and  I say, "I'll take my chances." but then just in case... "just give me a quart." And that was the end of May, and then it rained.  For at least 40 days and 40 nights.  And JWS liked that quart of red paint so much that he used it all up at the shop. Then I went back a...