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By: Kato Latham

Kato Latham repainted the picnic table for the high school commons area. I had some of my classmates from Ag shop class help bring the picnic table into the shop and I removed the wood from the metal frame. I had to grind rust spots from the metal before I could put a coat of paint on the frame. I spray painted the frame black so it would match our school colors. We sanded all of the boards until all of the old paint was off the boards. I put at least three coats of paint on the boards because one coat of paint did not look good. You could still see the wood showing on the boards. After I painted the boards, I put the boards back on the frame. I bolted the boards down so they would not move when you go to move the table around. Then I had someone with a pickup help me move it back outside so people can sit at it and eat their lunch outside.