One saving grace was the aluminum will be on the easy side to work with since the trailer is so small and the aluminum is in separate "pieces". This will make them much easier to handle, paint, and work on.

Color: In this photo you can see the darker original turquoise color of the accent color on this trailer. Someone had tried painting over it with a rather flat, house paint? They had the color pretty close...though not quite dark enough. I'm still not sure what color we are going to go with: