procured a gallon of porch paint, project needed before winter.
prices on 1/2" 0.025" metal band saw blades were stupid, so decided to change over to a 3/4" x 0.035" blade i found on amazon for 32$ a piece, ordered 3 of them that came in today. I cut mostly big dumb stuff or plate, and 95% its straight cutting so no need for a skinny bendy blade.
found that my band saw has carbide guides and not traditional bearing/roller guides. neat. found a box of broken 0.025" guides in the machine, and hiding in the bunch was a pair of new 0.035" guides! win.
swapped all over and thing cutting like a boss.