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So says WTOP, who notes that the job will require about 500 gallons of “Dome White” paint. The scaffolding which will be erected around the dome to facilitate the painting — scheduled to be completed in November — certainly won’t be up for as long as the unique structure that blanketed the Washington Monument for what seemed like an interminable amount of time in the late 90s. Perhaps we should just consider ourselves fortunate that, unlike the state of Colorado, the U.S. can finance its Capitol building’s upkeep without having to consider sullying the structure with advertisements.