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Raised by Hamsters posted:On the other hand the deep sanding scratches were all over the place. You've probably got this and have a good deal of sanding experience at this point, but something my boat/car painter uncle taught me when I was young was to always have a paint stick or something similar nearby to whack the bajeezus out of the sanding board every dozen strokes for this exact reason. Also make sure your primer hardens up well before sanding again!
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Not sure what you are painting with, but look at penetrol. It really slows down drying and makes it a lot harder for orange peel to occur. Edit - Also think about putting an automotive clearcoat over it all to protect the paint, that stuff is real tough.
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I'm still loving reading this, keep up the good work, it's looking great!
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I love following along. I just wanted to add that if you ever have more wiring like this to do, check out AC/DC wire and supply on Ebay for boat wire, MTW, or GXL automotive wire. The boat wire specifically is tinned, high strand count, and way more flexible than THHN. It sometimes even has the double walled jacket so you can see nicks in it. https://www.ebay.com/itm/294112186692?itmmeta=01HPHFH9ZRYSBAM0A04MFV2SBX&hash=item447a73d144:g:Wm4AAOSw8RZaefTs. I'd really recommend crosslinked automotive GXL or TXL for the low voltage stuff. Also way more flexible and much nicer to work with.
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Raised by Hamsters posted:Oh, this was all boat wire, ancor Marine brand, not sure how that compares. Is probably mostly oversized and thus stiffer beyond what you're expecting, because I can't help myself. Nope, I just spied the 2 conductor jacketed boat cable in a tiny thumbnail and totally misidentified it. My bad.
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I think you're doing a great job here, and don't want to feed your perfectionism as its already quite good, but you should get one of those lights that paintless dent removers use. It makes a series of same width equally spaced lines on your part so you can read the distortion of the light to highlight the imperfections.
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