Message #177745

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Well after doing a sand with 1,200 wet dry then a cut and polish I wasn't happy with the finish.  It still wasn't smooth enough and it was mainly where I had put some touchups on pretty thick and so when the clear went over it, it was ever so slightly lumpy in that area.  Plus I had only put on pretty lights coats of the clear to date so I didn't want to sand it back too hard and leave it with no clear in some spots or worse take paint off. 

So I went and put 2 more coats of clear on.  Then sanded again with 1,200 and then cut and polished it finally putting some Kanuba wax on too.  Overall I am very happy with the finish.  It's not entirely perfect and maybe if I put one more coat of clear on then sanded back again etc it might get even better but right now I'm happy with how it looks and nothing should effect the ball travel etc.  Here are a couple of pics.





As I said it's not perfect but I'm happy with the result for a cheapy pin and particularly compared to what I started with.  I made sure the whites when I repainted them were quite off white/cream so they didn't stand out against the other whites that had yellowed over time too.