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... Then, once the paint has dried (overnight) we simply throw a sheet of 320 grit wet-or-dry
sandpaper on a flat sheet of aluminum, wet it thoroughly with water (it'll get messy)
and just sand the whole face flat and smooth. Rinse and dry it,
and give it two coats of spray semigloss polyurethane clear.

Now, there's still a few minor goobers- the first W, the O in "CO",
the base of the central i, etc.- but not bad for about forty minutes' work.

If I'd put it in the lathe, I could have taken care of most of that- the lettering is way deep,
and I could mill it down substantially before losing any detail- but that's not really necessary.
The mill's not a showpiece, though it's always nice to have shiny new trim on it.





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