Hey Bo, thanks man. A good palm sander, piles of water paper help but you have to switch off. If you think too hard about it you'll bolt and never look back. Sanity is not a requirement
. I try not spending too much time on a particular part. I jump around and then get back to it for a while. It's the only way. If I had the bucks I'd pay someone to do the sanding and polishing. I hate it. I have one major panel left to do, it's the left front fender. It's been difficult because when I build a plug I use anything at hand to build the shape and in the case of the front fenders I have steel, resin mixed with filler and two different types of Bondo both with different degrees of hardness. As luck would have it all these materials ended up on the surface. Try sanding that mix. I got into it with the grinder to get rid of the metal and then used about a hundred coats of spray filler. It's so bad that I convinced myself I'll polish the remaining imperfections out in the mold and then sand the final part as well. I use a spray filler as my Gel Coat. It saves on weight and makes final finishing much easier for the painter. I have a good bottle of Tequila sitting in the shop just waiting for the day I finish the final mold. Some good Rock music from the 70s, salt and a bunch of lemons will do it. I'll be styling and not sharing a drop with anyone, my Jack Russels don't drink!!!