Well, I ****ed up my muff enclosure once again. Tried to apply a second coat of clear and BAM cracking finish all around. It almost looks cool except it doesn't. I'm not sure if I'm going to redo it again or just wire the damn thing. Pretty disappointing because it was looking great. Oh well live and learn I guess.
Don't feel bad, I have a close friend who got really good at making his own pedals and he refinished a few pedals over and over trying to get them right (especially with hammerite and sparkle finishes). Eventually he got amazingly perfect and clean with his builds and just bought prefinished enclosures, even though he finally got really good at painting them himself. He just didn't get down with how much effort it took to get them to a level of quality he wanted.