Quote Originally Posted by jugglindan View Post
This is actually my grocery shopping outfit, but I thought it might be useful for spray painting (and heatgun paint removal):
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HEY! I know you!!!

(just kidding, but maybe. I've lived in Canberra a couple times...)

paint was dry enough to unmask the binding. It needs some minor tidying but overall looks good to me.
I prefer scraping the binding to clean it up rather than any other method (like sanding).
If you haven't already done it, a DIY binding scraper tool is easy to make.

Mine is pretty much like the one in this pic:

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btw, not my pic or tool. I just pinched it off the interwebs.