A bit of a thread necro here, but I have a finishing question for Nathan.
I've been attempting to get that gorgeous "mile deep" look on my current Vagabond project, and I think I'm on my way to some serious gloss with a bunch of filler primer, sandpaper, and light coating followed by sanding. I am trying to get rid of a bunch of old rattlecans (tamiya lacquer and old krylon), and I have noticed that both of those I can wetsand after ~24h of drying without noticing the paint starting to come off on my hands and the paper. However, my accent colour (rusto 2x black enamel) keeps coming off when I'm sanding it, even after observing the full 48h curing time on the can.
Although I know that I'm breaking the "rule" of never mixing paint brands, I'm sticking to the standard approach of applying enamels last over top of my lacquer coats. In this thread I know you mentioned that polishing actually takes some of the paint off with it, should I expect to see the same when I'm wetsanding my accent colours?? It doesn't "seem" right to me since it almost always leaves a dull and rough look on the rocket... But what the heck do I know, after all you got unreal results with your process!!!