So I'll lead with my suggestion, which is to make a checklist that you can check off tasks as you go. Organize it so that it's in the order the tasks need to be accomplished. Also don't group two tasks together. For example one checklist item should be "apply first coat of cp" and a different task "apply second coat of cp." Don't use "apply two coats of cp."

I used that example because I was applying cp as I added under wraps. I'd do a few wraps and be done for a bit, so I'd throw a coat of cp on the new wraps before walking away. After I added two coats of cp to the base of a tiger, I applied the first coat of epoxy. I had a lot left over and thought to myself "I can use this to coat the underwraps I have done." However, I never put that second coat of cp on the underwraps, and being Madeira thread, it looked terrible.

On the plus side, having a coat of cp on the wraps made them super easy to remove, but I still had to redo like 7 of them. A lot of thread and time wasted because I forgot to put the second coat of cp on. I had every intention to, but I was going to wait until all the underwraps were complete and do the second coats all at once. But once I realized I had extra epoxy, that plan was forgotten.

I kinda went on and on, but I hope I can help prevent someone else from making a similar preventable mistake.

*Edited for grammar*



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 04/20/2016 03:38PM by Randy Weakley.