i decided to just not put that panel on and in the end you can't tell and once all those sections were mostly cured and or green i don't remember i mixed up some more epoxy and i slathered it on the inside just to make it a little smoother for wearing it i will be lining it with a cloth but it was very spiky and then i filled in the weave on the outside and that'll give me a nice smooth surface to sand into like that perfect finish later on to clean it up i started with the edges and an oscillating saw just to take off any of the excess carbon fiber from those detail panels i put on and then i went in and did a really good job detail sanding and i wanted to get this that really nice smooth finish so the varnish would just make it pop and for any sandpaper nerds out there i guess i used NUMBER_TOKEN to knock it down using the power sander and then i used NUMBER_TOKEN by hand the edges were a nightmare because kevlar doesn't sand very well or cut very well or do anything very well but i did use a dremel to round it over a little bit now i wanted to add these details that i'm pretty sure are called piping in dressmaker sewing land but i'm not entirely sure and i did it by actually separating out long strands of carbon fiber from some carbon fiber tape combing them out with a fingernail and then very carefully laying them down on all of the seams where my detail panels met and this was a great decision it really made all those panels pop and because i had already sanded it and once the piping was on i couldn't really sand it again when the epoxy was still wet i chased down the edges with acetone to clean up any epoxy i might have gotten with my gloves that i wouldn't have to stand up close next to the piping and apologies for sticking my shoulder and or whole body into this shot it was actually very nerve-wracking to put it on at a certain point i stopped paying attention to the camera so i could just focus and i know i made this joke when i made the cedar strip corset but what more appropriate varnish to use for a project as ridiculous as this as lust from total boat which actually is also one of my favorite varnishes but especially because this dress because of my poor form making skills came out way more scantily clad than intended also a big thank you to battletoad for continuously supporting my channel there's a discount code below also to cut out and clean up the back panels and then wipe them down with acetone which is what i always do before i varnish varnish those and then once i was feeling properly warmed up to my varnishing technique i tackled the bodice i kind of went panel by panel and just like i always would with the varnish i made sure to brush in three directions so brush it on one way brush it then perpendicular to that and then tip it which means very lightly sort of brush the air bubbles out of it in the same direction that you started and as soon as the varnish was done drying i realized it probably would have been smart to drill the holes first but sail a v
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