How to clean up engine bay?

[chiboy002]

Originally Posted by Broadfield

You are simply not putting in the effort man. After you cut with a jig saw or whatever you are using, then I go over it with 80 grit then work my way down to finer grits to get a perfect polished edge if necessary. I may start with a bench belt sander or an air sander to get the burrs off quickly. Nothing custom comes easy man. You have no idea how much time I have into the custom interior stuff I do. I might sit there and sand with a finger tip for 3 hours straight just to get a contour perfect.

Also, use a coarse blade when cutting. If you use a blade for cutting metal, it will simply melt the plastic as you are cutting it. So when I'm using a jig saw, I use a gnarly wood blade, but set the orbital action to the lowest setting and just go slow physically.... still fast speed on the trigger though. This will give you a fine cut, but not melt the plastic too much.

thats prolly where my problem was lol
i used a metal blade and didn't really sand it, tried removing burrs with a knife but made it worse