well, i sand off the paint on the top of the box after i paint it, so the press and peel has somewhere to stick. this guy has a super clean looking finished product, and goes for a waaayyy different aesthetic feel than i do, but gets great results
http://www.aronnelson.com/gallery/main. ... y/album24/
this is basically what i do, minus a lot of the steps (like cutting out and hand painting the mask, etc., screw all that)
but then again, i don't want a pedal i have built to sit in some dentist's home office to be gazed on in self-fellating collectableness. i want my stuff used, so i beat the shit out of them so that guys don't feel bad stomping on them. kindergarten paint jobs and all that can stay with the elitists