Got back into this a little today.
I deleted my above post about seeing kind of a leather look after reading shine's explanation. My post was kind of confusing so I just got rid of it. I believe what I see is scratches and not from overheating. Scratches I haven't gotten fully buffed out, or scratches put back in from being aggressive with the wool pad that I haven't yet got out. Nothing too alarming but Im extremely critical of my own work.
I guess with that said I started sanding and buffing on the outside of my box today, the last piece I haven't done anything with. I started sanding with 1000, 1200, and then 1500. I didn't stay on the 1000 or 1200 that long, enough to get 50 percent of the orange peel off. I then worked the 1500 pretty good until 95 to 100 percent of the peel was off before switching to 2000. From there I went to 3000, and then the new 8000. I have always had trouble on the initial cut because I seem to under sand, or dont sand fine enough. So I worked the 3000 for about double what I normally would, and then the 8000 probably not long enough looking back on it.
When it came to buffing I still had to use wool on the first cut, but I didn't need the high speed and I didn't have to keep on it that long to be done. This was a huge improvement for me, previously I would really have to work the wool, I mean really work it to get to where I could switch over to foam. I have always been able to get decent results minus what I talked about above, but it always took forever. If I had to guess I would say its taken me about half the time to get where I am now when comparing to my previous way. To top it off I dont see any of the texture or scratches I referenced above.
Still some refining to do and a lot to learn, but Im heading in the right direction. I wanted to thank you guys for posting about the new paper and discussing the methods you use.