Which was purchased on the same night that I took the first progress pic after sanding 
I also got a nice discount from Lowes’ and only payed the cost of the sander (as in what the store payed for it) since they price match Amazon but the one listed had a slightly different sku even though they were identical otherwise. I think they can still price match bellow cost when it is the exact same SKU.
My drill battery was fully discharged and this was as far as it had gotten me. Doesn’t help that it isn’t a very powerful drill to begin with.
Using a rotary tool would have been a horrible idea since it would cause issues with getting a level surface. I only use one on aluminum since it would be impossible to use my orbital sander on them.
The price for the paint was hopefully all in the rest of the paint and not the pigment. Also no worries about needing more art courses as I only know that bit of information from practice and not from courses. I do have an Associate’s in Fine arts but they didn’t teach that there also it is completely normal to have an AA in Fine arts but then a BS in physics and MS in engineering. I’m definitely not the weird one