Restoration Advice Please

To do it right you need to paint it before going any farther and you need to learn how to be careful . Sorry for the bluntness but if you want something nice and you are doing it yourself you need to learn this lesson.Sounds like you made the careless mistake so now you know that your work habits are one of the most important parts of the process. Good luck with it.We all made these mistakes and most of us have learned from them.