I think I might just leave the original, non-sprayed mesh in there. Its too much hassle to spray and yes, it does look like a bodge even though I spent sodding HOURS cutting out the template and it looked really good on paper!
BTW, I didnt remove the lower grille plastic, I just used a couple of cable ties to hold the mesh on to it. Cant even see the ties unless looking for them.
I reckon it might actually work with smaller mesh. The type that MG use might be better. The paint will be covering more area of metal on smaller mesh and should therefore look less blurry. Anyway, sod it for now....Im just going to leave it plain!
Rhys