Fender Custom Shop PostModern Strat set up

Rohit sent me his Fender Custom Shop Postmodern Strat for two things: first, to 'sample' the neck profile for a Partscaster I'm putting together for him and second for some set up work. Before anyone yells "But for £3.5k it should be set up perfick..." yes, it was pretty good. But my set up is about finding that extra bit of improvement; that 'icing on the cake' - if possible. This guitar has a great feeling neck and is very nice to play; period. But - like any guitar with a low action, it has some 'fret slap' on the wound strings. And - believe it or not - it also bunches up slightly under longitudinal compression i.e. when loaded. This 'bunching' is what I'm intent on taming; it's microscopic BUT smoothing it out slightly is what alleviates the fret slap on those lower strings. So is it worth spending another £120 on a £3.5k guitar? I reckon it is... and we'll let the owner be the judge of that. There are some interesting 'contextual' decisions along the way here: I would ordinarily have changed the nut because this one has quite seriously inconsistent 1st fret action heights BUT... 'originality' is critical to a Custom Shop Guitar AND Rohit has already told me how much he loves this guitar... ALREADY. The last thing I want to do is override that AND, as a bonus, reduce its originality for my technical obsession. So it stays - because it's original, because Rohit already loves how it feels and because, inconsistencies aside, it plays.
I go off on a ramble on this video, musing on the Government's plans to encourage people with physical and mental infirmities back into work... but I'm not taking a side; more like coming from an outside perspective which wonders why nobody is talking about the real issue here: that the familiar train (the way 'it used to be') has come off the rails. Yelling at, or threatening, people to get back on a train that's going nowhere isn't going to achieve anything.
At the end, I got a surprise to find the finish flaking slightly at the edge of the fingerboard. Only where there IS finish (most of it has been removed on this neck anyway) but the very edge came away with the low tack masking tape. How is it that I can spray a neck with nitrocellulose and later do a full fret level including masking and polishing etc and nothing comes off?? Is this some special 'E-Z-Relic' formula that Fender uses? Being serious for a moment, it very well could be. Anyway, I'm going to touch it up with amber nitro with a very fine brush, so no biggie. But it IS annoying Fender.
And no. I didn't play the guitar on camera. I watched some good players playing it and I definitely loved the pickup tones coming out of this thing. But I wouldn't be able to do it justice, so look for some demos / reviews if you want to hear how it sounds.
One final thing: it IS a great example of credible 'relic'ing'. They do this well, do Custom Shop.