>>1353160 The more I use the Gradient Mesh tool the more I feel like starting all over to utilize all the tricks and tecniques I've learned along the way.Then do so - it's better to be happy with what you are doing, than to say to yourself "hey, I'm really not happy with this, and could have done better..." I have done this with several of my vectors, because I wasn't happy with one thing or another.
I will say that I am now satisfied with all the vectors I have created, because I took the time to go back and do them the way I thought was better.