LOL.. I think it's rough enough.. at one spot it's like almost paper thin.. that how much I rough it up with the hole saw bit.. \
I use 18 gauge strand wire. it was what I had on hand from my pervious LED project. it works. Can't judge from the pic quality, but i've pre tint all the contact points on the LED and pre tint the wires before I solder them together. So, there isn't any cold solder points/joints on this solder job. Been soldering for ages.. so this isn't something new to me. and plus after each solder joint, I would just preform a "tug" test to make sure it's solder properly.