One other thing you might try is to leave just a tad bit of material on for a finish pass. Depending on the depth, do a finish pass in one or two passes. If you get the cutter bending away on a finish, you could use a little larger cutter or take off less.
No matter though, I think a finish pass would give you a better finish.
Perhaps not a lot better, but possibly. The spindle you have is known for being pretty good. I get a pretty fair finish with my PC on the router table. It has the problem of the spindle actually floating upward on hard cuts, so I have to keep them shallow and fast.
I have a little Ridgid trim router on my mill and use it specifically to cut profiles in aluminum sheet. It works great for that and has nice finished edge. It too has the floating spindle issue, so not real good for surface finishing, although it was likely as good as I had on the manual X2.
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