FCP color correction

Ive color corrected a spot in FCP and now I want to change a few things...well more than a few..anywho, Im going to copy my sequence and work on the copy..If I remove all filters in attributes, will this affect the quality of my original footage? Also should I remove my renders folder contents or just start color correcting with the footage as is.

Shouldn't affect your original footage.
Once you remove attributes, any associated renders will
'disconnect'...you should be fine to just start CC'ing.
A caveat though... My habit is to not render anything unless necessary to view something. Then I always trash all renders prior to final render/export. I've seen corrupt renders do sneaky things on rare occasions.
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