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I think the first time I wasn't aggressive enough. 500 grit is fine, but not that fine; I think you need to take off a few thousandths anyway from the surface. Just by hand in circular motions works, then I go to finer grades up to 2000 then 3M glaze. With 500 you can see the fine scratches, but by the end it should be super smooth and no visible scratches at all (i.e., hopefully, "like new").
Assuming any discoloration is just on the surface which it does seem to be.
Oh, and, for sure wet sand.
I just happened to have basically every grit there is for papers because of other non-vehicle painting I do.
I also have 10, 5, and 1 micron sheets I use for plane/chisel sharpening for the micro-bevel, but those aren't really needed.
The Dupont #7 might come into play, I think it's a bit coarser than glaze.
Anyway... I'm sure the kit works fine, if you don't have the grits.
Some papers are dry-sand only so you don't want those.
But if you don't have the stock of papers, then, you'd want to get the kit, I think, because it wold be cheaper than going out and getting all the stuff... I just already had them.
Assuming any discoloration is just on the surface which it does seem to be.
Oh, and, for sure wet sand.
I just happened to have basically every grit there is for papers because of other non-vehicle painting I do.
I also have 10, 5, and 1 micron sheets I use for plane/chisel sharpening for the micro-bevel, but those aren't really needed.
The Dupont #7 might come into play, I think it's a bit coarser than glaze.
Anyway... I'm sure the kit works fine, if you don't have the grits.
Some papers are dry-sand only so you don't want those.
But if you don't have the stock of papers, then, you'd want to get the kit, I think, because it wold be cheaper than going out and getting all the stuff... I just already had them.