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Mike Marlow[_2_]

wrote:

Some say 200 grit. Others say not to. Should I just start an use the
1000 and work my way up to 2000? Not quite sure how to do this
properly to maintain that glass like look.

You can start with any grit you want, but the coarser you start with, the
more grits you will have to sand up through, in order to get all the
scratches out. Obviously, the more coarse the grit, the faster the sanding
will go, but you then have to work your way up through grits, so in the end
there is no gain. The other problem with coarse grits is the depth of the
scratch. You will create some rather deep scratches with coarse grits, and
the entire area that you have to sand in order to blend the repair gets much
larger. 1000 grit will do it just fine and will not take an unrealistic
amount of time. From there - 1500 or 2000 and you're ready to buff up to a
full shine.

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-Mike-