Re: 1000 + grit sand paper
ONLY if you have done it 100 times before.<br /> AND, not with water.<br />You can use a DA sander which I guess could be considered close to, or, the same as an orbital sander with 1500 grit, and no water...and color sand clear or color prior to buffing.<br />BUT...You REALLY GOTTA KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING to keep from going thru the paint.<br /><br />The best thing to do, while almost considered torture, is to get a soft rubber / hard sponge block and use 1500 grit and water. Rinse often and don't gouge with your fingers.<br /> When the water dries behind you, you will be able to see lots of slick dull area. If it's all slick and dull and you haven't gone thru the finish...good job.<br /> If there are little shiney spots...you have not done enough.<br /><br />Then again, you may decide a few little shiney spots will be "good enough" for who it's for by the time you are finished. <br />Many times on my own projects, a few blemishes that only I will see is "good enough for me".
and has a lot more experience then I do but I want to add a few suggestions. I would also change the paper often when you sand with paper that fine it may look OK but stuff can accumulate in the paper that will leave marks. I found a few drops of dishwashing detergent in the water bucket helps to make the paper move smother, and cuts down on the hazing.
