FliteMetal

Sanding off the airframe with a quarter page electric felt padded sander works very well to quicdckly knock
the surface down. Wetting the felt pad will make it swell and provide a uniform rear surface contact of the
320/400/600/800 progression.

Using the sanding process messy slurrey will rapidly provide the all important patina ..you want to work back
into the surface. The most important thing early on is to match the surface images in your documentation.
After matching it set it aside as reference to replicate on the next.

You do not press down hard on the sander, let it "float" across the surface to evenly distribute the knock-
down. The entire process typically takes less than five minutes per grit...progressing until it is smooth and
the tint matches docs. If its a mirror then a couple of minutes with high pumis metal polish then when done
wipe clean and apply to panel taped off on your project.

Yes, start with 320 then pay attention as the use of the quarter sheet sander with water as you would mist
surface doing it by hand. Once slurry begins do not wipe it off, simply work it back into the surface to recon-
situte the surface.