Here's the left stab cut and polished with elevator cut to 2000 grit only. It went much better on this half
I always start with 600, then 1,000, 1,500 and finish with 2,000, then on to the three steps of System 51.
Dings are a real pain, but as you know inevitable. I have fixed them very effectively with just mixing up a little bit of clear keeping it pretty thick. I just drop in a ball of it so it sets above the surface. In a day or so I level it with a single edge razer blade like a scrapper, Then just sand it up to 2,000 and buff it out.
Just last week I picked up some of this stuff and think it's going to be outstanding and ultra fast to make repairs.
http://store.gluboost.com/
Guitar repair guys are pretty much at the forefront in how to repair dings. The hot thing now is using medium CA and hitting it with their kicker. Their kicker leaves the CA crystal clear. I had a couple of little solvent pops (holes) in one wing that I repaired with their stuff and you can't see them. I don't know if the CA is any better than the stuff we use, but I went ahead and got theirs.