Quote Originally Posted by wazkelly View Post
Hi Kick, 800 has too much bite if used dry and will clog up the paper really quick without something to keep it lubricated.

Pour some water in a bucket and add a couple of drops of dish washing detergent then wrap the grit paper around a cork sanding block and dunk it in the water to lube things up. Then run a couple of light passes over area to be sanded, rinse the sanding block (with paper still wrapped around) in the water to dissolve waste and keep lubricated, then go again, and again, and again. Also handy to have a micro fibre cloth to wipe away the excess water on the guitar body as you don't want any of the sludge drying on the surface.

Cheers, Waz
I have done what you suggested and I started with 1200 grit lubed in water with some dish washing detergent and it works! I kept wiping of the sludge and when I finished and dried the top I noticed that the gloss wasn't as it was before. But when I applied a new coat of the TO it all came back! I'll let it cure for a day and repeat this tomorrow with 1500 grit.