Originally Posted by
vwguy
This is a Winter project, but got started on it anyway. Mainly using a palm sander (120 - 240 - 400 - 800) then a little hand sanding with 1000 - 2000 if needed. Frustrating part is it looks "perfct" but when I polish it, some of the sandblasting pits become noticeable and then I gotta sand it again.

Did your "guy" use sand? My powder coater/media blaster guy used walnut shells on aluminum frames.