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so im looking for 800-1200... hmm.

might start with 1200 wet sand. sound good?



You won't need to wet sand the initial fine sanding of an already smooth gelcoat. You should be able to get away with just a superficial / light dry hand sanding with the 1200 grit.

You will have to shake out the paper frequently or smack the powdery debris off your sand paper so that it doesn't clog up.

After it is all smoothed... I would simply take a dry clean towel and do an initial dusting or wiping of the powder off the part. Then once you have gotten rid of all the sanded gelcoat powder you can then move on to the mineral spirit dampened cloth to get whatever powder that might have escaped you dusting with the towel.

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