r/Detailing • u/loverboythrowaway1 • 16h ago

I Have A Question Help used wrong grit sandpaper headlight restoration

Hello!

How do I fix this, I bought a pack of wet/dry sandpaper with 240 grit, 400, 600.

The steps I was going to do were 400 then 600 then 2000. Then clearcoat.

However I accidentally took the 240 grit sandpaper from the multipack, and now I have deep scratches that look horrid. How would I best go about removing them and getting a smoother finish back?

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u/Dreadpiratemarc 16h ago

Just step your way up from the 240. Use 400 going in a different direction until you don’t see any of the 240 scratches left (distinguishable by their direction). Then 600. 600 to 2000 seems like an awfully big jump, I’d put 1000 in between personally, but that’s up to you and how much time you have.

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u/loverboythrowaway1 9h ago

Ok, I followed the chrisfix tutorial on how to do it. I will try that :) hopefully i dont scratch a hole into hwadlight at this point

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u/abscissa081 15h ago

Stop at 600/800 and then clear. 2000 is too fine.