I was making a knife, and using belts to get to the higher grits.
Every time I nearly had it, there was a grit particle, or perhaps a fray, or perhaps just a clumsy movement, and a fresh deep scratch appeared in the polished surface. :rant:
With the last attempt I tried to correct it and made it so bad I had to go back to the lowest grit. Now I am just handsanding the blade before taking it to a buffer.