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The polishes could take a long time. While you can try I usually start with a true cutting compound and Turtle makes a cutting compound.

That can be polished out by hand, I would start with a cutting compound before a polishing compound. It looks like you are doing fine.

On second thought try some polishing compound first to assess where you should start.

I tend to start higher than some, but I like the idea of 400. Use light pressure.

It looks good. This looks like a good starter. For the stabilizer I would fold a piece of paper for the majority, but another trick is to use a blunted probe to back your paper that way you aren't...

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