Quote Originally Posted by razornut View Post
The point of Starting higher is ' to clean the crud off' so you can see if you need to drop down to the lower grits to remove any deeper blemishes or decide to leave well alone. A wise old man told me something. I never forgot " let your work peace guide your actions nothing is set in stone" I never forgot it and that has served me well. ;-)
I agree. I said what I said because he had already gone & started with a lower grit. If it is black, then that is usually rust so I will start with something like 320 grit. There is usually pitting down below the black & ifDickWhiman is reading this, I wasn't trying to bad mouth ya my friend.