Be aware that just because the label of Reacta-Shine says 1500 grit does not, by any means, imply the ball is now at 1500 grit. Polishes such as RS have abrasive in them. The final finish will vary considerably, depending on where you start, how much you apply, for how long and with what pressure.

Since the ball comes with a compound polish, refreshing/sanding to 600 grit and then applying a light coat of RS shold be in the same general vacinity of the stock finish, depending, of course, on how much you polished it AND how deeply you "refreshed" it. Next time, I'd use a gray pad (800 grit) and Track's Clean and Sheen. C & S will get you a "compound finish".

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People (not you), in general, seem to think that polish is a cut and dried thing: do it and you wind up with one finish.

You can sand most balls to almost any grit level, from 400 to 4000 grit, and then apply many (not all) polishes from a very, very light application to burned-in, super high gloss and get an astounding muliplicity of resulting finishes, good for any number of oil pattern, releases and drills.

I'm not saying you can take one ball finish it 5 different ways and handle everything from light to heavy oil, but there's a ton of things you can do with a few pieces of sandpaper and a little bit of polish.

Glad what you did worked well for you; don't be afraid to experiment some more, BUT you should write down exactly what you did and how it looked; so you can can at least come close to being able to repeat it again, when necessary. DO NOT RELY ON YOUR MEMORY!
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Edited on 1/31/2007 7:31 PM