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Yeah I did not mean to imply that THAT razor should start at 180--that is just the beginning of the range that I have used. For the OP's razor, I would have started out with around 600 grit, but I...

I forgot about the steel wool. That's a better way for a beginning restorer to start.

I've never tried the method you've described but I have my doubts about it being sufficient. For hand work, I used progressively finer grits of w/d sandpaper ranging in small increments from 180 to...