I started to wet sand the guitar body today. I’m super nervous about it so I started on the back. I put more clear purple on the front and top side than I did on the back.

I’m using 800, 1500, and 2000 grit wet/dry paper. I’m using some water with a bit of soap to wet the paper and flood the surface. I’m wrapping the paper around a pink eraser.

This area shows what a couple passes with 800 looks like. The dull surface is the high spot, and the shiny is the low spots.

A few more passes and the low spots mostly disappear

1500 and 2000 in opposite directions take care of the scratches from the rough papers.

2000 paper

Next I’ll use some rubbing compound to remove scratches from 2000 and then some polish to make it shine!