Dartin for Divorce

JDMopar said
Get some 1000 or finer grit sand paper at the auto parts store, and very lightly wet sand the scratch. Use one of the soft spongy(sp?) sanding blocks, and a bowl of warm water with several drops of dishwashing liquid in it to wet sand with. I use Dawn dishwashing liquid, but I doubt it will matter what brand. Sand just enough to smooth out the scratch, and feather it back an inch or 2 on either side. Hit it with the polishing compound to get the haze out from sanding. You could use a dab of rubbing compound before the polishing compound if you have any. That small of an area....do it by hand. Practice on the bottom of the hood or a door jamb first to get the hang of it.

Most of the scratch is smooth to the rest of the paint just not perfect still. I have some sandpaper 1-1500 grit, but I dont want to mess up the paint to much that is an Expensive redo lol.
You can totally feel a difference in the paint from where I used the polishing compound and then wax only. The polishing compound made the paint so much more smooth to the touch.

I think I got a little bit done today... only thing left on is the balancer and the timing cover.

@billsdartgt I think you're right... I'm going to catch the bug because now I want to clean up the engine/bay/kframe. I'm also trying to make myself not want to pull the heads (because I do...) my wife might divorce me after this :lol: