making CIJ finish not looking toy-like

[gogothegogo]

I'm sure I read somewhere about this, but I can't find it.

so I tried by sanding it using a hard side of ordinary dish-washing sponge like this one:


it did miracle to the back of the neck, but it made ugly white stripe texture to black poly finish on the body. I did this only on small part of back side of body for now.

how to sand mirror like black finish on CIJ body?

thanks!

[parry]

So it doesn't look like total garbage, i would advise you to take the entire guitar apart first...
Otherwise, you'll have a hi-gloss glow around all of your hardware/guard and it'll look very obvious that you sanded it.
Once it's apart, use a sandpaper with a grit 800-or higher...
Sand the entire body - it will go white... that's the poly and dust.
Once it's entirely done, wipe it down with a damp cloth...
Next, you'll need to buff it.
I just use a drill, with a cheap buffing wheel attachment. It works just fine, but you have to constantly arrange the position of the body in order to get at it.
Someday, I'll have a workbench-mounted buffing wheel... 
Anyway, you can dry buff it (this looks really good, but takes FOREVER), or you can use a decent car wax and buff it with that.
That should do it! 

Great advice and step-by-step info here: http://www.relicdeluxe.com/

[ohm-men]

+1 on the technique described by hansonparry! Does work nice.