For those looking to do the sandpaper mousepad technique, search on amazon.com for those higher grit papers - they are a lot cheaper than at the auto parts store. After I had bought some, I went ahead and got a belt sander and the appropriate belts - it's so much faster. It's also real easy to mess up a blade on a belt sander, so do practice with junk knives first (even then, I burnt the tip on my DMDC as I was too aggressive the other nite <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" /> )