Slash McCoy
I freehand dog rockets
Whatever it needs. But since you have a loupe an presumably a bright worklight, try a 12k stone or 1u film, just a few laps to lay a scratch pattern down. Now you can see where you are making contact. Hone some more at that level and see if your contact area improves. If you get up into the mid hundreds range of laps, throw in the towel an drop down a grit coarser. Sneak up on it.