wet sanding/polishing clear coat to eliminate orange peel effect....

I'd like to thank every one in this thread for all the great advice. I haven't had a chance to tackle this yet as I wound up in the hospital last year during the prime of summer time and the season passed me bye :banghead:

Any way, with spring fast approaching, I thought I'd bring the thread back to life. I'll likely tackle this project during the spring thaw when the weather is beautiful but the roads are to be feared lol.

Beyond my orange peeling, I also have a few random spots where some dirt/dust chunks got into the clearcoat. It was quite nice out this afternoon so I went out to the garage and attacked one of the worst spots with a razor blade, some 2000 grit, and emery that I had laying around.

Here's what it started out as


Here's how it ended up (circled is where the chunk of crud was)


Definitely a drastic improvement, and after doing this little test spot I'm feeling rather confident that I can take this project on. Thinking I'll go 1500/2000/then perhaps 3000 or emery and then go at it with the power tools. Thanx again for all the advice, I'll update the thread when I finally get at it in a month or 2 :D