Ok, I've been trying to improve my technique at wetsanding. After my 7th coat went on so smoothly I decided to go ahead and wetsand with 1500 and 2000. Look here at my before and after pictures:

Wetsand with 1500 then 2000 grit

I put down another coat because the color was still semi transparent but my main question is whether the shine will come back to that. The color is very dull and I am having trouble seeing that it will come back. I'm going to pick up some of the rubbing compound tomorrow and try it out after another wetsand but is that what I should be seeing before my polishing?