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So put on the final coat, next day, wet sand, clean it off (rinse with water and wipe with spirits?) let it sit in the sun, then wet sand again, clean off (water + chamois and spirits?), then polish, while polishing you say "use lots of water" do you mean "keep the bonnet damp" water or "run water over where you're polishing" water and keep everything kinda drippy wet soaked?

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process is after final wetsand, clean the car with a chamois and water while you wetsand, each part at a time so the wetsanding residue does'nt dry, then let it sit in the sun for a day, then polish, keep a spray bottle handy with water in it, load up the polishing compound on the bonnet (about a table spoon)breifly polish to distribute the polish, then spray the bonnet with water, not to dripping but wet, then polish the area, lets' say you polish about a 3' square area at a time. as your polishing, you'll notice it starts to get dry, that's when you spray the bonnet with water again, make sure you use the terry bonnets, not the fluffy ones, and not the foam ones. don't expect mirrior results without LOTS of polishing, like i mentioned before, hood should take you about 1.5hrs. at any time you can clean with spitits, but ususally durring polishing i just use a shamios, mineral spirits is not really used durring polishing, only in between painting, after wetsanding to clean. also right after you polish, hit it with a coat of wax, when your satasified with the polish, wax is very important, after the wax it can be exposed to the elements, but it's better if you can to just keep it in the sun, for about a week, and put it in a garage for when it rains. after the 3 month period, it'll be rock hard. for the first week after painting don't wash the car, just use plain water and a shamios, and whipe the car down.