Thanks for following along and reading my gibberish.
Pretty sure I lost quite a few folks from early on, attention spans vary greatly.

This is actually my third paint job ever.

1. painted this car black (lacquer)
2. painted the polara green (2k base/clear)
3. now this one again

I did correction/buffing on the black paint job but it was lacquer/easy to work with and I was able to do it all by hand.
I didn't have any power polishing/buffing tools at all back then.

the second job badly needed the same work but I never did it as I was too disappointed about other errors made.
Now after 17 years mostly spent outdoors that green job is finally starting to fail.

I know just enough to get in trouble but the overall process I'm committed to assumes mistakes will be made, and accepts
the learning opportunities of repairing them.

I don't have enough experience or resources to be 100% outcome based/chasing perfection, and am much better off being process-based/chasing excellence.

Dutchman is about halfway roughed in.

Far/Polished side still has some texture but looks pretty good, I may go over it again.

Near/working side is Sanded to 1500 and remaining visible nibs circled.
Nibs previously sanded 800-1000 but there are always some left that need more.