Well I have to admit, I'm not exactly thrilled with my polishing skills. After the third coat, I gave it another once over with 1000 grit, hand polished with some turtle wax polishing compound and finished it off with carnauba wax. The beautiful gloss of the paint after the third coat is gone, replaced by an endless haze of swirl marks. Go me! So until I can get some kind of power tool or work on my skills, I'll paint the rest of the car and leave the polishing for another time. The paint itself is incredibly smooth to the touch. Theres no ridges, no orange peel, not even a hit of brush marks. Just a bunch of hazy swirl marks. I either figure out a better way to polish this panel or just give it a 4th thin coat. Its good to know I can fix it.
You can almost see the swirl marks around the reflection of the sun.


Before polishing

After


Not exactly mirror finish anymore.