So I did get around to doing a cut and polish, however I decided to do it on my white corolla, as that is getting used much more often than my other car now, and it needed some tlc. First off, i got a bottle of touch up paint from autobarn and set out touching up some stone chips. In retrospect I probably should have used primer or something first, and anded down some of the chips before applying the touch up paint. A couple days later I sanded down the touch ups using 2000 grit wet sandpaper. DAY 1 -high pressure hose of car at carwash -went home, washed using 2 bucket method -dried car off -claybarred the body/panels of the car DAY 2 -2 bucket wash -used meguiars scratch x with hand polishing pad -used autoglym super resin polish with hand polishing pad -used carnuba wax, applied by hand Overall the paint came up ok, most of the oxidisation got taken care of, though the paint touchups havent fully blended with existing paint, and there is still an orange peel like look to the clearcoat, so its not quite a mirror finish. Is a machine cut & polish the only way to get a mirror finish, or did I just need to be firmer with the polishing stage?