Paint a 1966 interior clear coat. How much cut / polish?

[Wangara]

Hi

I have a 1966 Beetle I am restoring. I have just had the beetle painted without anything in the dash (so bare metal paint job). It has multiple layers of clear coat all over as expected (including the dash). To save money, I am doing the polishing. I was planning to cut-polish the dash as the very last step (in case I scratch any paintwork while putting things back, then I can fix easier). My question is... should I finish the dash and interior (above the window, under the dash, etc) by cut-polishing the clear coat on the dash before I put the front window in... or wait until all complete before I do the entire car with polish. Or should I only polish, but no cut polish on the dash. The dash looks great with the clear coat already, but I assume I should polish the dash just like all the other paint on the car. Is there something special I should do just for the new paintwork (clearcoat) paint on the interior? (including the dash) I have seen lots of photos of external bare metal paint work, and lots of comments about polishing the outside of the beetle..... but my question is about polishing the inside of the beetle (like the dash, etc). There are lots of fiddly parts on the dash, so I want to get things done in the correct order before I start reinstalling all the dash gauges, speedo, etc.

[viiking]

G'day.

If it was me I'd leave it alone. If it looks great then why change it unless there are major defects that are visibile.

Polishing the outside is necessary as there is lots of surface area and "glancing" light where any orange peel or nibs stand out markedly. The dash on the other hand is very "busy" with lots of switches, holes and grilles to break up the surface area and not so much of that glancing light.

I'm sure others may chip in, but that's my tuppence worth.

viiking. North West Sydney.

[Wangara]

Thanks

No major defects. It does look good already... without any polishing. If I did polish the interior, I would have to buy a heap of those small "fluffy" attachments and a rotary polisher... so as to get a shine which I sort-of already have.

[EmpiGT]

Buffing the dash you are taking a major chance at burning thru the clear and paint on ridges and vent openings. X's 2 on leaving it as is.
Especially if you're a novice at cutting and buffing.

[jeffrey8164]