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I've no idea tbh. If you've done a good job on the sanding (what grade did you finish up on?) Then for one area its only a 10minute job.
If you haven't, it will need enough time to make it good enough that the body shop will be happy putting their name on it.
You'd be surprised what machine polishing will sort! I'd look for a member on here who is local enough and knows what they're doing with a machine polisher. Probably do it as a favour / for beer
They just perform really well. They spread and work in an oily fashion and finish without (comparatively) dust.
Also, some of the medium cut polishes (eg 203s) diminish finely enough to use as a single stage correction in most cases.
Despite the bizarre old numbering system they're great.
When washing have the water as hot as you can stand and hold it in place over the bugs for a few seconds.
Or, what you can actually see is etched outlines of dead bugs, you can't clean those off! I have some :(