[Accumulator]

IMO it sometimes pays to go to the milder paper *before* the problem is completely solved. Note that the 3k will do some cutting and so will the more aggressive post-wetsanding compounding/polishing steps.

This is the opposite of my advice to *not* switch to mild polishes until the more aggressive compound/polish has basically done all the correction. With wetsanding there's still more abrasion down the road, and it's likely to be aggressive enough to do a little more correction of the sanding marks.