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BLACK will show imperfections, such as orange peel, more so than any other color. Do yourself a favor and giver it a token sanding at least, to knock most of the high spots off.
I always sand the color coats before clear topcoats. One reason is for some "tooth" and the other is to smooth (make flat- the finish, not the gloss) the color coat. If you don't, and you have some orange peel, or other imperfections, the humps, bumps, craters, and orange peel just get worse the more paint is put on. It also makes blocking/color sanding the clear much easier and allows for a thinner film thickness- which adds to durability.
I too like the dry sanding because I'm impatient. Yeah there's the dust issue, but an air source, a shop-vac, and a tack cloth take care of it. And, a little (very little mind you) dust is no big deal with clearcoat lacquer. The problem with wet sanding is I don't have the patience to either let the surface dry sufficiently, or clean out the holes, etc. This will almost always result in blushing with the topcoats.
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