I decided that I should finish the dashboard at last so I got out the wet rubbing paper that I bought for the job ages ago and began rubbing.  I rubbed, then rubbed some more and finally I rubbed a bit more.  Once done I then started polishing and the is the end result.

I wasn't sure about it.  It didn't look as good as I had hoped and felt a little disppointed until I laid it on the car then it looked a little better.  I'm going to think about it for a while then decide if I should paint it after all.