I stumbled across this article and skimmed through it at work and found it interesting. The initial quote below drew me in... I'll have to read the whole thing tonight.
“Shops trick [car] owners into thinking that orange peel is a factory imperfection. The real reason shops knock orange peel is that they need to sand and buff to remove flaws in the paint. Sanding and buffing takes away orange peel and gives shops one last chance to get out little imperfections; such as dirt, a run, a fisheye, or to touch up a chip they made while assembling the car.”
http://www.mustangandfords.com/how-t...ad-or-correct/