paint runs

They should. and at this point the paint is either going in the trash or on the car- not much to lose. as some of the others mentioned there is a sweet spot to cut them out- too soon an the paint is soft and you can go too deep- too long and it is so hard it is difficult to sand out the scratches.

I would finish shooting, then spend some quality time with the tech sheet for timing.

Worst case scenario if you mess something up fixing the runs you give the car a quick scuff and a quick coat or 2 to clean it up.