polishing and waxing by hand

[CieraSL]

OK, so here's the deal. Hopefully within the next week or so I hope to polish and wax my car to get all the light swirls and scratches out. It's a daily driver that sits outside 24/7, and the paint is in good shape already with only minor swirling, so I'm not looking for perfection, just better than what it is now. Here's my plan:

Wash
Clay
DC1 Paint Cleaner
1-2 applications of Swirl X or Scratch X 2.0, whichever works better
DC2 Polish
MO7 Show Car Glaze
1-2 applications of NXT 2.0

My question is, is this overdoing it? Have I added a step or two too many? I'll be doing everything by hand, so I'd obviously like to keep it as simple as possible while achieving maximum results. Anything I should change? Any thoughts or input is appreciated. Thanks!

[Tuck91]

Re: polishing and waxing by hand

you dont need DC2, go with Show Car Glaze. Its not necessary to use two pure polishes.

if your gonna use Swirl X on the whole car then dont do DC1

[Tuck91]

Re: polishing and waxing by hand

since your doing this all by hand then heres some good tips with using SMA Technology that is in SwirlX and Scratch X 2.0:

Tips for removing swirls by hand with SMA Technology

[akimel]

Re: polishing and waxing by hand

you dont need DC2, go with Show Car Glaze. Its not necessary to use two pure polishes. If your gonna use Swirl X on the whole car then dont do DC1

Tuck is right. You have a couple of redundant steps. Choose either DC1 or #7. You do not need two different pure polishes. And if you are polishing with either SwirlX or ScratchX, you do not need DC1. Simplify your process:

Wash
Clay
1-2 applications of Swirl X or Scratch X 2.0, whichever works better
MO7 Show Car Glaze or DC2
1-2 applications of NXT 2.0

[CieraSL]

Re: polishing and waxing by hand

OK, here's another question. This is going to sound stupid and redundant, but how do you apply Swirl X, UC, and Scratch X 2.0? Do you use circular motions or back and forth motions? Can somebody point me to a thread about this? Thanks.

[Nappers]

Re: polishing and waxing by hand

Check this out:

Circles or straight lines

It is in the List O' Links by Ryan L.