Well, I did my own photo op today, I hadn't taken photos of my car in about a year. I did some serious work to get it looking all nice. Dawn'ed my car, claybarred it, did the scratch and swirl removal, and nanowaxed. And I'm flippin tired. But holy cow, the clay bar picked up a lot of dirt and oil, even after giving my car a good soapy wash. Amazing how much crap gets embedded in the paint. It was pretty bad. Anyway, seeing as how I don't have a PC to do any of the work, I used my random orbital $30 buffer for most of it. (I wasn't about to do it all by hand). Eventually, I'll buy some higher quality machinery so that things will be a little easier and get a little better results whenever I decide to do this again. The photos

She looks great!

thank you :toothy5:

Truly looks awesome USA!

Good job

Aren't clay bars great? Not enough guys use them and end up polishing or sanding the grit back into the finish. Same thing with the Dawn wash, might as well start with no wax on the car.

It came out beautiful.

Nothing wrong with a $30 orbital, I've got one from Sears. I don't use it much anymore but it certainly paid for itself.
There are some decent variable speed (non-orbital) machines out there thet cost less than a PorterCable, like $80.

Hard Work pays off. It looks great! Yeh.. you guys are right. The clay bar is the only way to go. I don't know how many people I have told this to and they give me the "deer in the headlight" look. But after they try it, they can't believe how good it works.

Nice work

Showtime !!!

thanks guys. I've done the clay only once before, maybe 2 or 3 years ago, i don't remember, but I don't think I knew what I was doing at the time. lol because I don't remember the clay ever picking up as much junk as it did this time. I think I just rinsed the car, clayed it, and waxed. rofl. I guess it makes a bigger difference when you do this stuff properly. haha.