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My bad, phrasing! I meant polish, seal, wax. I'll be claying after the use of Dawn, then using the regular paint correction, chemical guys V36 and V38 final polishes (I don't currently have final polish by Adams yet), black light by CG, sealant, wax, and brilliant glaze as a top off. Might be overkill, but I love putting the time into this! I'll be going by the provided video above from now on though.

Duly noted, and will do! Thanks!

Thanks and will do! Both pads are the foam 5.5" with velcro backing.

Yep! The kit I ordered came with 2 orange foam pads, 2 microfiber, and 1 blue foam pad. I was generously given 2 in place of 1 when placing the order (thanks Adams!), and in hindsight should have ordered several additional pads.

Appreciate the feedback! It's a DD, and I have done my best to wash off the salt and crap every weekend when I can. If using Dawn as a makeshift stripping product before ordering Strip Wash, should I use the foam cannon as normal to cover the car, then go over it once with Dawn via a 2 bucket method? I'll look into the hex applicator for sure, and use both the orange pads for the correcting polish. Think if I clean them up I can re-use them for a final polish just prior to the wax? I have one blue foam pad as well, though it states that it's only to be used for the heavy correcting compound (not sure that's necessary at this time).

Hey all! Just got into detailing over the past eight or nine months and feel like I have found a great hobby for some "zen" time. I have had scratches on my car as it came from the factory like that since picking it up last May, and I never had an orbital polisher to help me get the scratches out. I had just done detail work by hand, and though it looked great, it just sucks to see it from certain angles in the sunlight. I've watched a great deal of videos, and finally pulled the trigger on a Swirl Killer orbital polisher from Adams Polishes due to a great deal and timing finance wise (tax season). I bought the advanced kit, which has a medium and heavy cutting compound, as well as a finishing polish. As eager as I am to use this tomorrow since I'll have some nice weather, I'm a bit hesitant to do so because I had re-applied CG Jetseal after a full wash and clay three to four weeks ago. Prior to that I had applied a sealant as well as a polish and wax by hand sometime in September just prior to the Chicago winter. At this time, if I wanted to get rid of the swirls with a cutting compound, I should really strip the sealant first, right? As in: Wash, use a product to strip sealant and wax, clay, remove swirls, polish, re-apply sealant (?), wax, apply a final glazing product? And if those steps are good to go, what products are easy to get at an O'Reillys or autoparts store that could help me strip the sealant? Finally, I have two orange foam pads, two microfiber pads, and a blue cutting pad. If I wanted to apply a wax, would it be fine to use one of the lighter pads (orange) to do so after cleaning it from the compound? Thanks!

New Member from IL. Only within the past year have I really gotten into detailing, but I'm loving it so far! Appreciate all the guides and how-to videos, they make easing into this pretty fun. I do have one concern though: I have had scratches on my car as it came from the factory like that since picking it up last May, and I never had an orbital polisher to help me get the scratches out. I had just done detail work by hand, and though it looked great, it just sucks to see it from certain angles in the sunlight. I've watched a great deal of videos, and finally pulled the trigger on a Swirl Killer orbital polisher from Adams Polishes due to a great deal and timing finance wise (tax season). I bought the advanced kit, which has a medium and heavy cutting compound, as well as a finishing polish. As eager as I am to use this tomorrow since I'll have some nice weather, I'm a bit hesitant to do so because I had re-applied CG Jetseal after a full wash and clay three to four weeks ago. Prior to that I had applied a sealant as well as a polish and wax by hand sometime in September just prior to the Chicago winter. At this time, if I wanted to get rid of the swirls with a cutting compound, I should really strip the sealant first, right? As in: Wash, use a product to strip sealant and wax, clay, remove swirls, polish, re-apply sealant (?), wax, apply a final glazing product? And if those steps are good to go, what products are easy to get at an O'Reillys or autoparts store that could help me strip the sealant? Finally, I have two orange foam pads, two microfiber pads, and a blue cutting pad. If I wanted to apply a wax, would it be fine to use one of the lighter pads (orange) to do so after cleaning it from the compound? Also, what could be used to apply Blacklight from Chemical guys? I believe it's a finishing product from them meant to be used just before a sealant. Thanks! My apologies if I should move this to a different part of the forum.