Also, my two cents, ultimate compound is awesome stuff, but meguiar's also sells some professional grade polish compound (tan bottle at autozone or o'reilly, it's like $8) and that stuff works FANTASTIC. Even takes the swirls out of black paint. The bottles are huge, I've polished about 10 cars and have a little bit left over. Also, when I'm done polishing, I like to give it a once over with the Meguiar's Scratch-X 2.0, although I will admit that I was disappointed to find that it's stocked on the shelves at walmart... However, that scratch-x really gives a good polish the finishing touch, and REALLY helps with any left over swirls. Then top it off with Meguiar's Cleaner Wax.
And no, I'm not sponsored by Meguiar's, I just think they make a great product for a good price.
