Best products for a machine polish and detail

[Birdie*]

As the title says I'm planning on doing a machine polish of my car in a couple weeks once the weather perks up and would like some tips on products to use.. I want to get rid of the swirls on the Monaco, they aren't too bad but visible enough in the sun so what is best pad and product to use??

Basically I need some tips for:
Decent shampoo as mine had run out so open to change
Claying (never done before, is it easy enough?)
what pad/polish to use to fill/get rid of the swirls and to shine it up

ive looked at http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?583786-RenaultSport-Clio-172-Monaco-Blue and it's beautiful, would the 3M green pad with the Fast Cut + be too extreme for a virgin machine polisher?? Basically could I f**k it up lol..
anything else I have missed?

I currently use SRP and some Victoria Concours wax with Z6 but apply all by hand so fancy stepping it up

Thanks

 

[James28]

See this thread too. I've just bought a machine polisher and bits to go with.
[url]http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?620334-I-bought-a-DAS-6-kit-)[/URL]

 

[calum001]

what machine polisher do you have, DA or rotary ?

secondly step away from the fast cut + lol

your wanting to pick the least abrasive polish/pad combination you can to get the results that you want. no point in taking of more paint than needed !

pads wise i would personally stick to Chemical Guys Hexlogic for a DA and then 3M pads for a rotary, polish wise you won't go wrong with Menzerna

let me know what polisher you have then could recommend a few things (or someone else will be along aswell)

shampoo wise then i like Zymol Autowash, does it need a clay (more than likely if it's not been done before or for a while) but don't get caught up with doing things just for the sake of it