I originally posted this on autopia.org a while back - I started this detail on Aug. 10, so pics are a little late...
Anyways, this was my first PC/true autopian detail. I will just be copying and pasting everything from that site (just in case someone can't spare the time to click another link for the befores and afters; I've been there).

I've always heard great things about the PC's, and after owning two generic Random Orbitals (the kind that you pay 20 bones for), I sprung for the Mother of all R.O.'s, and feel I had much success. My car had an incredible amount of swirling, only about 10 percent of them show up in the pictures below due to the camera quality. When you looked into the sun, you wouldn't see the Deep Evergreen, instead, you'd just see swirls.
Here are the befores (these are the only pics that I could use to show the damage, and even these don't do it justice.)


The car also had bad oxidation where the sun roof wind deflector has sat for most of it's life, and also along the bottom panels because of the absense of splash guards in a FWD car. The front bumper was also in bad shape, and even after waxing a reflection was seldom seen on it.
My process was:

Wash w/ Dawn
Mother's Clay/Meg's Next Gen Wash as lubricant
Wash w/ Meg's Next Gen Wash

Sonus SFX-1 applied by PC at speed 6 w/ DAS Orange Cutting Pad
Sonus SFX-2 applied by PC at speed 5 w/ DAS Green Pad

Klasse AIO applied by PC at speed 3 w/ DAS Blue Finishing Pad
Klasse SG applied by Terry Cloth Applicator by hand

All polishes were removed with MF towels. I will be applying another coat of SG at every wash until I go to college to build up the layers. Anyways, here's the afters. Almost all of the imperfections are removed, and almost no swirls remain. The paint is really reflective, deep, glossy, slick, and now the Deep Evergreen is lively and the pearl stands out.

 

 

--Please don't comment on the lack of tire/wheel well dressing...I know already...it was going to rain the next day, and I was going on a road trip.--

 

That is an excellent job. It looks like a pro did it. I guess I have to go and do my old 95 max now. How long did that take?

 

Thank you for the comment!!! It took me, IIRC, 2.5 days of pretty committed work, with a good number of breaks along the way. Wash/clay/wash took at least 2.5 hours, and the SFX-1 took about 5-6 hours of continous work at polishing, if not more. My hood needs more attention with that product too...the second stage of polish took a little less time, and applying AIO via PC was a breeze, not more than a half hour spent applying, and then removal (maybe it was W.O.W.O, can't remember). Then the sealant took no more than 1.5 hours of applying by hand and removing.

 

Next time, try applying the sealant with the pc at a lower speed w/ a finishing pad. I tried that for the first time on my most recent detailing job and loved it. The pc helped it spread out evenly, which made it much easier to buff out by hand. Saved me 1/2 the time too and saved me from using alot more of the product.

 

Great job of detailing wish mine was that clean.

 

I think I will try that this Thanksgiving. THat's when I'll redo AIO and then layer the sealant. THen I'll have some full body shots for everyone. Thanks for the replies, I was beginning to think that the Maxima.org detailing section was dead...