theres alot of good stuff here,

for people who are "in to it" use seperate products, ie not wash 'n' wax but seperate wash , polish, wax. but if u r a noob and not too fussed stuff like kitten wash n wx is sufficient 4 the average joe.

i allways do everything by hand (no short cuts) except for the final buff right at the end which i have a electric polisher/buffer and i lightly go over the whole car, really makes it shine.