dazza wrote:I did not see any clay bar in your list, did you get any? You should ideally not be polishing a surface that has a lot of contaminants.
I had some Shield Clay from a previous purchase. I did not start from scratch entirely. since owning the car I have strived to take good care of the paint. used the clay once last year when my brake caliper spray job rendered all the paint on the car with a yellow tint.