[Gus Berges]

There are two versions of the Harbor Freight one, get the 69924.... Many suggest to change the grease for quieter operation.

In my specific case, claying the cars had the most dramatic effect on the final outcome as once I was done with claying the cars (very easy to do!), the finish on the cars was nearly perfect and required very little compounding.

I used Meguiars clay bar kit, followed by Meguiars Ultimate Compound using a Hex orange pad from Chemical Guys, then finished it off with Meguiars Ultimate Polish using a Hex blac pad from Chemical Guys.

For the record, I've been detailing my cars for years, to the point of using 3M Hand Glaze (by hand!) and then One Grand Blitz wax (also by hand). Can't really tell the difference in finish between the two methods.

Some people will argue this and say it has to be ceramic coating, or "only organic waxes", etc. too many choices out there, but for me, price into consideration, nothing beats what I'm doing above.