So I'm getting ready to detail tomorrow morning...

[KingZee]

OK, after reading waxing 101 and some other boards I was directed to, and standing in front of the Pep Boys wax isle for an hour and a half, I think I'm getting closer to getting this down. (I'm one of those people that thought a wax and polish are the same thing and waxing is a 2 step process. Wash, wax)

So now I think I have what I need but I've been bombarded with too much info in the last couple of days on the subject so I'm sure I can get some advice and get some questions answered before I dive into this tomorrow morning.

Here's what I have so far + the Maguire's NXT Tech Wax for the last step. I have Pearl white so I figured from the Waxing 101 thread that this should work best on lighter colors and be easiest to apply.



My objective here is to get rid of the swirl marks that were caused by the dealer (I watched one of them wipe the hood of my car HARD to get some black spots out with a DRY towel on a DRY car. I couldn't tell him to stop fast enough. I don't understand these people ) and to start off right protecting the coating and paint of the car.

So, my plan so far is to start off with washing the car with the two bucket system with some non-scented dish washing liquid.

Then clay the car with Maguire's clay kit, making sure that the area I'm claying is well lubricated. (I've watched some claying how to videos and think I got this down)

Once I'm done claying I'm going to apply scratchX section by section on the whole car.

Then finally apply the Tech Wax.

Questions:

Do I need to wash the car in between any of these processes with the washing liquid I have in the pic?

Should I spend the $35 on a random direction black and decker rotary tool from Pep Boys? Or should I stick to doing it all by hand? Will results vary or is it just a question of my arms holding up?

The Clay Kit came with the Quick Detailer which from my understanding is to be used as the lubricant. It also came with a small container of Maguire's Sealer Wax I think...Should I use the Sealer Wax as a step or is the Tech Wax going to do the same thing?