Thanks buddy, glad you liked it
For the ultimate compound, I used a rotary with a wool pad on it. For the Autoglym super resin polish, I used a foam pad on the rotary. And finally, to apply collinite #845, I used a foam pad and applied it by hand. The super resin polish has excellent masking abilities of light swirls and leaves a very nicely polished, smooth and clean surface for the wax to adhere to. I havent however had any experience with Ultimate polish though so cant really compare the two. And about claying, no I didnt clay the car. There was slight orange peel that I wanted to get rid of so I went over it with a 2000 grit sand paper lightly and then polished it.
And best of luck with your project and do share the results 