Compounding the hull

I had bought this stuff months earlier, as I had seen good reports:

http://shurhold.com/buff-magic

And, in order to apply it properly, I bought one of the Silverline Polishers off ebay:

http://shop.ebay.co.uk/i.html?_nkw=silverline+polisher

I applied the compound with a brush, putting it on sparingly (as the instructions suggest), and then polished it away. I'm very impressed with the results:

This is the before and after shot. Quite a difference...