I used some kit car wash, it's yellow in a jug looking thing, and washed my car at home with a sponge...whole car took about 10 minutes, and about five minutes to dry with chamois. This is the shiniest my car has been. I dunno if it helped, but last weekend I used Meguiars ColorX, so maybe that has something to do with it, even though I didn't notice a change last week. I highly reccomend this wash, and using a genuine shammy instead of synthetic (such as The Absorber) works much better IMO. I'll post some pics up later with my shitty Fuji Finepix 3.2 MP.