Sorry Paddy, dont know how I missed this!

The lads have pointed you in the right direction regarding the wash stages and prepartion!

Since you doing have a machine polisher, you will always have the swirls, but its trying to hide them that is key. A wax or sealant will go some way to doing this, and even giving it a light hand polish will help restore some depth and shine...and hand polishes have fillers in them too to help hide light swirls. A glaze can also be considered, Blacklight, Glossworkz Glaze, 50Cal Cover-Up are all good choices. These will hide defects and give that extra wet look, but they need to be locked in with a wax or sealant or they will simply wash out after two or three washes, and you are back to square one!