Picked up the golf eventually!! (pics)

[Snoopy]

I use collinite 476s on my two black cars and my dark blue one.
long lasting and so saves me time nit having to wax as much.

[chris1h]

I use collinite 456 on my two black cars and my dark blue one.
long lasting and so saves me time nit having to wax as much.

thanks mate!   i am going to be skint

[Snoopy]

Ment to say 476s 
lasts well for over 5 months from experience.

[charlie]

Looks real nice chris you got to love a black gti and booths don't look bad either looks like it's got plenty of extras to enjoy chap 

[chris1h]

Looks real nice chris you got to love a black gti and booths don't look bad either looks like it's got plenty of extras to enjoy chap 

cheers pal!  just need to give her a good old long day of detailing! then i can keep on top!

[dubber36]

Stunning as Booth's car looks in those pictures, waxes alone won't get it looking as good as that without suitable preparation.

If the paint has marring, swirls, dullness etc, it will need correcting before applying wax. I'm pretty sure that she's had her car from new, and has meticulously looked after it, so great results from waxing are easier to achieve.

[Booth11]

Dubber you are quite correct, wax alone won't achieve this on a used car.  I understand the OP is planning to do a full detail, including claying, polishing etc.

I bought my car new so didn't inherit any paintwork defects or issues and it's only ever been cleaned (weekly/fortnightly) and detailed by me.

The pictures I posted show my car after it had just had it's usual weekly snow foam, 2 bucket wash.  It was then waxed and wheel sealant and tyre dressing applied.  A few months prior to that it had been decontaminated using Tardis and IronX, then clayed and machine polished using Poorboys SSR1 (has only a few very minor swirls) followed by an application of Poorboys EX-P sealant then the DJ Blue velvet pro wax.

As you say the level of correction required will depend on the quality of the paintwork to start with.