It depends on what you're trying to get from you picture, if you just want a reflection shot then yes. But if you want to get direct light/reflection shot, not so much. The reason I suggested a direct reflection shot is so they guy who asked about how well the Ultimate compound did on removing the scratches could see because a direct light shot would show any scratches that remained whereas a simple reflection shot can make even the most swirled up car look lovely. Here's a great example:

This is my buddy's Acura TSX that I detailed for him. Check out how bad the swirls are



Here's a reflection shot taken at the same time as the picture above



Looks like I already detailed it huh?

And here's a direct light shot once I was done with it



Indirect light > direct light for reflection shots
direct light > indirect light for showing level of correction achieved



Hah, you don't need to tell me that, I can log 8+hrs on my details easily and I use a machine!

The reason your car looks like crap again is because those products contain fillers which don't remove the defect at all, they simply fill it in and like you said it only takes a couple washes for the fillers to get washed away and you're right back where you started.

 

Lookin Good!

Just a side note, in your signature it says 3.6L- 3800 series II V6. Its a 3.8L

 

2000 Chevy Monte Carlo SS - 3.6L L36 3800 Series II V6


Yep, sure does!!!

 

Looks amazing! black cars are never easy to keep that clean!

 

Doh . I meant to put 3.8 but kept thinking of V6 haha.

Thanks for all the comments again guys. Helps reassure me that all that work was worthwhile .

 

awesome job! the car looks great!

 

Very nice.