[Greg Nichols]

you are doing a job that is way more than a simple polish and wax, so I hope you bid it out as a correction job, more like 15-25$/linft. My guess is that you need to really remove the oxidation and 1500grit should have done that, follow it up with 2000 and then either foamed wool or green foam and megs 105 should give you good results, further polishing will help with shine.

Oxidation removal is not easy work.