Note: you'll probably spend about 30hrs on your first one, as it's a fine art completing each cycle, knowing when to move onto the next grit and so on. You'll also find that you'll become impatient and want it shining like no tomorrow. You must avoid that feeling as you'll only have to retrace steps back to before getting ahead of yourself.
A bench polisher and compounds are a must for getting the best results.
I invested over £200 for the equipment.
Tut tut Mr G, now that's just lazy. But to be fair results can look pretty nice