@Maverick -

Yea, claying is prep for the wax job because the contaminants we pick up with the clay will promote better bonding between the car surface and wax. After claying, you can polish the car for example with Meguiar's 'Ultimate Polish', but if you feel your paintjob is not dull and tons of microscratches, you can just skip to wax..at least that's how I see it.

-Charlie-