Polish suggestions for a red Sud?

[DAMO1A]

Hi

My red Alfasud is suffering from a bit of paint fade around where it has had some body work done in the past.  I would like to give it a bit of a polish to take it to AutoItalia in a few weeks. 

Any suggestions for the type of polish that would be best suited to the task? 

Thanks
Damo

[Barry Edmunds]

There is al almost unlimited variety of 'good' polishes available. Meguiars is the choice of many and they have a very comprehensive range of products that will bring your Sud back to life. Not the cheapest but very good.

[colcol]

Use Turtle brand 'swirl and scratch remover, it has very fine cutting compounds in it and it won't shine it up in an hour, but a bit of effort, it will shine it up good with the least paint removal.
When you are happy with your effort, put a coat of wax on it just to protect it.
The art of polishing is removing big scratches with little scratches.
When i was Sudding, [it was red], for a quick shine up with minimum effort, i use to use 'NU FINISH'.
I cannot beleive i purchased it, they advertised it on late night telly, that you could clean and polish your car in an hour, one day i saw it at K-Mart and purchased it and got home and thought, 'why have i bought this crap?', Price + Time + Effort + Result, this product was tops, it came in a bright orange container, Colin.

[Evan Bottcher]

Photos of the Sud please? :-)

[DAMO1A]

The art of polishing is removing big scratches with little scratches.

Colin that is great advice.  Thanks

[DAMO1A]

Photos of the Sud please? :-)

It is a work in progress.

[sud901]

Wow - that's looking really good! Did you try the clay bar?

[colcol]

I find that claybars are great at getting all the crap out of the paintwork on a newish car, but on an older car doesn't remove scratches as well as a swirl remover polish.
But the first time i used a clay bar on my 156, i was amazed at how smooth it left the paint finish, you could put a polishing cloth on the roof, and it would slide off onto the ground, Colin.

[DAMO1A]

Wow - that's looking really good! Did you try the clay bar?

I haven't tried the clay bar. I think that will be next.

[marxalfa]

awesome looking sud mate...

these guys are fantastic bought heaps of quality stuff off them and done a detailing clinic with them too, here are all the details including short how to videos

http://howto.carcareproducts.com.au/

hope we see some 'after' pics

[Evan Bottcher]

It is a work in progress.

Looks great to me.  Love a nice Sud.   

[DAMO1A]

http://howto.carcareproducts.com.au/

Great website.  Thanks for the tip.