Guards Red

Anyone have any suggestions on how to keep my Guards Red looking bright and shiny? It seems to oxidize quickly and I was wondering if there were some good products out there that prevent/maintain red paint well.

It seems to me you need to get all of the oxidation damage off to begin with. To that end, your local automotive paint store probably has a product called 3M Polish-N-Glaze (BLUE) that is a very mild abrasive that takes paint to a very nice shine. It is not a 30-minute cure! It will probably take an entire day of hard back-breaking rubbing to do your entire car, but it will be worth the effort! Then you can proceed with finding the best product to protect the new-found shine!

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Warren Hall
1973 911S Targa

I have a guards red coupe and over the years I must have use dozens of different products. I like using Zymol liquid for several reasons. Very easy on and off. You don't need to let it harden and form all that powdery residue, you just buff off. It also is water based to its not real hard on your hands. It leave a very DEEP wet look, especially on guard red. I can do my whole car it about an hour. To touch up, just use a mist of water and buff with soft cloth. If your car has not been kept up with you may want have it professionaly buffed prior to waxing. Use a good reliable shop, not Jeff's detail shop that just opened down the road. (and no I am not an employee of Zymol but if they would like to use this reply as a commercial they can contact me for payment arrangement!)

Try 3M Imperial Hand Glaze to cut off all the old polish - it's not hard work if you do one panel at a time (you only really need to do this to remove polishing scratches / oxidation so it's not an every time job). Then follow with your choice of polish / Wax. I've always used Autoglym polish followed by their 'extra shine' polish (forget the real name but it's got a gold label). Car looks stunning and is as good as any I've ever seen. I'm going to try zymol soon though as I've had so many recommendations.

Incidentally, a tip given to me was to polish in straight lines rather than a circular motion, then the polishing scratches which occur are not as visible.

Roy