Originally Posted by
Lazyass
Yeah. Rubbing compound has more bite, it's for paint really faded. If the paint isn't too bad then polishing compound is what you want and you don't have to rub it too hard. When you run your finger over the paint before and after, you'll see how much smoother the polishing compound makes it. When you're done just wax it like you would paint on a car.
Excellent, thanks. I’ve never hand-polished my cars, can you tell?
I’ll try this out. Was looking at Meguiar’s clear-coat safe compound.