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I polish rust.
On the 1965 Honda, my goal is preservation of the original finish. I just polish and wax with my electric buffer but mostly by hand on bikes. and two separate pads. If you have a scuff, hit it with 1500. then my preference is a product that cost $43 a gallon and it is used to polish out 1500 grit scratches.
Not much salt here, but I like to pressure wash the undercarriage, in the spring. Nothing too close or you might blow the paint off.
I wash the car with Dove, the same thing I shower with, since it is good at getting grease off of your skin without too much trauma.
I wipe the car down with old towels the wife was going to throw away. If the towel has noticeable drag across the paint, it's time for a new coat of wax.
The compound I use is Production Synthetic Cutting Cream, $43 a gallon. might be sold to just body shops, not sure.
You can't save clear coat when it starts to delaminate, but other than that, I can make ugly look good.
regards
Mech
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