Treatment after full respray

[cerbfan]

Hi all, my Cerbera is currently getting a full respray and I'm looking for tips on what to do with it when I get it home to maximise the paint finish and give it good protection. The respray is getting done at Austec in Sussex and then I need to drive it all the way home to Aberdeen so is likely to be filthy by then. I guess I need to give it a good wash and then treat it with some good wax? I assume there will be no need to polish it, clay bar it or anything as it is a brand new paint job. Oh the paint finish will be at least 3 weeks old as the engine rebuild will take longer than the spraying.
I have also thought about using some of the paint shield film, but not sure if I like the thought of them or the visible lines they leave.

So if anyone has any good suggestions or what would be good products to use let me know.

[danrc]

Alright bro, I thought that paint film was quite god stuff actually, and was a lot thinner than you would have thought. you would only have to put it on the nose and wheel arches to protect from the majority of chips, and know i would rather have a small line rather than stone chips all over my shiny new paintwork.

I'll help you wash it as long as i get a shot of it once you get it back