Good polish/wax for a gold car

[Cotty]

My old man has a merc in a sort of metalic gold, I refer to it as hearing aid beige which he loves.

Not sure what the previous owner did, but he does little more than chuck a soapy bucket of water over it. I did buy him a Meguires wash and polish kit along with a lambswool mit as opposed to the sponge he used to use.

He wants to get the paintwort looking good so I offerd to help him. I was thinking of washing it with Meguiars Shampoo Plus then give it a clay.

I can give it a polish with the Meguiars products I have, but fancy using some Dodo Juice, purely because I have never used it before and fancy trying it out, but which one to go with

[Cotty]

If I have the time I will clean the windows inside, rainX the front screen, treat the tyres with Megs tire gloss and do the wheels with Chemical Guys Wheel Guard.

Its a big car but luckly the roof is glass so cuts down on the claying. I did my mums Micra recently and used a complete clay bar as it had obviouly never been done before.

[PJ S]

Any DJ wax that takes your fancy - soft for easier on and slightly better durability or hard for easier to apply thinly, but with a slight reduction in lifespan on the paintwork.
Either way, you can't go wrong.

[Cotty]

PJ S said:

Any DJ wax that takes your fancy

So why the options

Rain Forest Rub - Soft Wax - All Colours
Light Fantastic - Soft Wax - Light Colours
Orange Crush - Soft Wax - Warm Colours
Purple Haze - Soft Wax - Dark Colours

Hard Candy - Hard Wax - All Colours
Diamond White - Hard Wax - Light Colours
Banana Armour - Hard Wax - Warm Colours
Blue Velvet - Hard Wax - Dark Colours

[PJ S]

A bit of marketing, and to mask the true colour of the wax with its differing content of beeswax and other ingredient tweaks.
Never seen the subtle tone they're supposed to give - but have seen the state of cloths after having buffed purple haze off!
As waxes, they work very well - the most important attribute I look for. Either it works or it doesn't, any supercilious benefits are secondary, especially one I see more as a marketing "ploy" rather than giving any real tangible results.
Still, others see things differently (placebo effect withstanding), and that's fine - but for me, they all are the same. The only decision is hard or soft, after that, which scent do you fancy sniffing.

[domster]

The products have subtly different ingredients - we use orange oil in the warm ones, coconut oil in the white ones, montan wax (shoe polish ingredient!) in the dark ones... but these are light, warm and dark waxes made because we had light, warm and dark ingredients to hand. They will obviously suit different coloured cars, but you can use any coloured wax on any coloured car and the overall performance is very similar (similar beeswax/carnauba content).

Always go for recipe over colour, when choosing a wax.

Any of our main range will be fine over Gold, although I'd perhaps suggest Banana Armour, and a better choice at a higher budget would be Supernatural as this is a better recipe.