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anidel
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@anidel (and others) for your old paint I'd recommend using a modern car polish over T-Cut or rubbing compound like Farecla. T-Cut has the advantage of having a lot of ammonia in it, so as well as cutting, it also chemically cleans the brown greasy oxide layer off the top of older types of paint like enamel and cellulose. It's great on old cars, but might be a bit too harsh for very old paint on bikes because it's likely to damage waterslide decals and rub off any remaining painted details like box lining if you're not careful. Polish has far less cutting action.
Probably the lightest polish I know of is Autoglym Super Resin. It is nice and liquid so it does clean a fair bit as well as polish and protect: https://www.halfords.com/motoring/car-cleaning/car-polish/autoglym-super-resin-polish-1-litre-300241.html
Then there's Demon Shine which is pretty much just the wax base in a spray with no cutting action at all. This stuff is awesome for nourishing old porous paint as it really soaks in: https://www.halfords.com/motoring/car-cleaning/car-shampoo/demon-shine-spray-on-shine-1-litre-120421.html
Probably get both of those cheaper if you shop around, but you can walk in and buy it in Halfords.