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Freshly Clayed and waxed GS 430 pics

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Old 04-09-06, 12:47 PM
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Here you go... finally i got the time to clay bar and wax my car. I used Meguiars clay bar and the new Ice wax. It turned out looking and feeling soooo smooth!
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Nice, How long did it take you to do?
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Nice shine
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Originally Posted by lexus_gs
Nice, How long did it take you to do?
it only took about 2 1/2 hours from start to finish. I drove thru some white street paint tho so i had to get that off with the clay bar.
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is it hard to clay bar the car i wanna do mine to clear off the winters mess..... ya know get the spring summer shine!!
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I bought the Meguiars clay bar box set as well and just looking for the time to do it... Car turned out really nice... 2 1/2 hours thats not bad...
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Originally Posted by Alexus-Kia
is it hard to clay bar the car i wanna do mine to clear off the winters mess..... ya know get the spring summer shine!!
Just like washing the car - very simple.

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Looks great! It's hard to get silver to pop, but you certainly did it!

Lexus_GS, claying is fairly simple. Just wash the car good, then use either clay lube or use car wash suds as a lube.
Knead the clay frequently to work the dirty clay to the center, exposing fresh clay.

As the soap... never drop the clay! It pics up everything and will scratch your paint.

If you get a Meguires kit, cut the bar in half, thats all it will take to do the car. Then you have another half to use if you drop it, or if you want to do it again later in the year.
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Michigan license plates are really unattractive, but beautiful gs!


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