Clay barring my car owns me!!
06-08-10, 12:41 AM
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Claying doesn't remove any of the clear coat. With the lube, the clay simply glides across the surface of the paint and removed any stubborn brake dust, rail dust, etc. that isn't removed during normal washing.
If you run your hand across the paint before and after claying, you can feel a big difference in the smoothness. Claying just removed dust and other contaminants that are stuck to the paint, but doesn't actually do anything to the clear coat.
Polishing is the step where you are actively correcting your paint and removing small amounts of clear coat to lessen or remove scratches and swirl marks.
If you run your hand across the paint before and after claying, you can feel a big difference in the smoothness. Claying just removed dust and other contaminants that are stuck to the paint, but doesn't actually do anything to the clear coat.
Polishing is the step where you are actively correcting your paint and removing small amounts of clear coat to lessen or remove scratches and swirl marks.
Last edited by sam430; 06-08-10 at 12:44 AM.
06-08-10, 09:25 AM
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As for claying and detailing if it gets really tiring or takes too long then don't do the entire car in one day. Spread it out. Do the hood and side fenders one day, then do the trunk and rear another day, and the doors and roof another day. Trust me it really helps and breaks up the work and back pain and you don't have to dedicate the entire day just to do your car. I know it is better to do the whole car at once but sometimes that is not possible time wise or it is just too tiring and back breaking. I am in pretty good shape but I remember going through all the steps of washing, claying, polishing, detailing interior, and sealing/waxing 3 black cars right in a row and my back was killing me after doing that. After that I decided not to try to do everything in one day and to just break up doing sections of the car instead.
06-08-10, 09:37 AM
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I did my first clay bar last month...LOL, I don't want to do it again. I'm going to adapt it to a machine that was linked earlier. The thing with doing it part by part is, you have to clean the car again to get rid of gritty dirt before you clay bar. I like the clay bar attached to a polisher method 
06-10-10, 07:27 AM
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i just bought the meguiar clay bar kit, but i am kind nervous to do on my black car, and i never do any wax or polish on my car before, can anyone help how to use the kit on the black car, i am scare to scratch my car or it will turn out ugly, what else beside the clay bar kit? do i need to wax after clay? thanks everyone.
06-10-10, 09:24 AM
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06-10-10, 11:38 AM
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i just bought the meguiar clay bar kit, but i am kind nervous to do on my black car, and i never do any wax or polish on my car before, can anyone help how to use the kit on the black car, i am scare to scratch my car or it will turn out ugly, what else beside the clay bar kit? do i need to wax after clay? thanks everyone.
Originally Posted by LyleBeach
Make sure you wash the car a couple of times first. To make sure there is absolutly no leftover dirt, sand, grit, or anything that can get imbedded in the clay.
I just did my brand new 2010 IS350 (Starfire Pearl), and my girlfriends 09 Civic Si (dark blue pearl) and they both came out great!
I just made sure that the cars were both washed twice. All it takes is one peice of sand in the clay to make scratches.
Make sure you use lots of lubricant (quick detailer)
Turn the clay when it becomes to contaminated.
