ksems

just a recommendation

heres my original post
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/zerothread?id=648344

highly recommend using the Clay Magic bar...

works great....

nice smoooooth paint now

Kevin

DsC5

Clay Magic (blue bar) works very well. :thumbs:

mikeo

There is nothing you can do to pamper the skin of your baby more than taking a clay bar to it every six months or so (probably not wise to do it any more than that). It'll take the better part of a day to wash, clay, polish, wax, and buff (and maybe wax and buff again), but it's well worth it. Even after a good day of polishing and waxing, you can still feel some fine particles on the car's surface. Not so with the clay bar. It takes all of the contaminates off.

stingray454

Yep, and the contaminants are BAD in southern CA with all the smog crap we have in the air - it all ends up in the paint every morning. Fortunately my Z06 gets the garage so no worries about that, but my G35 Coupe sits outside all the time. The car is only 5 months old, and the paint on the horizontal surfaces feels practically like sandpaper already! I'm not concerned though, because I know the clay bar will get it as smooth as glass again :) I don't know how we lived before without this stuff!

lager99

I had never heard of a clay bar before I joined this forum. You're right, they are awesome! :thumbs: Even before you wax, you can see & fel the difference from using one. If you haven't tried it, go out and get it. :cheers:

ksems

I was pleasantly impressed with the results ....

and the process was not hard or labor intensive...

actually kind of fun :D

JeffFWCvette

Sorry for dragging up an old post, but do you have to strip all old coats of wax and pollish off of the car before claying? :confused:

DsC5

no need to strip beforehand, but claying will put a dent in wax

mikeo

You do not have to strip before you clay. Just a real good hand wash will do. I don't know what "put a dent in wax" means. Naturally, after you clay, you will want to put on a fresh coat or two of polish and wax. A good day's job, but afterward, you'll have a real good excuse to sit back, admire your baby, and throw down a couple cold ones. Good luck.

HummelS

Wash with Dawn dishwashing liquid before you clay - that will remove the wax.

Zero00

But there is no need to remove the wax. Whatever brand of clay you use, the directions will not tell you to remove the wax. The clay & lubricant will remove the contaminants. The lubricant is a type of wax (like the fast or quick wax).

DsC5

answered your own question, basically after claying, it will look like you need a fresh coat of wax because the claying "puts a dent" in it. :)


[Modified by DsC5, 10:17 PM 12/4/2003]

slong

Went ahead and bought the clay majic for my truck which my son drove for six months in the sun and night time fallout. He did wash it weekly. Surface felt like sand paper too. We used the clay on it one Sat. and the surface is now as smooth as a babys butt. Well worth the effort, and very easy to use.
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