How often do you clay your car?
04-12-2008, 06:44 PM
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I'm with Bugman. I defy anyone to pick out a clayed car from a non clayed car just by looking at them. It's impossible. Besides, who walks around rubbing cars with a baggie? If you think your paint looks better after being clayed I would say you are experiencing the placebo effect.
Claying can damage your car even when done correctly. So why risk damage when there is no appreciable benefit?
Claying can damage your car even when done correctly. So why risk damage when there is no appreciable benefit?
04-13-2008, 11:31 AM
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Less often w/ Zaino, I find...
I used to clay twice a season when using carnuba waxes or else I lost the deep "hot wet tar" black on black look/shine. It was all that stripping and claying that prompted me to look for something better.
After I went to the Zaino polish, I went 3 seasons (before trading the car for a red "Z") w/o feeling the need to clay again. After a couple or three routine washings, I would hit it with a thin coat of Z2 followed by Z6. Or, if I was headed to a show or a cruise, I would spritz it with that insane Z8 and it would look like obsidian (black glass)...Waaay kewal!!!
It seems to me that the harder the wax/polish is, especially when hot (and those w/ black cars know what I mean), the less contaminants are going to become embedded and requiring clay barring to clean it up. If you live a rural area vs. near industrial or heavy manufacturing plants, it would make a big difference on how often clay barring was necessary, regardless of the wax/polish applied. All I can say is I live in a dusty rural area, and I found carnuba waxes required a lot of constant fussing to keep it looking good on a black car. My wife's pearl white C3 can wear just about anything and look good w/ very little care. I'm going to do the Zaino treatment this year, but I'm not expecting to see a lot of difference on that paint.
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I used to clay twice a season when using carnuba waxes or else I lost the deep "hot wet tar" black on black look/shine. It was all that stripping and claying that prompted me to look for something better.
After I went to the Zaino polish, I went 3 seasons (before trading the car for a red "Z") w/o feeling the need to clay again. After a couple or three routine washings, I would hit it with a thin coat of Z2 followed by Z6. Or, if I was headed to a show or a cruise, I would spritz it with that insane Z8 and it would look like obsidian (black glass)...Waaay kewal!!!
It seems to me that the harder the wax/polish is, especially when hot (and those w/ black cars know what I mean), the less contaminants are going to become embedded and requiring clay barring to clean it up. If you live a rural area vs. near industrial or heavy manufacturing plants, it would make a big difference on how often clay barring was necessary, regardless of the wax/polish applied. All I can say is I live in a dusty rural area, and I found carnuba waxes required a lot of constant fussing to keep it looking good on a black car. My wife's pearl white C3 can wear just about anything and look good w/ very little care. I'm going to do the Zaino treatment this year, but I'm not expecting to see a lot of difference on that paint.
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