Clay Bars

j_corr said:

This man speaks the truth. A few things to note. Once you clay, you have to put some sort of sealant on the paint. Clay in the shade. If you don't do either of these, your paint is stripped and exposed. The clay bar just doesn't remove imperfections, it removes all previously applied products. I am personally a huge fan of Adam's products. Keep an eye on their webpage, and other forums they are part of. They are always having amazing deals.


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Be warned, detailing and detailing products are more addictive than crack! Before you know it, you will have 2-3 cabinets full of $1000's of product and will be looking over your car with a fine tooth comb every sat or sun am!

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Thanks for the little compliment man...its people like you that helps me enjoy what I do. Ive also forgot to mention this as well...even though I can start another thread on this, but I strongly recommend using a synthetic wax or paint sealant. Paint sealant is expensive but it does more than wax does. Wax cant protect the car completely from salt, sand, and other chemicals used in winter months..But it protects the paint from everything else during summer months such tree sap, fallout, dust, and other airborne particles that can land and etch in/on your finish. Paint sealant is what we detailers like to call Body Armor lol. It does the same things as a synthetic wax but BETTER =]. Personally I don't have any paint sealant in my arsenal because my cruze is never driven in winter, and when I do its on a day I need to but usually its when the roads are clear and dry. I apply 4 coats of my personal favorite wax, Meguiars Ultimate Liquid Wax. Im amazed at how well this stuff works. Good stuff. Ill upload a picture here in a few to show you how shiny the paint is with 4 coats of wax and after a clay job prior to waxing. I haven't even detailed the outside yet with a spray wax or spray detailer and it looks this good lol. I used meguiars ultimate quik wax and meguiars ultimate quik detailer. I am a sucker for meguiars ultimate product line.

Here's some photos I just took foe you guys to give u am idea how good it feels to have your paint this shiny lol.


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cruzingont said:

Too bad it doesn't get all of it out, you need to do more then just clay.

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Actually claying alone gets ALL contaminants off the surface. A paint cleaner is for getting defects out of the paint like scratches, oxidation, swirls, and water spots. Theres a much greater difference between cleaning and prepping. Prepping is removing tree sap, fallout, dirt, road grime and tar, paint overspray and other environmental contaminants, that's where the clay bar comes in. Cleaning the paint, which is using for example meguiars ultimate compound, meguiars or mothers scratch remover, or meguiars swirlx swirl remover. Im just pointing these out. ALOT of people misunderstand this or don't know what product types to use because they have no idea. obviously that's where I or someone in my profession comes in. We help steer someone in the right direction. You can ask me any question, and I will more than likely give you an honest and correct answer because ive been there and learned from the pros to be where I am today in detailing. Ive been a professional detailer for about 5 years now and I have it all mastered by now. Sure im 23 years old, a young gun, but I learned early. I started taking a keen interest in detailing when I was about 15 years old, by the time I was 18, I had it all down to science. Im not picking an argument here just to let u know, as I stated earlier, im just giving some details. Idk how much u know about detailing, but I want to correct you on this and help you understand the differences. Claying actually does the most work between the two.