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Ok, I reshot my Clay Bar video yesterday and fortunately You Tube removed the 15 minute video limit, although this new one is only 7 minutes, lol. Enjoy (btw, this is my new 3,000 SF shop I just moved into)

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lu8TpYGF9Fg]YouTube - Claybar 101 With OctaneGuy[/ame]

 

I'd like to add something here:

If the clay piece you are using falls on the ground.... throw it away!
And start using a new piece

 

Thanks, I'll try that, so stand by for more questions when I do. :cornut:

Jim

 

So what would be considered the regular clay, and what is the pro kind? Because I will buy anything that makes my work easier.

 

You can't buy the pro kind at a store that doesn't cater to pros, so you don't really have to worry. The products will be labeled as such. I sell and prefer Meguiar's C2000 mild clay which is a professional clay that works more effectively than their consumer clay. It also costs more but comes in a bar twice the size as the consumer clay. On some soft paints, this clay will mar it and thus needs to be polished afterwards, something that a pro has no problem taking care of.

Pro Clay
http://showcarsupplies.com/shopdisplayproducts.asp?Search=Yes&sppp=10


I shot a video on using clay earlier this week, editing it as we speak and will link it to this thread soon.

Richard

 

Having a slight delay....I had the brilliant idea of consolidating 600GBs of video clips onto an external hard drive to get it off my laptop, only to find that drive become unreadable a few months later. Fortunately I bought some tools that are recovering the data, but really need to dedicate a desktop for this work as its estimated to take a week to recover the drive, lol.

Will be up soon regardless.

Richard

 

So I have a 'duh' question. If I use QD to lube the clay and paint surface, all that dried up QD is on the paint before I apply Epic. Is that a problem? If so what should I be doing differently?

 

You should be wiping the panel dry after each section clayed. This way you can inspect the dry paint to see if you're done claying. You also don't need to rewash the car as some people do which is totally unnecessary IMO.

 

Thanks Mark and Richard. Good tips

 

I love the feeling of running my hand across the car surface after claying and washing the car.

 

This stuff is da' bomb!

I tried some of the over the counter stuff from the auto parts store and it would fall apart and get on the MF cloth and was very dififcult to get off the MF (Causing much anxiety of adding scratches back in where I just spent a ton of time polishing out).

This stuff?....... Forgeddabout it!

 

Claying the car is the only way to go, makes the wax last longer. Oh what a feeling when your done too!

 

You were claying after polishing? That seems odd to me. What's that all about?

Moving on, I use 50/50 Slick/distilled water as clay lube. Works well and costs half as much as straight Slick.

I've used Clay Magic, Sonus and OG's Meguiar's clay. Sonus is a definite no - too sticky and ineffective. I remember Clay Magic working well, but OG was selling Meguiar's so that's what I have now. Works well, even on dreaded boot schmutz.

 

Maybe I wasn't clear

Using the California Gold, I think it was, the clay would break up as I was working it and little bits would get stuck in the MF towel that I was using to wipe the area down after claying it

Despite a machine wash I noticed that the chunks of clay were still in the MF towel after I was using it on my just polished car to put on some Hydro :incazzato:. Not sure on the damage but certainly took that clay off my list.

 

I have never tried clay but have been thinking about it for awhile. Thanks, lotsie, for the concise instructions.

I have a question that someone might know (otherwise I guess I'll just jump in and try it on my own): How does claying affect vinyl and pinstriping (which is just really skinny vinyl)? I wouldn't target the vinyl on purpose, but on my car it's kind of hard to miss.

 

It feels like victory!!! :lol: