Video - How to use a clay bar.

gbrettin · 06-24-2012, 10:40 AM

Enjoy

shaun66 · 06-24-2012, 12:51 PM

Never clayed my car. Anyone recommend a cheap effective clay?

jikhead · 06-24-2012, 01:30 PM

I just used the Meguiar's kit two weeks ago. $17.

Walmart.com: Meguiar's Smooth Surface Clay Kit: Automotive

falconfixer · 06-25-2012, 12:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jikhead

I just used the Meguiar's kit two weeks ago. $17.

Walmart.com: Meguiar's Smooth Surface Clay Kit: Automotive

This works pretty good. Used it on the Frontier and you could feel the crap coming off while you are using it.

nmjaxx9 · 07-01-2012, 01:38 PM

good video gonna clay her later this week.

NS370Z · 07-04-2012, 07:10 PM

Cool vid, the interwebs is freakin amazing.

GaleForce · 07-04-2012, 07:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by shaun66

Never clayed my car. Anyone recommend a cheap effective clay?

I use Riccardo Yellow or Blue depending on the vehicle. You can give Nanoskin Autoscrub a try too.

Wiggins3377 · 07-04-2012, 08:07 PM

Anyone have an estimate on how long this will take?

jikhead · 07-05-2012, 10:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Wiggins3377

Anyone have an estimate on how long this will take?

I did mine pretty hastily in about 30 minutes; the car was already thoroughly cleaned & waxed the week before and got another wash just before the clay bar which I did with the car wet. I'd say give yourself an hour to be thorough; maybe longer if you have lots of bumps and stuff all over the place. Even though I did the entire car, most of the rough stuff was on the front end of the car only.

gbrettin · 07-05-2012, 11:04 PM

I did my car in about 45min with the Meguiars Kit.

kenchan · 07-10-2012, 03:54 PM

i highly recommend against meguair's soft blue clay. it is pretty coarse and will scratch your finish. i speak from experience. it's soft in the beginning but then coarses up for some reason as you knead it. this is the only clay that i had this problem. i use it for glass these days if i have water spots.

for the z's paint i use griot's yellow clay (mud). it's super soft. use disposable gloves.

shaun66 · 07-10-2012, 09:30 PM

I ended up getting the Adams clay kit and a bunch of other stuff from Detailers Domain. Haven't used it yet though as it's been raining.

gbrettin · 07-20-2012, 04:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kenchan

i highly recommend against meguair's soft blue clay. it is pretty coarse and will scratch your finish. i speak from experience. it's soft in the beginning but then coarses up for some reason as you knead it. this is the only clay that i had this problem. i use it for glass these days if i have water spots.

for the z's paint i use griot's yellow clay (mud). it's super soft. use disposable gloves.

I'll give the Griot's clay mud a try the next time I do my car. Thanks for the heads up Kenchan.

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