Clay Bar Tip!!

Professional Car Care Tips
"Clay is Not a Mystery"
How do I know when I need to clay?

After you wash and dry your car, run the palm and fingertips of your clean hand across the top surfaces. Don't be surprised if what you feel is rough and bumpy. The roughness you feel is the presence of harmful environmental bonded contaminants such as over-spay, fallout, brake dust, tree sap mist and more that have bonded to your paint finish. Most of these contaminants will wash right off if immediately addressed, however, others bond to the finish and week by week, if not dealt with, will gradually mask and blur the reflection. To remove these bonded contaminants and bring back that "smooth-as-glass" finish, this will require an extra step, prior to polishing and waxing, commonly referred to as "claying". By utilizing a Clay Kit, you can, clay an entire vehicle, giving it back that "smooth-as-glass" feel… and properly preparing that surface for a quality coat of wax. By doing this, your car will not only feel incredible, it will look incredible as well as ensure the wax that you apply shines and protects properly.

Clay is good stuff. I use it a couple of times a summer just to pull of contaminants.

I think this summer I'm gonna try Zaino though.

Is clay bar as easy as you guys make it sound or can it screw up my paint if not done right.

Make sure you use plenty of the supplied lubricant (sounds dirty) and keep the clay bar clean, as in no trash on it. That can jack your paint up quick.

Yep, keeping the clay bar clean is the biggest concern. Now they do offer a liquid form of clay bar, but I can't honestly give any tips. Haven't ran into anyone that has used the liquid form..

Agreed, the clay bar makes a BIG difference. Just don't clay bar a dirty car and grind the dirt into the paint. Also fold it over on to itself as you use it. I use it a lot, especially on the front of the car. :^drunk^:

I put a fresh coat of wax before winter. So when I get her out this spring I can just wash it and start the clay bar process.