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| A most excellent article. Thanks. That's just what I was looking for and suspected. It's an abrasive that shears off the high spots. Frank
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Frank,
Call Justin (214-704-0241) or John (214-707-6348) and they'll deliver clay bar or any of their Tropi-Care products to your door, no extra cost.
Better, they give you tips on doing what you're doing.
I'm just about out of the "wax" and am going to call today.
I clay barred the new car yesterday and then a second one that I'd done a year before.
I was getting on this AM to leave a clay bar tip I discovered and saw your post.
I had sprayed my chrome molding black on one of the cars this spring, and, being who I am, over-sprayed onto the hood a little. Never tried to get it off as the car is the dark green and it didn't really show much. I could more just feel it each time I washed that area.
Yesterday, when I went over it with the clay bar, it smoothed it right out.
Doing the rest of the car, I learned I could feel where the car needed a little clay bar work and where it didn't.
Hope this helps.
Bill
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Bill
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I've clay barred four cars now but only during the most recent did I recognize that the feel of the clay moving back and forth on the paint told me when to move on to another area or stay for more work.
To me, it's like feeling a slickness/friction factor, like trying to clay on a non-lubricated or dry surface.
When the area being clayed slows down my hand/arm movement, (I glide as much as press) that's where the clay bar is needed.
Once I recognized that, I discovered that all areas are not the same. The horizontal parts seem to need claying more than the sides. Some parts of the car don't need it at all so I'm gone in a second.
To me, the real work is in the washing before hand. All the tar and road and parking lot crud has got to be comepletely gone or the clay gets trashed.
This is happening once year, in the fall, followed by a polish. Then, several polishes throughout the year.
Best,
Bill
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| I just bought and used the Meguiars Clay kit for my 03' z4.... WOW.. . what a difference... for real... !! It was SUPER easy to use.. only took a half hour or so (glides right over the surface) and the results were truly amazing. I love feeling the surface with no rough surface "bumps"... it was suprising how much crap it pulled off the surface. Followed it up by a deep polish (it's black) and the NXT "next gen" wax (cheesy, but good stuff)... and wow.. looks like a showroom car (for the moment anyway..). Probably the best $16 bux that I have spent on my car in a long, long time! This was my first experience with it.. but I can actually say that I look forward to getting to do it again!?? -Dan
Dan "K"
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BMWCCA Member.
PCA Member.
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| I used to clay bar... After I got a sample of Surf City Garage's 'Beyond Clay' at SEMA and used it, I'll never clay bar again! It's sooooo freakin' easy to use in comparison and works just as well, IMHO. My normal process, done once a year: 1. Wash/strip the car. I do this with a mere 2-3 drops of Dawn in 2 gallons of clean water and a normal wash. 2. Beyond Clay. 3. Wash again. 4. Ice it. I've used quite a few products, and to me, Ice just rocks. Yes, it's from Turtle Wax. No, it's not a high-end mega-wax. I have other MINI detail nerds (some Zaino, some TropiCare) tell me all the time that the paint looks incredible - little do they know it's just Ice over clean paint. Simple, don't have to worry about the black trim (it makes it look like a million bucks), and insanely easy. IMHO, this is one time when chemistry is your friend. I do a repeat application of Ice every 6 months, with the full monty strip/clay/wash/wax every other application. I used to use all sorts of fancy stuff - there's no reason to, IMHO, on a daily driver. P.S. Ice Total Interior is also quite awesome stuff.
I'd rather be autocrossing...
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I was gonna ask how Beyond Clay is used but I looked it up.
http://www.surfcitygarage.com/detail1.php?product_id=351
Do you use a buffer with Beyond Clay or so you do it by hand?
I think it is faster for me to use the clay than apply a product with a buffer. Maybe its because I'm not very anal about how I use the clay bar. I just rub it all over and kneed it a few times. I goes pretty quick. The problem I have with a buffer product is it is hard to get in tight near trim work so it makes the job go slowly.
Jeron
BMW / PCA / Apex HPDE Instructor
97 M3/4 Byzanz/Magma; 2001 330i Silver/Gray; 97 R1100RT; 91 F-150 5.8l
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[quote]scobib (1/20/2009)
I used to clay bar...After I got a sample of Surf City Garage's 'Beyond Clay' at SEMA and used it, I'll never clay bar again! It's sooooo freakin' easy to use in comparison and works just as well, IMHO.[quote] Are you a vendor/distributor for the product?
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