Clay Bar

Well I've heard everyone going on about how good the meguirs clay bar is but I let my younger brother at the car yesterday with a lump of the silly putty (that's what it looks like!)

Results kind of speak for themselves and I have never felt my paintwork that smooth, very impressed.

looks fantastic mate, how much was it to pur-chase the silly putty and where'd u get it from?

me too!

how much?

where from?

I'm pretty sure it's about 17 quid but my brother gets it from a bloke on ebay for 11.99 inc delivery, just trying to dig the link out that he sent me!

Here it is

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/New-Meguiars-Quick-Clay-Makes-Paint-As-Smooth-As-Glass_W0QQitemZ8005231272QQcategoryZ28641QQtcZphotoQQcmdZViewItem

Hey Todd

Could you get your brother to come up and do mine

Jamie

Hey Todd

 

Could you get your brother to come up and do mine

 

Jamie

Typical bloody Fifer

I've used that clay bar also, did mine at the end of the summer, amazing isn't it, paint feels so smooth afterwards

not sure mine was quite to shiney as yours though, how much does your brother charge to clay and polish the whole car? lol

I paid around £12, some halfrauds branches sell it, came with "quick detailer" spray, that you spray on 1st before you clay it.

Anyway, while we are talking about polish, for dark cars I recommend that mguires step 2 crystal polish - it really helps to bring out the dark colours

PS: your car is looking mighty fine!

think i'll be getting myself some of that for definite Todd!

nice to see a fellow scot on the forum as well @ Todd & HunterJ

Hey! We need to get all these good looking Scottish Supra's together sometime

I picked this up in Halfrauds the other week and wasn't sure to buy or not. So like did you use it on the entire car or just on the bits that looked dirty??

The whole car, doesn't take that long to do really.

I picked this up in Halfrauds the other week and wasn't sure to buy or not. So like did you use it on the entire car or just on the bits that looked dirty??

Well thats up to you, I did the whole car panel by panel, took a while!

I think the point is though that you can't really see the contaminants on the paint very easily, but you can see an overall improvement when you have done a whole area.

Yeah think i'll have a go over the entire car to start with. I was only put off coz the directions say to use on just the areas where there dirt. That's on my to do list for Saturday then

wow, very glossy.

do you need to apply a good layer of wax after?

A clay bar is only used as a tool to remove deposits and grime that washing and polishing can not remove,a clay bar is not a polishing product!

It should be used after washing the car then the car should be washed again, polished and then waxed to seal it.

Jusst a quick coat of Autoglym, we were going to use the finishing polish but the rain was just around the corner and it's a bitch to get off when it rains

thats why it took me ages, claying is quick, its the washing, drying, claying, polishing, waxing that takes the time! oh why did I buy such a big, black car lol. It's the bonnet that's the killer!

I use this clay too and have found it to be awesome, you only need to really do it twice a year (after winter and mid summer) and that will keep it pristine all year round.

For those of you wanting super shine - use the meguiars deep gloss polish with the detail spray when you use the clay - takes a bit more work but results are even better.