Clay Bar
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I am a detailing aficianado and spend a fair amount of time on the Autopia detailing forums. I learned a clay bar tip from one of the detailing professionals:
Instead of washing your vehicle as a step and then claying as a separate step, you can combine the two. Forget about buying a special clay lube. Wash your truck in sections, and while the paint is wet with your wash solution, rub the clay over it. Then rinse like usual. However, if your paint is really bad it's probably best to clay as a separate step with a good clay lube.
Another tip: wash with a bug sponge for areas with hard to remove stuff like bugs, tar, etc. It removes a lot of gunk that normally would require clay. I use the bug sponge every time I wash. I only use clay before I am going to wax or polish, which is 2-3 times a year.
Instead of washing your vehicle as a step and then claying as a separate step, you can combine the two. Forget about buying a special clay lube. Wash your truck in sections, and while the paint is wet with your wash solution, rub the clay over it. Then rinse like usual. However, if your paint is really bad it's probably best to clay as a separate step with a good clay lube.
Another tip: wash with a bug sponge for areas with hard to remove stuff like bugs, tar, etc. It removes a lot of gunk that normally would require clay. I use the bug sponge every time I wash. I only use clay before I am going to wax or polish, which is 2-3 times a year.
#13
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I think we are all guilty of this. My wife knows now, when I say Im washing the truck, that means: go ahead and go to the mall, have lunch with sally, go to your mom's, run to the grocery store, stop and get gas on the way home, then start cooking dinner... maybe I will be done.
Hey, we dont spend good money every month on these gorgeous machines, just to let them get dirty and abused. We work hard for our nice things, and if I want to spend time and money making it and keeping it nice, I WILL WOMAN!!!!
sssshhhhh... shes coming....
Hey, we dont spend good money every month on these gorgeous machines, just to let them get dirty and abused. We work hard for our nice things, and if I want to spend time and money making it and keeping it nice, I WILL WOMAN!!!!
sssshhhhh... shes coming....
#15
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I think we are all guilty of this. My wife knows now, when I say Im washing the truck, that means: go ahead and go to the mall, have lunch with sally, go to your mom's, run to the grocery store, stop and get gas on the way home, then start cooking dinner... maybe I will be done.
Hey, we dont spend good money every month on these gorgeous machines, just to let them get dirty and abused. We work hard for our nice things, and if I want to spend time and money making it and keeping it nice, I WILL WOMAN!!!!
sssshhhhh... shes coming....
Hey, we dont spend good money every month on these gorgeous machines, just to let them get dirty and abused. We work hard for our nice things, and if I want to spend time and money making it and keeping it nice, I WILL WOMAN!!!!
sssshhhhh... shes coming....
lmao. Well said.
#16
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I am a detailing aficianado and spend a fair amount of time on the Autopia detailing forums. I learned a clay bar tip from one of the detailing professionals:
Instead of washing your vehicle as a step and then claying as a separate step, you can combine the two. Forget about buying a special clay lube. Wash your truck in sections, and while the paint is wet with your wash solution, rub the clay over it. Then rinse like usual. However, if your paint is really bad it's probably best to clay as a separate step with a good clay lube.
Another tip: wash with a bug sponge for areas with hard to remove stuff like bugs, tar, etc. It removes a lot of gunk that normally would require clay. I use the bug sponge every time I wash. I only use clay before I am going to wax or polish, which is 2-3 times a year.
Instead of washing your vehicle as a step and then claying as a separate step, you can combine the two. Forget about buying a special clay lube. Wash your truck in sections, and while the paint is wet with your wash solution, rub the clay over it. Then rinse like usual. However, if your paint is really bad it's probably best to clay as a separate step with a good clay lube.
Another tip: wash with a bug sponge for areas with hard to remove stuff like bugs, tar, etc. It removes a lot of gunk that normally would require clay. I use the bug sponge every time I wash. I only use clay before I am going to wax or polish, which is 2-3 times a year.
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