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Clay bar the fleet
I clay barred wife's car. Did not feel like was doing anything. When I finally finished and waxed it. Looks great. So I went and did the SVX
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Re: Clay bar the fleet
I've never done the clay bar before, to be honest it scares me a bit, I don't understand how it can remove impurities and not contaminate itself with those same impurities. Like rinsing off your sponge in the soapy bucket eventually you are washing with dirty water.
I guess maybe I am overthinking it?
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Re: Clay bar the fleet
Actually it looks just like the clay u played with as a kid. U knead it into a flat piece. You spray a solution on the car and rub the clay over it. Every so often you fold it and knead it again. Like I said until I waxed it it didn't look much better. Well the red car is almost new. My SVX came out good I think... Not as great as I thought it would. The worse the paint is the more it will improve it.
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Re: Clay bar the fleet
Wow! They look great!!!
There is a nano sponge now that is popular amongst detailers as an alternate to the clay bar. I will try to get some more info on it.
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Re: Clay bar the fleet
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I recently did my svx with this method: Meguiars gold class soap with microfiber wash mitt. Mothers California claybar over the whole car. Meguairs m205 finishing polish on a white polishing pad with a Portercable 7424xp. Meguiars NXT2.0 synthetic wax as a selant. Collinite 845 heavy duty wax applied with a red pad on the pc7424xp again. Super happy with the outcome and Collinite wax is supposed to last something like 5 months.
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