I've always hated the feel of grit in the paint of my brand new car even after I've spent an hour cleaning and waxing her. So, I'd heard about claying and thought I'd give it a try and all I can say is it is amazing.

I was reluctant to do it because of the time involved but I broke it up into three tasks of about an hour or an hour and a half a piece.

First I washed the car in the morning, letting her dry from about 9am till about 5pm, took about an hour.

Then at about 5pm I started claying the car, it took about an hour and a half. It was much, much easier than I thought. The claying is the easiest part of this whole process; I was just being very, very careful to make sure I got every square inch of painted surface.

I was truly amazed when I ran my hand across the first section of the hood I did; it was like porcelain. I wish I had done this the day I bought the car.

I took a break and then at around 8pm I started putting on a silicon polymer "wax." I use Liquid Glass. It's less than $20 a bottle and a bottle lasts a year at least. The thing I love the most about Liquid Glass is that you can put it on your windshield too, and all the plastic bits and what-nots. It makes water bead right off your windshield and your back window. I even use it on my wheels so I can just shoot water on them to get most of the brake dust off.

Anyway, the car looks amazing and feels incredibly smooth; no more pollutants destroying the paint either!

 

Wow, sounds like i need to clay mine. I haven't done it once yet.

What product did you use?

 

Amazing what a little elbow grease can do eh???

 

pics.......

 

did my first clay job follow by a first layer of zaino, very tired and time consuming job but it will be worth it.

 

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I did my first claybar about a month ago and it does feel amazing! I wonder how long it would last? There was a little variation from your technique...i washed my car and used the claybar at the same time. After drung the car, i let it sit for and hour, then i waxed my super black biatch. Works just fine.

 

Claying doesn't really last any amount of time. Remember that you've stripped off contaminants. It just depends on how long it's going to take before you get more on there. You probably don't want or need to do it more than once a year.

Now if you get overspray you'd want to claybar the affected areas but you may not need to do the whole car.

 

Yeah, I figured I need to do it every 6 months or so. But I could easily do it all in an hour and a half if I combined the claying with the washing like OCDavid (is that Obsessive-Compulsive David?). The claying isn't hard but takes a long time because I use a lot of lubricant/wax and clean up takes a while.

Oh, I do save a step in that I don't have to wash the car after claying because the lubricant I use for the clay is a paint cleaner (not a wax). When I wipe it off it leaves the car sparkling clean. Oh course if I just clayed when washing that would save even more time on top of that.

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It's hard to see in pictures but when I went to the store today I was actually shocked when I turned around and looked at my car. The car practically glowed, it was sureal. The paint almost looks wet. The car sticks out from every other car in the parking lot like it's a spaceship or something. Amazing.

Here are some pictures. The white dots on my hood are the numerous rock strikes from the wonderful construction we have going on constantly on I-4.





This shot is interesting because the reflection is white but the car is blue, it's that reflective.

 

At first I was thinking "man he's got really bad orange peel". Then I realized it was the reflection of the popcorn ceiling. Just goes to show how good it looks.

 

I was thinking the exact same thing.... Thanks for pointing out the ceiling... I was getting confused for a sec

 

LOL, yeah everyone seems that its Obessive Compulsive David.... funny as to that is the way I am about my SB Z. If its not spotless, i'm not happy. Also the "OC" in OCDavid is my first initial and my middle name initial ending with a David, not cause I live in the OC like that tv show. I get a lot of that, but dont really feel like changing my screen name.

ANYWAYS...your DB looks spotless and very nice! Fruits of your labor huh?
Clean!

Here's mine, you can see me in the picture!

 

hmm.. i tried to clay my super black one day... it didnt seem to work? whats the technique for claying??

 

what were you trying to accomplish?

 

What is claying? Any information please.

 

here ya go!

 

LOL, that is so wrong...

 

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