have any of you guys tried clay on your cars paint?
Well I've been a lazy ass on my car and as some of you know you can't neglect a black car.
Anyway I haven't waxed it in over 6mths and there's all sorts of stuff stuck to my paint. The worse was tree sap and I had a bee infestation above where the car was parked and it left honey dots all over my car.
The other bad thing was industrial fall out, sticks to your paint and feels like grit, being black it bakes in.
Well I decided I needed to do something about it today and spent about 2hrs on the front end of the GTR (bonnet and guards.
First off I use prepsol grease and wax remover to get all the sap and honey off. I then used a polish which took ages and didnt do much due to the industrial fall out. Was a bit pissed at the result so I remembered I had a Meguiar's Clay Detailing kit, so I thought I would give it a go.
Once you spray on the quick detailer you pinch off a piece of the clay and start rubbing with it, you will feel how gritty your paint is, so continue to do it until it feels smooth.
Once I finished that I then used the polish again to get the light scratches off, this time with much better results. Then finished it off with Meguiars carnuba wax and microfibre buffing cloths. I gotta say I'm very impressed with the results, it feels even smoother then glass and doesn't even leave finger prints. I ran my fingers over the paint and it doesn't mark it. Quite happy with the results.
So if you still have that gritty feel to your paint after polishing and waxing, go get the clay and give it a go, you wont be disappointed.