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 Transport Guru MP Moderator Posts: 4947     Location: Bromley, Kent | |||
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 I'm O.K. at stuff Posts: 1405  Location: Leeds - A Better City Than Yours. | Claying is amazing. And fun. I would deffo recommend Bilt Hamber Auto Clay. You get a MASSIVE block of it and it's only around £10. You only need water as a lubricant too which is even better. It is time consuming if you want a good finish though, and obviously depends how bad the paintwork is. It took me around 3 hours to do my car, but I made sure I got every single part of the car, and was absolutely glass like. No iffs or buts  It's easy to do, simply get a bit of the clay in your hands, roll it into a small sausage like shape then flat it out so it's just a bit bigger than a 50p coin. Spray the panel with water through like a standard spray bottle or even hose it down whatever you can do. And simply rub the paintwork but putting down as little pressure as you can. so the clay slides over the paintwork, no pressure requierd. You can hear all the contaminents being picked up, once the part of the panel has been done you won't hear any noise and the paintwork will feel like glass under the clay. Gota make sure the clay bar is kept fairly warm at all times though as if it goes cold it goes hard and doesn't seem to pick up much stuff. Hope any of that helps mate!! | ||
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I'm O.K. at stuff Posts: 1405 Location: Leeds - A Better City Than Yours. | Here is a link http://www.theultimatefinish.co.uk/bilt-hamber/auto-clay-original.aspx?source=google-base&variant=1425 Ive done around 3-4 cars with my block and still have over half left !!  | ||
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Transport Guru MP Moderator Posts: 4947 Location: Bromley, Kent | Cheers mate. That's basically all I needed to know! Great stuff.  | ||
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I'm O.K. at stuff Posts: 1405 Location: Leeds - A Better City Than Yours. | No worries pal. Another thing to note is when you are claying, Rub it around 2 inches at a time then move up the panel and so forth. Like dont start one end of the bonnet and drag it to the other end in one go. Hope ive worded that right im tired and on my phone haha Youll want to punch the next dog or small child when youve done cos youll be so angry you havent done it sooner Edited by dann2707 8/1/2012 12:59 AM | ||
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 Fish freak! MP Admin Posts: 14989  Location: Birmingham | Try the soft version of Bilt Hamber if you go for that as the normal version can leave marring (personal experience as I bought the wrong one). It's also worth noting that it's recommended to give the car a polish afterwards with a light cutting polish or paint cleanser just to remove any marring that may have been induced. You'll know when the clay has marred the paint as it will snag so jut keep lots of lube/water on the paint It's a very good process, definitely helps the shine on the car. | ||
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Transport Guru MP Moderator Posts: 4947 Location: Bromley, Kent | Cheers guys. I bought the Meguiars clay kit [around £25] and been having a go today. I know what you mean when you say you can hear it picking up the dirt! Wow! Will get pics when done a large area. | ||
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I'm O.K. at stuff Posts: 1405 Location: Leeds - A Better City Than Yours. | Get some pics up Dave !! Clayed mine today, quite bad.  | ||
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I'm O.K. at stuff Posts: 1405 Location: Leeds - A Better City Than Yours. | You keep turning it over/kneading it like bread until you can't get a clean patch. That block there did my car easily, i'll be keeping it to do my alloys and exhaust tip. Leaves you with smoooooooth paintwork ..  Edited by dann2707 10/1/2012 6:39 PM | ||
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