If you love your car, you should clay it

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What clay bar did you use?

 

^ok good to know. I've heard that Mother's is stronger clay than Meguiar's. My friend has Meg's and we tried it, it didn't do much.

 

Agreed on claying. I've been using Clay Magic on my cars for a long time.

Now you just need to figure out a way to remove that penny!

 

Nice work.:rockon:

If you put saran wrap or thin plastic bag over your hand then slide you hand over the surface, the micro crud you can't feel with your bare hand will feel like sand paper. I find that easier than looking and it doesn't matter what color your paint is.

 

You can also claybar your windshield and get rid of all the micro-crud embedded in it. You need the plastic bag or plastic wrap method to tell when you have it smooth. I have found that it reduces glare, makes water bead up like it does on new glass, makes the windshield wipers more effective and the blades should last longer.

It obviously won;t remove pits, but a surprising amount of windshield problems are micro crud stuck in the glass, just like the micro crud in your paint.

Don't claybar plastic headlight lenses, it can take the coating off

 

Griots is a good operation so I suspect there is some reason for different clay, but I use the same clay I use on paint and don't have any problems. Claying a windshield does seem to take lot longer than an equivilant amount of paint.

 

And once you get the windshield nice and clean with the claybar, you can apply your favorite polymer. I use RejeX. It minimizes bug splats, causes water to run off easily, and makes subsequent cleaning easier.

 

How do you deep clean the headlight lenses without disrupting the coating?

 

You can Zaino it as well.

I'd avoid the front side windows if you have the IV or V with water-repellant windows when it comes to claybaring or using any kind of abrasive.

 

I don't love my car, we are just good friends.

 

I don't use anything more than mild car wash and water.

If they are hazed or otherwise screwed up, then they need some serious work that will remove the coating.

 

That is an excellent point.

 

Never tried RainX. I have a bottle of RejeX that's so old I can't remember when I bought it (never used it for paint--only windshield, and wheels and exhaust tips where applicable/necessary).

 

I've found that some wax (I use One Grand Blitz, which contains no abrasives), applied with your fingers, and the use of a fingernail where necessary, works well.