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04-10-2011, 08:46 PM
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Location: Crawfordville, FL
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Name : Rich Zuchowski
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When is the last time you claybarred your car?
Did that today on the C6Z and this is the first time it's been done since I bought the car a year ago. I could feel a dramatic difference on the surfaces after the clay bar process was done. Feels very silky smooth to the touch, looks REAL pretty too, and I don't even have any finish layer on it yet. Of course, it's a back breaker getting down low to do those rocker panels.
But DEFINITELY worth doing! 
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04-10-2011, 09:20 PM
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!ereH nI depparT m'I pleH
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Did mine about a year and a half ago, and noticed a dramatic difference as well.
Might be time to do it again..........
Andy 
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04-10-2011, 11:17 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by navy2kcoupe
Did mine about a year and a half ago, and noticed a dramatic difference as well.
Might be time to do it again..........
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The easiest way to tell if it's time is by putting your hand into a Glad (or equivalent) sandwich bag and rubbing it across your hood lightly. You will feel all the bumps immediately that way.
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04-11-2011, 07:57 AM
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Do mine once a year...
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04-11-2011, 07:45 PM
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Just did mine 2 weeks ago...usually do it once sometimes twice a year.
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04-12-2011, 11:02 AM
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I just did my silverado a couple of months ago very dramatic difference. I am planning on doing the vette here real soon while I have some time. I use a clay bar, polish, glaze/sealant, then two coats of carnuba wax all by hand no machine man am I sore after that.
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05-12-2013, 02:12 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by navy2kcoupe
Did mine about a year and a half ago, and noticed a dramatic difference as well.
Might be time to do it again..........
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06-14-2014, 07:10 PM
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I know this is an old thread BUT.I've watched You Tube on how to clay bar your car .I won't start with the Vett but I will do my daily driver Ford Fiesta because it needs it,small and if things go bad 
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06-15-2014, 12:59 AM
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Internet Sanitation Engineer
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I don't think the clay bars are really all that abrasive to get you in trouble with using them. But it appears that some do come in assorted grits. However the only designations I've seen to tell you what sort of grit one bar might have instead of another is that some bars are recommended for light colored paint jobs and others for darker colors. Most don't make any sort of distinction, so I'm not sure if it really makes any difference, and any company making such a distinction is really just doing this as a marketing ploy to sell more clay bars to people who have both light and dark colored vehicles.
The only issues I have seen is that those suckers are slippery little devils when they are wet, and holding onto them can be a challenge. But the trick with using a rubber glove seems to have solved that.
Seriously, put your hand in one of those fold over closing plastic sandwich bags and run it over your paint surface lightly. If it's not as perfectly smooth feeling, then it's likely time to clay bar you car. Do this BEFORE polishing the paint surface. Otherwise the junk in your paint you feel with your hand gets into the polishing medium and can cause you some headaches.
Heck, now that I'm thinking of it, I probably need to check the cars myself sometime soon to see if they need the claybar treatment.
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06-16-2014, 10:37 AM
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Yep it's time to re-do mine too. BTW I really like the glove idea. Will have to try that our this time.
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