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04-10-2011, 08:46 PM
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Internet Sanitation Engineer
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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
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: 25 miles south of Boston, MA. Also have a house in Dunedin FL.
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Name : Andy Anderson
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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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Internet Sanitation Engineer
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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..........
Andy
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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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Road Trip!
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Location: Port Labelle, Florida
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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 have stripes
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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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04-12-2011, 12:39 PM
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Name : Rich Zuchowski
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Yeah, I did the polishing yesterday with the buffing machine and parts of my body are hurting I didn't know I had.
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12-12-2011, 03:05 PM
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I did my ElCamino just before I sold it so I can't say how well or long it held up. But I can say, that even though the car was all around pristine, the buyer seemed more taken aback with the smoothness of the paint than he was in the rest of the car. The clay I used was from Griot's. First, a good wash- second, a light mist of (Griot's) "Speed-Shine", which will act as a lubricant for the clay- the I used a (Porta-Cable) polisher for the clay. Then the usual polishing, waxing, buffing, etc Came out nice.
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12-12-2011, 04:00 PM
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Internet Sanitation Engineer
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Name : Rich Zuchowski
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So this was a liquid clay, and not an actual clay BAR?
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12-12-2011, 06:27 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Rich Z
So this was a liquid clay, and not an actual clay BAR?
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No liquid, a bar! One would shape the clay to conform to a "holder", of sorts and then attach that to the polisher. Works well.
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