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Jngrbrdman · 03-04-07, 10:12

Clay pulls contamination out of the paint. Polish just gets it off of the paint. It just shaves it off at the level of the clearcoat and leaves particles still embeded in your paint. My advice is that if you are ever going to polish your paint, then you should clay the paint first. It isn't going to hurt the paint and it really doesn't take that much longer to do the job right. If you don't clay the paint then all you are doing is just leveling off particles that will continue to cause damage to your finish and appearance. You'll still see the dots and have all the problems that industrial fallout causes. Always clay before polishing.

03-04-07, 10:12	#3 (permalink)
Jngrbrdman Come on! Fhqwhgads!! Jngrbrdman is offline Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: -Salt Lake City- Former Deputy Dawg Posts: 6,022	Re: If your going to polish, when do you know you need to clay? Clay pulls contamination out of the paint. Polish just gets it off of the paint. It just shaves it off at the level of the clearcoat and leaves particles still embeded in your paint. My advice is that if you are ever going to polish your paint, then you should clay the paint first. It isn't going to hurt the paint and it really doesn't take that much longer to do the job right. If you don't clay the paint then all you are doing is just leveling off particles that will continue to cause damage to your finish and appearance. You'll still see the dots and have all the problems that industrial fallout causes. Always clay before polishing.