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Originally Posted by Jngrbrdman 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. |
Well said. Claying is so fast and easy. I usually wash the car a section at a time and clay as I go. The car soap usually provides some lubricity which I add to using a squirt bottle. I don't worry about clay debris, but once I Have made the circuit, I wash the car down, wipe dry and then polish.
It' fast and only takes about a half hour to 45 minutes on the Corvette - twice that on the Denali.
Polishing is fun, but I try to minimize polishing to spots where the finish needs some help.