clay bars

[GearHead_1]

Clay for lengthy details, oven cleaner for quick and cheap details professional detailers use Easy-Off for those $50-$75 jobs !
I have used it even on new Caddy CTS ! ...LoL

Oven cleaner for embedded contaminates? Who`d have thought? Not me.

[NLove]

Thank you all, I appreciate the feed back. I like looking at things from different perspectives.

[instalher]

ill go on into Edmonton on Monday and pick up a ricardos clay bar.. with zero issue I will clay my car twice a yr.. but this yr. damn, I have had to clay it 3 times now... once was my own fault.. I got over spray from the paint booth all over the car... That really sucked,, went through a whole bar just on that.... now there is something eles contaminating the car,, when I was waxing it the foam applicator was soujnding rough going over the paint, grabbed the clay and sure enough, got to due the whole car again,, I don`t drive the car its my wifes.. no idea whats on the car this time.. This will be the fouth time in 3 months claying the car!!!!!

[EdLancer]

I consider marring far more likely with the Decontamination Towels. If I mar paint with the clays I use I`m *SORELY* disappointed with myself! I basically don`t correct my vehicles any more, at least not on a regular basis and I never need to do a whole-vehicle correction, but I bet I *would* have to do that should I use a Nanoskin/etc. (OR...the wrong clay/claying technique).

I knead/replace my clay after doing a *VERY* small area..might be only a few inches, sometimes not even that much. Once it gets contaminated I consider it "sandpaper" and I don`t want to rub my paint with it. And that`s despite using *LOTS* of lube and a very gentle touch. I really do strive to affect the "glide-and-shear" approach to claying; if I even compromise the LSP I label it a FAIL.

The Decontamination Towels...I simply cannot see how one would avoid marring with them. AFAIK, their instructions even say to *NOT* use them on flat/matte/satin paints because of the likelihood of abrasion. I simply will not instill any unnecessary, additional damage to a vehicle. I only have so much paint to work with before it`s (five-figure) Repaint Time, and I prefer OE paint anyhow.

(Aggressive "detailing" by others has simply ruined two of my vehicles...no need for it to have happened IMO, zero way to fix to my satisfaction, all I can do is try to not let it bother me. Some damage is forever, especially when originality matters.)

NOW...heh heh...where`s the discussion of Chemical Decontamination? Something (literally) foolproof like ValuGard`s ABC system...just do a series of washes and the job`s done with basically no risk of damage. That stuff`s geared towards, uhm... a certain type of employee who`s likely to not take due care (to put it nicely). IF you`re redoing a whole vehicle that can do the job in place of mechanical approaches like clay/decon. towels. I`ve done great on new-to-me vehicles in *HIDEOUS* condition with the Chemical approach, easy as could be too.

EdLancer- Is the Easy-Off safe for all auto surfaces? I thought it needed to be kept off certain things, but then I guess there are a few different versions to choose from. Wonder how it`d stack up against something nasty-but-effective like FK1119 (which might even be off the market now).

We use the blue can fume free Easy-Off, just spray on avoid getting it on the trims and rinse with a pressure washer within 5 minutes and you`ll be good. Makes a big difference on light white/cream color cars(Caddys) you see black water rinsing off.
There is a certain sales manager at the local Caddy dealer with a cream color Eldorado that wants his car washed/detailed for $30, what does he expect ! ...LoL
The dealer is lucky if they can sell one new Caddy a month during these bad economic times, so they go to auctions and buy 1-2 year old Caddys and contract us to detail it for them and sell them in the $40,000-$50,000 range while a new one would be in the $80,000 range.

[PRND[S]]

I still expect Ashton Kutcher to jump out any second now...

[Accumulator]

EdLancer- Ah, yeah...I know that Blue Fume-free one! Heh heh, don`t see myself using it on a vehicle, but hey...OK! For some of those jobs you`re doing it does sound perfectly reasonable. Hey, it`s working for you...that`s that

PRND[S]- Heh heh, that`s another Modern Cultural Reference that`s lost on me BUT...Mr. Kutcher is another [individual] whose mention I won`t allow to go without a "what a [INSERT fave invective]".

[PRND[S]]

PRNDS- Heh heh, that`s another Modern Cultural Reference that`s lost on me BUT...Mr. Kutcher is another [individual] whose mention I won`t allow to go without a "what a [INSERT fave invective]".

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punk%27d

[Accumulator]

PRND[S]- Ah, thanks for schooling me. Hey, if nothing else I can always remember that Kutcher = Punk so now I`ll recognize that reference next time

[Broceratops]

Jim White from White Details in the UK swears by AM Details clay. Water is the only lube needed and he insists it drastically reduces odds of marring.


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