All,
I`ve been here for a little over a year now, and my technique in most respects has gotten much better. My older car looks a *lot* better than before I found Autopia, and the new car I got last summer still looks great thanks to all the help and tips I`ve found from reading here. I got a PC, and have been able to really bring my older car up to speed. It`ll never look perfect due to the neglect it got in my pre-autopian days, but it looks far, far better than it did.
However, there`s something wrong with my clay technique, and I don`t know what it is. Whenever I clay, I get marring... no matter what. I`ve tried two different clays (blue clay magic and gray autopia), and several varieties of QD and shampoo/water mixture to be used as a lubricant. I`ve tried using a *lot* of lube, as well as less lube. The marring is less frequent with a lot of lube, but I used about 16oz of lube for 1 small car and still got marring. The marring is definitely from the claying... it`s not there before I clay, and it is there after... and it`s in the same direction as my clay movement.
I`ve read bunches of posts on claying, read the article from bettercarcare.com, and I honestly don`t know what to do differently.
If you check out this picture from the Better Car Care article, I don`t let my clay get nearly that dirty, and it still mars.
I`ve just about given up and thought about investing the $60 or so in the ABC system instead, but if everyone can clay successfully, why can`t I?
Any suggestions?
Thanks,
John
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