1st clay experience

andybman · Post by **andybman** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 10:33 pm

Well got some time to try out the clay i got a couple of weeks ago....

so washed the car with some turtle wax shampoo

mopped up water with a micro fibre cloth

then got down to claying......was a very weird experience at 1st and doing it at the side of a street i got a fair few dodgy....'wot the hell?' kinda looks!!

started with the toughest flies and tar spots at the front...keeping lots of lube on the clay and car

have to say it was amazing how quickly it picked off the tar etc....

then came the rain!!!

so a cuppa and waited for rain to clear and had a much quicker time up both sides of the car....apart from dropping the clay once and having to bin it it was a pretty eventless easy task

shudv maybe spent longer on it but it was gettin late with the rain showers holding me up....
so i moved onto some megs quik wax and i am pretty impressed with the finish...again shudv spent more time buffing etc but mist started to come down

anyway i managed a couple of pics before the light went completely

but just to say...anyone that hasnt tried this clay stuff yet....just do it
aslong as u keep her well lubricated then theres not much chance of any mis-haps!

Andy

meatball · Post by **meatball** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 11:34 pm

Huh.....wot were you using?

Front of the exige is ok, but sides need sorted!

andybman · Post by **andybman** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 11:46 pm

meatball wrote:Huh.....wot were you using?

Front of the exige is ok, but sides need sorted!

exige? its an s1 elise?

front? wot pic is that?

and the pics aint great......like i said the mist had started to come down and form on the car and it needed some extra buffing but will use some more megs quik wax tomoro on her?

meatball · Post by **meatball** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 11:54 pm

hehe

No I meant the sides of my exige......

So what is this clay stuff, where'd you get it and how much does it cost?

andybman · Post by **andybman** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 7:35 pm

i got mine off ebay...it comes with a lube spray and a micro fibre cloth both very important

have a search in the car care bit for clay and u should get all the advise u need from the pros mate

good luck

Rich H · Post by **Rich H** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 7:55 pm

Halfrauds sell the meguires stuff.

BiggestNizzy · Post by **BiggestNizzy** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 7:02 pm

I got clay and did mine on sat it looked good and the paintwork was like glass when I finished.

it was so slidey that it slid off the road on sunday

andybman · Post by **andybman** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 8:32 pm

BiggestNizzy wrote:I got clay and did mine on sat it looked good and the paintwork was like glass when I finished.

it was so slidey that it slid off the road on sunday

the extra speed from the improved aerodynamics obviously took you by surprise?

meatball · Post by **meatball** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 8:13 pm

WARNING.....THIS TOOK ME 3 FCUKING DAYS TO DO.....

but is nice and smooth now

ExigeKen · Post by **ExigeKen** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 3:22 am

meatball wrote:WARNING.....THIS TOOK ME 3 FCUKING DAYS TO DO.....

but is nice and smooth now

Look real good though Campbell