I shampood my car. I then cut it with turtle liquid t cut. over a period
of 4 weeks I applied 4 coats of turtle wax. Car came up like new
brilliant shine just like new BUT when I ran my hand over the
body work it felt all gritty and sandy like. It looks like a back to the
drawing board. All that work for nothing .Anyone any suggestions
jmk1
gritty surface
Meguiars Quick Clay.
It is about £12 but sooooooo worth it. Will take off any imperfections on top of the paint.
I did mine for the first time last sunday, here is what it looks like.
What you need to do is wash the car and dry it
Break 1/3 of the clay bar off. Play with it will its soft enough to make a round disk about 5mm in thickness (my pic shows bigger becuase it flattened out after use). The brown marks on the clay is only what it took off my boot.
Spray the Quik Detailer on the paint as a lubricant and gently run the clay over the paint.
If you feel it sticking you will need to apply more Quik Detailer. Check it regulary for foreuin objects, stones....as these will scratch your paint.
After use the paint should feel a smooth as glass (If not do it again) Once you have done it you shouldn't need to clay the car for another 6 months.
I reccommend re-washing the car too. You will need to re-polish and wax as the clay will strip this off.
If you want more help PM or MSN me
It is about £12 but sooooooo worth it. Will take off any imperfections on top of the paint.
I did mine for the first time last sunday, here is what it looks like.
What you need to do is wash the car and dry it
Break 1/3 of the clay bar off. Play with it will its soft enough to make a round disk about 5mm in thickness (my pic shows bigger becuase it flattened out after use). The brown marks on the clay is only what it took off my boot.
Spray the Quik Detailer on the paint as a lubricant and gently run the clay over the paint.
If you feel it sticking you will need to apply more Quik Detailer. Check it regulary for foreuin objects, stones....as these will scratch your paint.
After use the paint should feel a smooth as glass (If not do it again) Once you have done it you shouldn't need to clay the car for another 6 months.
I reccommend re-washing the car too. You will need to re-polish and wax as the clay will strip this off.
If you want more help PM or MSN me
What Dino said ^
i did the same at the weekend...i couldn't believe the finish.
My car was pretty shiny to start with but now the paint is like glass to touch.
After i used the claybar i t cutted the entire car as i found that once the claybar had been used t'cut fetches loads of dirt out of the paint.I then waxed the car as normal and now after a couple of days rain it still looks as shiny and is really really smooth.
clay bar = Miracle worker
i did the same at the weekend...i couldn't believe the finish.
My car was pretty shiny to start with but now the paint is like glass to touch.
After i used the claybar i t cutted the entire car as i found that once the claybar had been used t'cut fetches loads of dirt out of the paint.I then waxed the car as normal and now after a couple of days rain it still looks as shiny and is really really smooth.
clay bar = Miracle worker
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Hi guys.
Well i have the claybar .One question before I start. I understand the
claybar will remove imperfections and it will also remove the wax ,
What does it do to the LAQUER finish ?.
jmk1
Well i have the claybar .One question before I start. I understand the
claybar will remove imperfections and it will also remove the wax ,
What does it do to the LAQUER finish ?.
jmk1
i knew i reconised that pic and username.dino wrote:Meguiars Quick Clay.
It is about £12 but sooooooo worth it. Will take off any imperfections on top of the paint.
I did mine for the first time last sunday, here is what it looks like.
What you need to do is wash the car and dry it
Break 1/3 of the clay bar off. Play with it will its soft enough to make a round disk about 5mm in thickness (my pic shows bigger becuase it flattened out after use). The brown marks on the clay is only what it took off my boot.
If you want more help PM or MSN me
http://shop.meguiars.co.uk/phpBB2/viewt ... highlight=
im a lurker on both this and the megs forum. some usefull info tho.