Claying

[keesue]

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Ah, yes...Thank you much.

[TheFiveO]

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Great shine on that roof there !!!

[keesue]

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In this thread, I was referencing my experience with claying my 2001 S60-T5 Volvo. I subsequently posted a pic of my 2007 Yaris because the discussion moved on to polishes. I had not clayed the Yaris as I did not know about it when I took delivery. I'd like to add a few more comments about clay and my experience with the Yaris. I'm adding these comments in hopes that new readers will benefit from this experience.

To restate, I did not know about claying when I bought the car in November. I simply used an OTC product and waxed it as one would do with the love affair of a new car. In my intervening readings in this forum, I realized that the FIRST thing I should have done upon delivery, was to wash and clay the entire car, including the windows.

Now that six months have passed, I am ready to give the Yaris a good clay and re-wax. Given my experience with clay on the Volvo, and the readings herein about claying a new car, I was excited about this. I decided to clay the hood and repolish. I could feel the little impurities in the paint. I used QD and clayed. I can only say again, "yumpin yiminies!' Those subtle impurities, that can get masked by a coat of wax and the uninitiated, came right off, leaving a super-smooth but completely wax-stripped dull surface. I vigorously hand-polished the hood with #7 and followed up with an equally vigorous #21. I couldn't resist a vigorous coat of NXT paste, even though it can be deemed redundant, because I am an old school paste man at heart.

I have to say, the result is nothing short of spectacular. I absolutely can't believe the surface of the hood; but more importantly, the clarity of shine is simply stunning. The thing that stuck me was the angular reflectivity of the shine, which can only be described as the optical purity of a polished jewel, where one judges that jewel by the absence of impurities. Incredible!

The subtley of clay is nothing short of amazing indeed. It leaves a surface that enables a good polish to shine.

[gb387]

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The subtley of clay is nothing short of amazing indeed. It leaves a surface that enables a good polish to shine.

Great isn't it!?!? Claying is such and easy step that gets missed by many detailing their vehicle. I mentioned it to my father he should try it on a troublesome vehicle a couple years ago and he didn't believe me, we bought some clay and he is a believer now.

[SonnyD]

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I was actually surprised when I Clayed my 99 Saturn. It had never been Clayed before, but the Clay never did get very dirty. I see pictures of Clay posted here after doing one panel that are 10 times worse then mine is after doing the whole car. My paint is definitely a lot smoother now, but the Clay doesn't show much dirt.
Regards Sonny