Clay or Not to Clay

[HealthyCivic]

Re: Clay or Not to Clay

This really shouldn't be that hard.

1. Wash the car.

2. Grab a ziplock, put your hand in it and rub across the paint surface.

3. If you feel or hear anything, clay.

4. If you don't feel or hear anything, you're good.

When you start claying, if you feel absolutely no resistance at all, that's a good thing, it means the claying will be easier. If it's somewhat difficult, apply some pressure and overcome it. This is also a good thing because that means you needed to clay.

Done. On to step 2...

[charlestek]

Re: Clay or Not to Clay

Thanks all. I ended up claying the whole car, but except for the lower portions of each door, the car did not have that many contaminants. The hood and roof were particularly clean. Now on to swirl removal with a new PC, then glazing, then either poli-seal, then opti-seal, or just opti-seal. Poli-seal does clean, so it may be overkill on top of paint I have swirl removed and glazed, but I see a lot of people layer poli-seal than opti-seal.

[eighty8]

Re: Clay or Not to Clay

I just did clayed both my Expedition and my F-150 and was extremely happy with the results. I was also surprised how rough the paint felt even though I almost always have both of them clean.