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This may be a dumb question to some, but I just wanted to see the reasoning behind it. I've noticed that some people clay the car before the use 83 or 80. If clay is used to remove above surface contaminants and 83 levels out the surface (removes paint), then, is claying necessary? Shouldn't the 83 remove the above surface contaminants as well?
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Re: Is it necessary?
That's actually a good question. For many, many years, we never had "clay" and still managed to do some pretty darn nice work. However, one thing that I do like about claying before cleaning is this... if you remove many of the "nasties" on the paint before you polish the paint, those contaminates are not apt to get in the pad and create more swirls as you are polishing.Originally posted by radkonn
This may be a dumb question to some, but I just wanted to see the reasoning behind it. I've noticed that some people clay the car before the use 83 or 80. If clay is used to remove above surface contaminants and 83 levels out the surface (removes paint), then, is claying necessary? Shouldn't the 83 remove the above surface contaminants as well?
I always like to use a chemical paint cleaner on the paint for the same reason. When I start polishing, I like to know that the paint is "squeaky" clean.
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Sort of... It depends on the contaminant.
In some cases the cleaner/polish may remove the contaminants just fine, in others you may just end up with shiny contaminants. Either way you end up with crud stuck in your foam pad that I, personally, would prefer to see stuck in a wad of clay.
If you clay first you remove contaminants and expose the paint, which is what the polish is designed to work on.
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That makes sense. ThanksComment
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