Lon

Scott in Baltimore proclaimed:

> billy ray wrote:
>
>> I clayed the WJ last summer. The difference is amazing..... and the
>> procedure is not all that had...
>
>
> Do you have to use the spray that comes with the bar? Can you use
> something else?

Get the biggest bar you can find, and then buy a spray bottle of lube.
The combo packages tend to have either really small bars which are hard
to use or really small bottles of lube. The soap used for window film
also works. Detailing spray also works.

Lon

Scott in Baltimore proclaimed:

> billy ray wrote:
>
>> I clayed the WJ last summer. The difference is amazing..... and the
>> procedure is not all that had...
>
>
> Do you have to use the spray that comes with the bar? Can you use
> something else?

Get the biggest bar you can find, and then buy a spray bottle of lube.
The combo packages tend to have either really small bars which are hard
to use or really small bottles of lube. The soap used for window film
also works. Detailing spray also works.

Lon

Scott in Baltimore proclaimed:

> billy ray wrote:
>
>> I clayed the WJ last summer. The difference is amazing..... and the
>> procedure is not all that had...
>
>
> Do you have to use the spray that comes with the bar? Can you use
> something else?

Get the biggest bar you can find, and then buy a spray bottle of lube.
The combo packages tend to have either really small bars which are hard
to use or really small bottles of lube. The soap used for window film
also works. Detailing spray also works.

Ivan Jager

On Wed, 14 Mar 2007, Scott in Baltimore wrote:

> merrill wrote:
>> I always used heavy duty paste wax in the fall and buffed it lightly
>> on vehicles that were worth waxing.
>>
>> What is the advantage of the clay bar? And what is the theory behind
>> using the clay bar?
>
> The only thing I can figure, since I bought and tried one, is that it's
> sticky and it removes all the stuff in/on the paint. I was surprised
> what came off the paint. I was trying to remove scratches. It won't do
> that but lots of other stuff came off the clear coat. Now I need to find
> time to put a few coats of wax on it. Every time I do it, it's only good
> for a few weeks. Right now there is no beading going on, just flat water
> when it rains. What works GOOD? I want something that will let me hose
> the mud off. I don't want to wax once a month. It's a Jeep, dammit! :)

I've never heard of clay bars before this, but first hit on google says it
works as an abrasive. http://www.autopia-carcare.com/inf-clay.html

Basically you use some lubricant to protect the paint, and the abrasive
gets rid of anything that sticks out.


I don't bother with wax. The way I usually clean my car involves
vaporizing a large quantity of water, then condensing it (this gives me
poor man's distilled water). After that it is accelerated towards the
surface of my car. On impact it tends to break away most of the dirt and
carry it off. :)

Ivan

Ivan Jager

On Wed, 14 Mar 2007, Scott in Baltimore wrote:

> merrill wrote:
>> I always used heavy duty paste wax in the fall and buffed it lightly
>> on vehicles that were worth waxing.
>>
>> What is the advantage of the clay bar? And what is the theory behind
>> using the clay bar?
>
> The only thing I can figure, since I bought and tried one, is that it's
> sticky and it removes all the stuff in/on the paint. I was surprised
> what came off the paint. I was trying to remove scratches. It won't do
> that but lots of other stuff came off the clear coat. Now I need to find
> time to put a few coats of wax on it. Every time I do it, it's only good
> for a few weeks. Right now there is no beading going on, just flat water
> when it rains. What works GOOD? I want something that will let me hose
> the mud off. I don't want to wax once a month. It's a Jeep, dammit! :)

I've never heard of clay bars before this, but first hit on google says it
works as an abrasive. http://www.autopia-carcare.com/inf-clay.html

Basically you use some lubricant to protect the paint, and the abrasive
gets rid of anything that sticks out.


I don't bother with wax. The way I usually clean my car involves
vaporizing a large quantity of water, then condensing it (this gives me
poor man's distilled water). After that it is accelerated towards the
surface of my car. On impact it tends to break away most of the dirt and
carry it off. :)

Ivan

Ivan Jager

On Wed, 14 Mar 2007, Scott in Baltimore wrote:

> merrill wrote:
>> I always used heavy duty paste wax in the fall and buffed it lightly
>> on vehicles that were worth waxing.
>>
>> What is the advantage of the clay bar? And what is the theory behind
>> using the clay bar?
>
> The only thing I can figure, since I bought and tried one, is that it's
> sticky and it removes all the stuff in/on the paint. I was surprised
> what came off the paint. I was trying to remove scratches. It won't do
> that but lots of other stuff came off the clear coat. Now I need to find
> time to put a few coats of wax on it. Every time I do it, it's only good
> for a few weeks. Right now there is no beading going on, just flat water
> when it rains. What works GOOD? I want something that will let me hose
> the mud off. I don't want to wax once a month. It's a Jeep, dammit! :)

I've never heard of clay bars before this, but first hit on google says it
works as an abrasive. http://www.autopia-carcare.com/inf-clay.html

Basically you use some lubricant to protect the paint, and the abrasive
gets rid of anything that sticks out.


I don't bother with wax. The way I usually clean my car involves
vaporizing a large quantity of water, then condensing it (this gives me
poor man's distilled water). After that it is accelerated towards the
surface of my car. On impact it tends to break away most of the dirt and
carry it off. :)

Ivan