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theshrew said:
VinceFox said:
Get comfy.
Right, i collinited my car recently then got a claying kit. By claying it i removed all the bonded surface contaminants i didnt even know were there. After doing it the panels that i thought were clean from just waxing had yielded a load of surface crap i didnt even know were there and look like glass by comparison. You'd be bloody amazed just how much surface contaminant is locked onto the top coat until you actually start claying it.
My man you have done this a bit wrong. Right, i collinited my car recently then got a claying kit. By claying it i removed all the bonded surface contaminants i didnt even know were there. After doing it the panels that i thought were clean from just waxing had yielded a load of surface crap i didnt even know were there and look like glass by comparison. You'd be bloody amazed just how much surface contaminant is locked onto the top coat until you actually start claying it.
Your correct in saying the clay removes particals that you cant see / also some you can.
However you have gone wrong in the process and understanding what the products do.
A basic way to do it is the following ( other steps can be added )
1. Wash the car
2. Clay
3. Wash again
4. Dry
5. Polish
6. Wax
The idea is to get the paint as clean as possible with the wash / clay parts. Then use a polish ( this gives the shine ). Then apply the wax ( wax protects the paint not clean it )
If you have used the clay after the Coli was put on the car you have wasted your time as the clay will remove it. + Coli is a right mere to get off a lot of hard work gone in for nothing.
Sorry for the long post just thought id try to help you out a little. Your doing the right thing using Coli its a great long lasting wax. Any questions just ask im happy to help.
One thing i did notice was the bonnet and roof only yielded a slit yellow tint in the clay whereas the sides gave up more proper brown streaks the further down i got. This seemed pretty telling as to the level of polishing as well. What it really needs tbh is a bit of a respray to really bring it up.
VinceFox said:
This i know. I coli'd it before i knew i was getting the claying kit. I then bit the bullet and clayed it knowing it would strip the work and washed and dried it before reapplying the wax. The only thing i didn't fo on your list was the polishing (step 5) as a judgement call. It was pretty sparkly already after hand drying.
One thing i did notice was the bonnet and roof only yielded a slit yellow tint in the clay whereas the sides gave up more proper brown streaks the further down i got. This seemed pretty telling as to the level of polishing as well. What it really needs tbh is a bit of a respray to really bring it up.
Thats normal for a car when its been clayed mate obv the longer withot one the worse it will be. Ive gone through 5 bars of clay on a car before now to get it clean. One thing i did notice was the bonnet and roof only yielded a slit yellow tint in the clay whereas the sides gave up more proper brown streaks the further down i got. This seemed pretty telling as to the level of polishing as well. What it really needs tbh is a bit of a respray to really bring it up.
Anyway obv without seing your car i bet a real good polish would do the biz for you. Honestly a paintwork has to be trashed or really thin paint not to make good.
Polishimg in the correct way can and does make so much difference to how a car looks in my eyes its the most importasnt step.
You seem the kind of fella who knows what he wants / likes. have a look at a site called detailing world. I have nothing to do with the site just learnt what i no off it. Its brilliant tbh. I dont pretend to be a expert to the same level of some of these fellas i just try and help. Everything you will ever need to no about cleaning cars is on it
Edited by theshrew on Saturday 28th January 00:55
theshrew said:
VinceFox said:
This i know. I coli'd it before i knew i was getting the claying kit. I then bit the bullet and clayed it knowing it would strip the work and washed and dried it before reapplying the wax. The only thing i didn't fo on your list was the polishing (step 5) as a judgement call. It was pretty sparkly already after hand drying.
One thing i did notice was the bonnet and roof only yielded a slit yellow tint in the clay whereas the sides gave up more proper brown streaks the further down i got. This seemed pretty telling as to the level of polishing as well. What it really needs tbh is a bit of a respray to really bring it up.
Thats normal for a car when its been clayed mate obv the longer withot one the worse it will be. Ive gone through 5 bars of clay on a car before now to get it clean. One thing i did notice was the bonnet and roof only yielded a slit yellow tint in the clay whereas the sides gave up more proper brown streaks the further down i got. This seemed pretty telling as to the level of polishing as well. What it really needs tbh is a bit of a respray to really bring it up.
Anyway obv without seing your car i bet a real good polish would do the biz for you. Honestly a paintwork has to be trashed or really thin paint not to make good.
Polishimg in the correct way can and does make so much difference to how a car looks in my eyes its the most importasnt step.
You seem the kind of fella who knows what he wants / likes. have a look at a site called detailing world. I have nothing to do with the site just learnt what i no off it. Its brilliant tbh. I dont pretend to be a expert to the same level of some of these fellas i just try and help. Everything you will ever need to no about cleaning cars is on it
Edited by theshrew on Saturday 28th January 00:55
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