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Why would you pay for a full car claybar? Not unless your car is covered in tree sap or something you got off the road that gives it a grit feeling to the paint.
Only time I ever used claybar was with tree sap otherwise its uesless to me. Hand wash and dry and buff it with a low grit compound then polish and gloss it.
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the S4 > Mazda6 but I will be using clay this spring on mine. Read up on it here
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Flowcus wrote:
Why would you pay for a full car claybar? Not unless your car is covered in tree sap or something you got off the road that gives it a grit feeling to the paint.Only time I ever used claybar was with tree sap otherwise its uesless to me. Hand wash and dry and buff it with a low grit compound then polish and gloss it.
Clay bars also help leveling orange peel, not mention the remove debris you can't see until it is removed. I clay bar my car once a year, clean it more than anyone on this board, drive it less than anyone (cept maybe some of the DSM guys) and I am still suprised in the crud I can get off with the clay bar. Beleive me, it makes a huge difference in slickness. Take a look at a used clay bar on a car you thought was clean, it will amaze you. -
ravi wrote:
All those trips to the DIY wash left way too many mild sratches all over. Who knows where people are using those foam brushes.CLay bar is nice.
If you are worried about mild scratches/swirls, I would have them hit it with a buffer instead of trying to hide it with a wax. Claybar won't help swirls or scratches. -
I can do what ever you want done, But Id like to see the car first. Depending on the condition it may need both Clay and Buff.. Most of the time when I clay a car I go over and buff/polish it.
Our Shop is right next to SLS Unit E
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If your getting orange peel on an Audi then someone really fucked up. And when I was working my detail job I guarantee you didnt clean your car more then me.
Hand washed and dried with some of the best micro fiber towels on the market, degreased and steam cleaned the engine bay, degreased and cleaned the wheels. Full interior detail would use a low PSI air nosle to blow the carpet, seats, and dash off. Vacuum the shit out of it, then start the interior detailing process. Shampoo seats and carpets first then let them dry while I buffed the exterior for a couple hours if compound was needed. Moved back inside once everything was dry then started with an all purpose cleaner cleaning every nook and cranny of the car using my detail brushes and micro fiber towel. Then went over the interior with a water based dressing with my brushes and towel giving it a nice shine and dirt/dust protection. Cleaned all the windows, then moved back outside and shined the tires and wheels.
Its a more in detail process then that but I would spend a good 4-5hrs every saturday cleaning my car. Sometimes longer if I needed to use a compound while buffing. And I would spend all day if needed to get swirls out of the paint because I HATE swirls. Nothing worse then a car with swirls in the paint.
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Flowcus wrote:
If your getting orange peel on an Audi then someone really fucked up. And when I was working my detail job I guarantee you didnt clean your car more then me.Hand washed and dried with some of the best micro fiber towels on the market, degreased and steam cleaned the engine bay, degreased and cleaned the wheels. Full interior detail would use a low PSI air nosle to blow the carpet, seats, and dash off. Vacuum the shit out of it, then start the interior detailing process. Shampoo seats and carpets first then let them dry while I buffed the exterior for a couple hours if compound was needed. Moved back inside once everything was dry then started with an all purpose cleaner cleaning every nook and cranny of the car using my detail brushes and micro fiber towel. Then went over the interior with a water based dressing with my brushes and towel giving it a nice shine and dirt/dust protection. Cleaned all the windows, then moved back outside and shined the tires and wheels.
Its a more in detail process then that but I would spend a good 4-5hrs every saturday cleaning my car. Sometimes longer if I needed to use a compound while buffing. And I would spend all day if needed to get swirls out of the paint because I HATE swirls. Nothing worse then a car with swirls in the paint.
4-5 hrs is childs play. At times I spend that on paint alone every saturday. I am not impressed.Orange peel is present in almost any car, unless you are driving a car worth more than 6 figures.
And what do YOU consider good MF towels?
I challange you to a shine-off!
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94NDTA wrote:
4-5 hrs is childs play. At times I spend that on paint alone every saturday. I am not impressed.Orange peel is present in almost any car, unless you are driving a car worth more than 6 figures.
And what do YOU consider good MF towels?
I challange you to a shine-off!
Your on !!!! Ive been practicing all day on a Dark Blue 3500 Chevy.... Now im off to go buff a 2003 Chevy SS..
Soon i will post pictures of the Worst Van that we have ever detailed..
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I doubt your van would be worse then the one I detailed from Grand Buffet on 32nd ave south. We got their delivery van and it was FILLED, and I mean FILLED with maggots. They would spill food and not clean it up or leave food in there and maggots were EVERYWHERE. I had to pull everything out of the inside and strip it down and procede to vacuum every maggot out of there. It fucking sucked.
4-5hrs was without a good buff. I can spend that just buffing with a compound...
And as far as your shine off... lets take 2 black cars and have a buff off. And a high grit compound will start it off. I would like to see if you can remove every swirl in the car on a black car with using a deep buff compound.
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Flowcus wrote:
I doubt your van would be worse then the one I detailed from Grand Buffet on 32nd ave south. We got their delivery van and it was FILLED, and I mean FILLED with maggots. They would spill food and not clean it up or leave food in there and maggots were EVERYWHERE. I had to pull everything out of the inside and strip it down and procede to vacuum every maggot out of there. It fucking sucked.4-5hrs was without a good buff. I can spend that just buffing with a compound...
And as far as your shine off... lets take 2 black cars and have a buff off. And a high grit compound will start it off. I would like to see if you can remove every swirl in the car on a black car with using a deep buff compound.
Or we could just shine off with our own cars.
POW!
And thats a WHITE car.
What MF's do you use? what machine do you use? What compounds do you use? -
I will post pics of Ravi's car when im done with it, along with his rents Jag and Audi
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Flowcus wrote:
Why would you pay for a full car claybar? Not unless your car is covered in tree sap or something you got off the road that gives it a grit feeling to the paint.Only time I ever used claybar was with tree sap otherwise its uesless to me. Hand wash and dry and buff it with a low grit compound then polish and gloss it.
actually take a piece of celophane on your finger and rub it on the paint and windows. tell me how that feels, then claybar the whole car including windows, do the same thing with the celophane and then tell me how that feels. its not useless, it works wonders!
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besides, who cares how often you buff your car, as long as it looks clean i doubt you need to clean it every other day, let alone spend THAT much time cleaning.
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