Adam_B
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*idiot warning*
Hi. Ok, was giving the car a quick wash tonight along with Lisas Nissan Fairlady Z and noticed that the paint on her car felt like nice and smooth, like glass and on my car its kinda rough. Its hard to explain sorry, but what im getting at is will it just need a good polish and whats best to use? Does it make a difference that the bodywork is not metal?
Ta 
[Edited on 28-03-2009 by Adam_B]
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Rich H
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Clay bar!
Then polish and wax.
The rough feeling is bonded contaminants such as tar, road grime and sap etc.
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Adam_B
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And i wont have any issuses with it not being metal panels etc?
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Lisa
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thats my bitch.............wash my car
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Rich H
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quote:
Originally posted by Adam_B
And i wont have any issuses with it not being metal panels etc?
Nope, I'd suggest going easy though.
Invest in Bilt Hamber soft clay (important it's the soft one) as this will decrease the risk of heavy marring to the paint etc which would then require machine polishing out - something that's a lot more tricky to do on non metal panels.
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corsa_godfather
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hated it when i first used a clay bar felt it was destroying the paint lol worked a treat though
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Colin
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Clay bar will make it all silky & glass like 
Tener for a kit out of Halfrauds iirc!!?
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Ben G
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i used a clay bar on my plastic bumpers and it was fine.
comes out so smooth and soft it's unreal 
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Lisa
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looks like my time tomorrow is with a clay bar now
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Colin
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Just dont take 6hrs to do one panel like a certain someone on here
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mattk
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I was scepical about claybars till I bough one, they are class, mine always feelis liek its doing more harm than good though, I keep the surface im using clean but it always feels and sounds like its scratching? I use plenty of detailer
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Adam_B
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quote:
Originally posted by Colin
Just dont take 6hrs to do one panel like a certain someone on here
Chances are i will get bored after 10 mins
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Rich H
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quote:
Originally posted by mattk
I was scepical about claybars till I bough one, they are class, mine always feelis liek its doing more harm than good though, I keep the surface im using clean but it always feels and sounds like its scratching? I use plenty of detailer
The noise you hear is the crap being pulled off the surface! But yes it does scratch / mar the surface which is inevitable tbh - people seem to think you don't need to polish after clay which is totally wrong!
You wash, clay, polish, wax 
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mattk
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ahhh right, thought I was doing it wrong. Cheers Rich
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Adam_B
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quote:
Originally posted by Lisa
looks like my time tomorrow is with a clay bar now
Deal. you can be the cars stylist 
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Colin
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quote:
Originally posted by Adam_B
quote:
Originally posted by Colin
Just dont take 6hrs to do one panel like a certain someone on here
Chances are i will get bored after 10 mins
20-25 mins to do a car MAX, yours is just a wee one so 10 mins should be pleny much to get it done!!
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mattk
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that was SteveX16XE makes it even funnier that it was only a lupo
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Adam_B
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10 mins, I like the sound of that
[Edited on 28-03-2009 by Adam_B]
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Lisa
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quote:
Originally posted by Adam_B
quote:
Originally posted by Lisa
looks like my time tomorrow is with a clay bar now
Deal. you can be the cars stylist
not a prob
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Adam_B
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Will it make a difference visually? shinier etc...
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Fad
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Will look loads better but make sure you use a decent wax like collenite if you want a nice curable finish. WIll mean less time washing the car more time driving.
Shame it wont change it from being green 
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Colin
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It will prep the paint in order to make it shiny.
Al the glay bars doing really is getting rid of the small contaminants that washing cant remove, so tar, insects, shit, cum......etc Once youve clayed it wont look great but wash again then polish & it will be tip top.
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Adam_B
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You cant change something from what it isnt Fad.
[Edited on 28-03-2009 by Adam_B]
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Fad
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The detailer contains wax so you will immediately see a difference anyway.
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Fad
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quote:
Originally posted by Adam_B
You cant change something from what it isnt Fad.
[Edited on 28-03-2009 by Adam_B] [/quote
 
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