Re: Ever use a clay bar on your car?

Posted by Ken Sadler On 2013/10/16 2:19:03

The key to using a clay bar successfully is to use plenty of lubricant. You can use soapy water but the Meguiars spray wax is effective and is recommended as part of their clay kit.

To see how effective it has been, take a very lightweight plastic bag (sandwich bag on a roll type) and place your hand in it. Sweep your hand over the paintwork and you will feel the plastic catching and dragging on the paintwork even if it is freshly washed and clean. The snagging is caused by micro particles of iron filings and other impurities that simply dig their way into the paint.

The clay bar will draw these particles out and the surface of the bar may also appear orange after some use, showing that the impurities have been lifted.

The same hand-in-the-bag test should then show that the paint surface is super-smooth. Simply apply lots of wax thereafter.