Using A Clay Bar?

[chevyhusker]

I have read some lately about clay bars. My black truck has quite a few water spots and I think that using the clay bar would be the best way to get rid of them (tell me if im wrong). Is this fairly easy to do? also which bar is the best?

[txab]

https://www.adamspolishes.com/t-videos.aspx

 

Watch the video.....

[redjewel2ss]

it's a good workout, but yeah it is the best way to remove water spots.

 

i use Adam's Polishes products, and their clay bar comes with A LOT of clay. but the thing about clay bar is it is patented by AutoMagic so everyone's clay is the same. there are a couple of different grades for body shop purposes, but everything over the counter is the same.

 

keep in mind, clay removes ALL contaminants on the surface of the paint, including wax. so after you clay it would be good to polish and wax it afterwards. the clay bar is also good at removing stubborn stuff on glass as well.

[RyanbabZ71]

quote]everyone's clay is the same

 

 

I have used quite a few different brands and have never come across 2 that I would consider the same.

[Outbacker]

I have been using Meguire's clay bar for a few years now and have had no problems. Just remember if you drop the clay at anytime, just throw it out and open a new one. The dropped bar will pick up crap and scratch the crap out of your paint. But it removes all tar and road deposits from your paint. Follow up with a wash and wax after wards, and yeah, set aside a few hours to do this. My yearly routine is wash, clay bar, wash again followed by one coat of polish and one coat of wax. Have fun.

[nickvrebel]

a clay bar can do wonderful things to old oxidized paint. My Girlfriend had a 1990 Buick Skylark 100% original and the paint looked very dull from years of being owned by an older lady who never had it detailed. We spent the time giving it a good hand wash, then clay bar (in the shade), then another good wash and finished it with a fresh wax job and the paint was bright and shiny. I was quite impressed. The only places that it could not help were the old rubbery plastic bumpers where the paint was horrible and had no hope.

 

We used either Maguire's or Mother's, can't remember, it came from Walmart.