The Clay Bar Treatment

[JoltinJoe]

Sounds good.

I have a new topic for the Chryco's Tech Shop: "Cleaning Inside & Out"! 

Member list of Cleaning Products:

It would be great to have a list of each active/experienced member's favorite cleaning products and methods.  Each interested member could simply list there products.  For example http://paintcare-n-detailing.com/kits.html

Or you could just provide your own list and instructions from personal experience.

I don't know who to send my idea to.  So if someone could help me that would be great!

[Bills70]

If You are going to Carlisle this summer there is a vendor out there that sells AND demonstrates the clay bar and a whole line of car cleaning products I purchased several from her a few years ago and they are good quality and not real expensive! she also sells really nice cleaning towels too! If I remember correctly if you purchase a product you get a free towel.  She demonstrated that clay bar to me and it seemed pretty neat! good luck.
Bill

[go-fish]

I just got the Turtle Wax "Ice" clay bar kit. It looks pretty good. I have used Turtle Wax "Ice" liquid polish for along time. It i really good for after you wash your car in between waxings. It really makes it shine.

[hooD]

I use Mothers Clay bar kit.  Most auto parts stores carry it.  I tried Meguiars clay kit but it left too much clay residue on the paint. 

Your paint will feel like glass after a proper clay job and the wax will go on and come off much easier.

Clay will even remove some slight stains in the paint too, an excellent product to add to your arsenal of car cleaning stuff.

[Bullitt-]

For those of you with more money than time & energy Griots has a machine system
http://www.griotsgarage.com/product/car+care/car+polishing/orbitals+and+car+polishing+tools/paint+cleaning+clay+pad.do

[sadil340]

I found the Mother's clay bar system to work great. On my M5 which is black I go the extra step once a year to use 3M Imperial Hand Glaze to remove swirl and light scratch marks. Heavier scratches are first removed with 3M Black Compound. I don't use a machine, black is an intolerant color.

[the_engineers]

Go to www.partsamerica.com.  Search for P/N 07240.  My Advance Auto store has it for $16.19

[grimmey71]

I just clay bar'd my 2008 srt4 and am completly amazed.  the paint is so smooth and it removed so much crap!

[JRoss22]

If your looking for detailing products a bunch of guys I know buy there stuff from this place online http://www.detailedimage.com/

[shadango]

Yeah, clay barring does work wonders.

I found that instead of the lube they sell , you can just clay bar while you wash....

I use a heavy concentration of zip-wax car wash soap.....and after I sponge the dirt off and rinse quickly, I go back over that section with the clay bar, keeping the surfcae all soaped up.

Works great on my factory finish vehicles...havent tried it yet on the fish (new paint).....but I figure it will work the same....

Just remember to wax it afterwards.