Damn, as Danny Glover would say - I'm gettin too old for this sh*t!

Clayed and glazed, my car is finally "shiney". Not bad for 17-year old original paint (except for the hood). Here are some dark garage blurry shots, but you get the idea. Can't wait to give the car a nice coat of Rejex, after I wash the remaining glaze off next weekend.

I vow to get me a PC polisher soon!

Ps--I also removed my filthy stone guards...runnin naked, for now!

 

Very nice

 

Damm and I thought just my Blitz was enough!

 

DEEEEYamm...

 

NOICE! Looks minty fresh!

 

Thanks...it was a PITA, but worth it!

Alex--You MUST buy some clay, and give the car a dawn wash, clay, polish and wax. Unless your paint is smooth to the touch (not sure it was when I had it), clay will do wonders. My car felt like it was in need of a shave before the clay treatment. Now...smooth as silk!

 

I heart clay treatment. It also makes it so your polishing pads won't get torn up by the dirt on the paint...

 

I agree - clay works wonders. Car looks great Andy. Ive used Rejex on 2 other cars and the 951s wheels - very easy to use and holds up great.

 

I look forward to wiping on Rejex, and wiping it off, nice and easy. Carnuba is good, but way to high-maintenance! I wanna preserve my hard work for months!

 

I only clay once a year to avoid excess wear on the paint.

I love how it looks afterward though. Good ****.....

 

Yeah, I only plan to clay once in a blue moon! My car mostly sits in the garage during the winter. If I keep a coat of Rejex on there, that should keep most of the dirt and stuff off the paint when it is outside in the summer...etc.

Clay definately took off some of the white paint...small amount, but it was on there! One reason I love non-clearcoated paint colors!

 

So...how did you get the stone guards off? Were yours cracked?

 

Looks great! ````````````` btw what's a pc polisher??

 

What exactly is "claying"?

I use 3M Imperial Finishing compound. It's the color of a cappuchino I guess you could say. It's tan in color to say the least. It's the best polishing/buffing compound I have used. My truck had some of the most faded out, rough surface paint you could ever lay hands on. I bought a quart of this at O'Reiley for $22.99 (it's behind the counter it's so good!). I used a machine buffer with some meguairs, didn't work. I waxed the **** out of the truck; didn't work. Finally, when it went in for the clutch job, the guy that worked on it put a dab on my "unsaveable" hood, and buffed about a 6x6 spot, and the next day, I had to go buy some it worked so good. Most people told me my clear coat was virtually gone, but it wasn't. My dad and I hand polished the truck with this stuff, and it took around 3 hours. You just apply quarter sized drops, then get a bath towel, and just keep rubbing it around until the area is shiny, and the compund is gone. I touched a few spots up last weekend, and then waxed my truck. My paint is now as smooth as glass, and as shiny, although some parts of the hood are not going to be saved as they are orange, and all different colors. It does help the fading and shiny parts of the paint though. When I wash my truck, it looks as if just rolled off the line the paint is so shiny.

Now, of course your going to have swirl marks if you use a machine buffer or even by hand, and thats were Finese It or Fineese (pronounced Fi-ness) comes into play. It removes all swirl marks. Although at like 40 some a bottle, I could live with the swirl marks, and the time saved from rubbing this all over my truck. This is aqcuired at O'Reily's as well, behind the counter yet again.

Not many people know of these items, and I could tell when I got my 3M imperial Finish. The bottle had tons of dust on it.

Sorry to sort of hijack the thread, but this has worked very well for me. It might be able to save you, and/or others time in the long run over this "claying" method.

If anybody wants, I can get a picture of the bottle, and some good shots of my trucks hood, to show how good this stuff works.

 

a PC Polisher, Lynn is the porter cable random orbital buffer. it's great, and works wonders.

BigNNasty, Claying, is running a small lump of clay over your paint to remove any and all contaminates that may have imbedded themselves into the paint. this could be dust, bird poo, sap, pollen, exhaust, pollution, whatever. if you run your hand over your truck's paint, and as AndyK said, it felt like it had stubble, that's the contaminate. after clay, it feels like glass. makes it so it can recieve the new polishes and waxes and just glow. if you were in Colorado, I'd gladly give you a demonstration.