Clay Bar

Ian · Post by **Ian** » Fri Jul 18, 2003 12:09 am

Friend of mine sent me some clay bar - it is used in the but not so much in this country except for concours kinda people.

Anyway - he asked me to do this test - wash and polish you car (then wax) after all that (if you've got the energy) put your hand in a plastic sandwich bag and glide hand (in bag) across your bonnet - what do you feel....lots and lots of grit (when I tried).

Anyway, even though you've done all this elbow work all you've done is seal in all the pollutants, grit, and other manner of of things into the paint surface.

So I tried this clay bar (after giving the car a wash (it's basically common clay with some other ingrdients) - you use it with a lubricant (and in the same manner as you would when you polish/wax), rinse car, then dry off the car - do the same trick with the bag ....blooming heck - the paintwork felt like polished glass - then you can polish and wax. It basically removes all the grit and other pollutants from your paintwork / clearcoat.

I'm told you only need do this twice a year - but the difference in finish is amazing. Also, it's perfect for clear coat as it helps get rid of unsightly swirl marks.

Meguiars do a kit which can be bought from Discount Auto Parts. I've used the stuff my friend sent from the US on the Polo and also on my Volvo...

Anyone else tried this - common as muck over the pond and looking at some pics of their motors, you can see why.

KarlM · Post by **KarlM** » Fri Jul 18, 2003 11:40 pm

If someone could supply details like price and availability i would be very interested in some of this

Ian · Post by **Ian** » Fri Jul 18, 2003 11:59 pm

Just ordered some from here:

http://www.fletcherswebshop.co.uk/page30.html

scroll halfway down - kit is Â£11:99

I see Josh uses clay too....

Cheers,
Ian

polo2k · Post by **polo2k** » Sat Jul 19, 2003 11:33 am

could some one please look on the packageing to see if its name is printed in french so that they understand when i ask for it as i dont even know what it looks like

Speedlaw · Post by **Speedlaw** » Sat Jul 19, 2003 9:43 pm

I want some too. The sad thing is, it's not known here at all.

I'm guessing www.Petzoldts.de has some, they ship everywhere. I just wish I could just pick some of it up on the corner Halfords' outlet.

Ian · Post by **Ian** » Sat Jul 19, 2003 11:10 pm

polo2k wrote:could some one please look on the packageing to see if its name is printed in french so that they understand when i ask for it as i dont even know what it looks like

It looks like an oblong piece of white modelling clay approx 50mm x 100mm and 30mm thick - you need to use a special lubricant (which comes in the packaging

Doesn't say it on package - it's pretty much known as clay bar everywhere, but in french: barre d'argile - you'll probably get a load of soil though

Anyway, the link I put in to fletchers - they ship anywhere in the world (free in the UK) - 2 day - 5 day - I'll get some for you speedlaw and Ash if you want and I can ship it from my office for nowt (yes really) - just buy me a beer sometime..

I use the maguiars stuf - and it's absolutely awsome - you'll be amazed how much crap it can take out of a clean car - let me know here or pm or mail me - I'll get some to you pronto..

Actually, I have a spare kit now from dtconcours - has the clay, lubricant, wash and carnuba wax - going free - mail me an address and it's on it's way...

Cheers,
Ian

Speedlaw · Post by **Speedlaw** » Sat Jul 19, 2003 11:38 pm

Ian,

Your offer is unbelievable! Won't you get in trouble at your office? The Meguiar's Quick Clay pack sells for â‚¬19.99 + â‚¬7 shipping @ Petzoldts, so the 12 Pound Sterling (that apparently includes shipping

) is quite good!

Anyhow,

I've PM'd you!

Ian · Post by **Ian** » Sat Jul 19, 2003 11:58 pm

Speedlaw wrote:Ian,

Your offer is unbelievable! Won't you get in trouble at your office? The Meguiar's Quick Clay pack sells for â‚¬19.99 + â‚¬7 shipping @ Petzoldts, so the 12 Pound Sterling (that apparently includes shipping ) is quite good!

Anyhow,

I've PM'd you!

Won't you get in trouble at your office? - nope - pm'd you

Post by **Josh_PoloGTi** » Sun Jul 20, 2003 6:54 pm

I've been promoting the use of clay for ages now... got quite a few people using it on the UK-MKIVS forum too... It's amazing stuff... I wouldn't be without it!

polo2k · Post by **polo2k** » Sun Jul 20, 2003 7:38 pm

why did my server have to go down

im not happy

any way im not too rushed cos i have some body work to be doing at the moment so itll be clayed after that if i can find any

Speedlaw · Post by **Speedlaw** » Sun Jul 20, 2003 8:33 pm

Can't wait.

I got my Liquid Glass kit today, really pleased with that box full of cleaning goodies. I've also bought some Lexol leather cleaner (need some more leather to be honest) and Vinylex (Lexol) vinyl and plastic cleaner/beautifier. Very good stuff too!

Cleaning is cool - let's hope the summer won't end...

Post by **Josh_PoloGTi** » Sun Jul 20, 2003 10:10 pm

"...gonna take you to a clay bar, clay bar..."

KarlM · Post by **KarlM** » Sun Jul 20, 2003 11:32 pm

john_wintle · Post by **john_wintle** » Thu Jul 24, 2003 8:55 pm

I am doind a clay bar GB over on the Mk4 forum but here are the details if any of you are interested.

I only have a limited number and they are going FAST!

Is anyone interested in a SWISSOL clay bar GB.

I should be able to get some 125g clay bars for Â£13 delivered to you.

These are HUGE and enough to do about 5 cars probably!

email of PM me.

john

hardhitter · Post by **hardhitter** » Thu Jul 24, 2003 9:52 pm

Meguiars do a quick clay detailing system, which I was very impressed with. You can get meguiars with free delivery from www.extremecarcare.co.uk