Clay Bar

Cassius Clarke · 1 Mar 2006 at 13:53

Just rememberd the real reason I joined the forum!

I bought Clay bar since I read all the wonderfull stories and after following the instructions, keeping the paintwork "moist" with the detailer liquid I really think im doing it wrong, looks really crap after trying to "rub it in" and the paintwork looks patchy, if thats the right way to describe it.

is there anything obvious i might not be doing right here? is there a secret way of applying that is not in the instructions?

thanks in advance

Cass

Cassius Clarke · 1 Mar 2006 at 14:13

o, damn, prolly destroyed the bonnet of one of only 14 RHD gemballa GT 500's . . . . ohh well, ill read up and hopefully fix my mistakes.. .. ..

Cassius Clarke · 1 Mar 2006 at 14:32

what are you trying to say? do I need to prove it? if so how, pics video u name it, its on the drive dude.

honestly I think I might have busted the paint on the bonnet, started on the bonnet then after 30 mins gave up as it looked pretty bad. it does look ok now ive waxed it though, no marks or nothing, I just went to double check and I dont think ive wrecked it afterall.

Cassius Clarke · 1 Mar 2006 at 14:40

shall I write your name on a piece of paper also just to prove autheniticity? or would you prefer somthing else? let me know

Cassius Clarke · 1 Mar 2006 at 14:43

its a car dude, Ill get a pic now with your name on a A4 peice of paper uner the window wiper, thus to avoid any further questions

Cassius Clarke · 1 Mar 2006 at 14:45

ok sorry, any other suggestions? anyone can get a pic of a car from the web ?

Cassius Clarke · 1 Mar 2006 at 14:46

ok, I understand, I would like to resolve the suspicions though, this way it wont happen in future.

Cassius Clarke · 1 Mar 2006 at 14:47

also as for damage, it looked awfull when I had clay bar'ed but after a couple of layers of polish and wax it just looks like swirl marks now. . .

Cassius Clarke · 1 Mar 2006 at 14:57

lol hehehe no honestly you really dont wanna see a fat guy naked

Cassius Clarke · 1 Mar 2006 at 15:03

mail sent to paul, bit of a crap pic though

Cassius Clarke · 1 Mar 2006 at 15:12

Rotty, thats what I thought, instructions say rub it in firm, so I did, im having second throught about this clay bar

Cassius Clarke · 1 Mar 2006 at 15:20

its just an old 911 dude, thats been tinkered by some suasage festival in germany. ill dig out some pics, one min

Cassius Clarke · 1 Mar 2006 at 15:24

Cassius Clarke · 1 Mar 2006 at 15:26

Cassius Clarke · 1 Mar 2006 at 15:36

had her for a while dude, reliable everyday car

Cassius Clarke · 1 Mar 2006 at 15:42

I emailed to paul ? could try hosting it myself but this fotango thing i got all my other pics on is el crappo

Cassius Clarke · 1 Mar 2006 at 15:47

Oblivious said:
Nice, hope the damage isnt too much.

I dont think the damage is too bad tbh, looks ok actually now but when i first did it looked awefull, Ill get the bonnet resprayed if it starts to look bad, ive had the bumper and bonnet done before, its a every 2 years job becuase of stonechips, they are like magnets to stones 911's.

Cassius Clarke · 1 Mar 2006 at 16:01

u cant see the swirls in the pic, I need to position the sun right I think to get the detail correct

Cassius Clarke · 1 Mar 2006 at 16:04

hmm 3 stage? ill check that out

Cassius Clarke · 1 Mar 2006 at 16:27

well i think the marks did polish out, after reading the link I think I did not keep the clay as moist as it needed to be. . . . the meguire instructions where not so clear iirc