I’ve never done it before but today I decided to give claying a go. If you haven’t done it before you might find this useful.
Do I need to clay? I did the plastic bag over your hand test, rub the car with your hand in a bag after the car has been cleaned if its bumpy then that is the muck on the paint and therefore its worth claying it.
What do you actually do? To be honest I had no idea what it involved when I set out to buy the clay from Halfords, I didn’t know what you actually did with it. All you do is spray on the lubricant which then allows you to rub the clay across the paintwork. With a bit of work much like polishing, the clay then lifts all the muck off the car. You need the clay every so often to get a clean face to it. Once you’ve done a panel wipe it dry with a microfibre cloth. After that the car will need a polish.
What did I get? I went for the Meguiars kit as it came with a microfibre cloth and I needed one of them anyway, the lubricant was the Meguiars detailer which was a nice to have for the future and also a small sample of polish came with it as well - it cost £24.99. It has two clay bars in the kit 50g each. I used one for the whole car so have another for next time.
Is claying worth it? Definitely; the difference is very visible especially as the car is silver and shows up any tar spots. I have used tar remover before and it takes an age to do what this did very quickly.
the kit
the car
Do I need to clay? I did the plastic bag over your hand test, rub the car with your hand in a bag after the car has been cleaned if its bumpy then that is the muck on the paint and therefore its worth claying it.
What do you actually do? To be honest I had no idea what it involved when I set out to buy the clay from Halfords, I didn’t know what you actually did with it. All you do is spray on the lubricant which then allows you to rub the clay across the paintwork. With a bit of work much like polishing, the clay then lifts all the muck off the car. You need the clay every so often to get a clean face to it. Once you’ve done a panel wipe it dry with a microfibre cloth. After that the car will need a polish.
What did I get? I went for the Meguiars kit as it came with a microfibre cloth and I needed one of them anyway, the lubricant was the Meguiars detailer which was a nice to have for the future and also a small sample of polish came with it as well - it cost £24.99. It has two clay bars in the kit 50g each. I used one for the whole car so have another for next time.
Is claying worth it? Definitely; the difference is very visible especially as the car is silver and shows up any tar spots. I have used tar remover before and it takes an age to do what this did very quickly.
the kit
the car
