ramflava
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- 6.7 Cummins Turbo Diesel
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Just a heads up. When you clay a vehicle, you're not only removing contaminants, but are actually marring the surface as well. Whenever you clay, you should polish the paint as well. I would follow the clay bar with M205 or Meguiar's Ultimate Polish. I have a detail business, and would never clay anyones car without following up with a polish of some sort.
What clay are you using?
Chewy, I'm registered. Just never on there.
Yeah, I'm sure in the future I'll invest into the adam's machines, but right now I have a cheap orbital that'll likely do the job, just needed to buy some polish right quick and some bonnets.
Be careful with that. They tend to be aggresive and produce more marring than clay alone. As for clay alternatives, I will be ordering the Nano Skin Auto scrub. It attaches to the DA like a pad, and really sepeds things up. When your doing 4-5 details a week (side gig), claying gets tiring.Results for Speedy Surface Prep Towel, - Search
You might consider using a Speedy Surface Prep Towel instead of a clay bar. They have been getting some good reviews from professional detailers and they appear to do a better job than clay barring. They seem to last for quite awhile also. Just another option---
Jay
Im a huge Meguiars Mirror Glaze fan. Not a fan boy, like you'll find on the detailing forums. Its realitivly inexpensive, works, and can be found locally if need be.Sooooo yeah... I had already started when you posted that. DAMN! I'll need to go get some polish. Any recommendations?
Also I have an orbital machine, but I've never used it and I don't know the correct pads to use. Any suggestions?
Thanks for the info!
Check out AutoGeeks YouTube channel. Also, Mike Phillips had a book out that will educate you on the correct paint correction techniques. I go by the same name on AutoGeek's forum.Check out autogeek.net. They have instructional vid.'s about using a buffer and also they have great info about polishes and which pads are the best to use. Meguiar's is a good polish and Wolfgang also has a good polish. Good luck and be sure to post the results. ( I've always found that a 12 pack makes the job go much eaiser and with less pain). LOL
Jay
I have a Griots 6" DA with a ton of pads. Rule of thumb, is to use the least aggresive product needed. Always do a test spot. Ive corrected newer GM models that needed hr's of compounding and polishing. Then some Imports and even my Ram that corrected pretty quickly.Yeah, I'm sure in the future I'll invest into the adam's machines, but right now I have a cheap orbital that'll likely do the job, just needed to buy some polish right quick and some bonnets.
I've had just the opposite experience with professional detailers. The ones I've talked to are very willing to help, they give me good tryed and true information that has been accurate 100 % of the time----and they are not trying to sell me a product or think one line of products is the best to the excluison of all others.
Jay