1st time with clay

[cookiemo]

Used clay for the first time today. Worked well, I brought a kit including clay, microfibre towel and detailing spray.
Just one question... should I have used more of the spray in one session?
Any recommendations for which spray works best?

 

[stephen1985]

loads of water mate.keep the surface soaked

 

[Geddes]

You can use as much spray as you want just as long the surface is wet or you'll damage the surface

 

[bark]

Meh!

Totally fooked my paint claying a couple of weeks back, is it possible to over lube?

 

[Fletcher]

I use plenty of QD when i clay.

 

[theduck]

I used one bottle of Megs QD doing 2 cars

 

[Paul.]

Meh!

Totally fooked my paint claying a couple of weeks back, is it possible to over lube?

yes

 

[Dip]

I used 2/3 of QD when claying.

Dodo Slippy is my next buy.

 

[JD]

Megs last touch, perfectly slippery, and can be diluted. Got two bottles made up before each detail, one 1:5, one 1:2.

Claying is surprisingly easy to bugger up and can really do some damage, leaving marks in the paint. I would suggest all newbies talk it through on here and do a search on youtube/DW for videos on the action required.

 

[cookiemo]

I'm impressed with the results, and shocked at the much that ended up in the clay. I was using Megs QD, was affraid of not keeping it moist enough hence using loads. Doing 1 panel at a time and wiping away the excess with the towel once done.

Got a right moan of the missus about spending 4 hours washing my car, it was worth it.

 

[Justin]

Claying often makes the paint look worse afterwards. Should really be done, then polished etc.

 

[JD]

Just to make sure mate, as it seems a common mis conception;

wash, clay, polish, protect.

Your paint work is really bare once you have clayed it, so you need to polish out the marks it has left and then protect it, so you don't need to remove the build up again.

edit; damn you Justine!

 

[Justin]

Ha! I'm too quick!

 

[Ali]

Claying often makes the paint look worse afterwards. Should really be done, then polished etc.

Not often! It will make the paint look worse. Esp in sunlight! I hate claying fcukin tedious job!

 

[Justin]

Well yeah. Makes the paint feel awesome though!

 

[Ali]

Yep! Smooth as your chops tina!