Darren S
ClioSport Club Member
When will I learn? 
After recovering from last year's fiasco (http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?t=135061&highlight=clay) I had the 'bright idea' of trying it again today.
Everything would be different this time though, or so I thought. I read and re-read what I needed to do and I would pick a small area of the car that's mainly out of sight.
I picked an area - roughly 12" long underneath the side strip on the drivers door where a lot of contaminants were stuck - mainly tar specks. After the car was given a good washing and a dry down, I looked along the door and compared the view both above and below the side strip.
Roughly the same in appearance (slight swirls marks) but below the strip clearly had a lot more deposits. So, crouched down in front of this section of door, I had already prepped my new piece of Megs clay in warm water and drowned the section of door in Quik Detailer.
As gently as I could, I moved the clay side to side (for approx half-a-dozen) goes then checked the surface of the clay. Sure enough, there was the telltale brown/yellowy tint that I understood to be tar deposits.
Fecking great, I thought and folded the clay over to reveal a virgin-white surface again.
I moved a few inches back and drenched the door section again with QD and repeated the process. It was then I thought best to check on what the results were like.
I had a bucket with a tepid water AG shampoo/water mix and sponge in and rewashed the area again. Rinsed it off and dried it off too.
Then, the sh1t hit the fan again. It looked absolutely bloody awful. The contaminants had clearly gone, but the section of door was surface-scratched to buggery. The view below the door strip now was much worse than that above. Slight swirls I can cope with - blatant scratches look fecking awful.
So, back to the Abort/Panic/Recovery Scenario that I had last year. Thank god for Megs ScratchX and AG's Super Resin Polish afterwards. Between them, they've pretty much reduced the clay-applied scratches to the minor ones of before.
I must be the only person on this forum who cannot for the life of me, use this bloody product, ffs. It's hardly rocket science, is it? Yet on both occasions, it has looked worse than when I started it.
I will never, ever use Megs clay on my car's bodywork again. I am 110% disillusioned with it - unless of course, I am blatantly doing something wrong. I must be. Why does no one else appear to have this trouble with it?
D.
After recovering from last year's fiasco (http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?t=135061&highlight=clay) I had the 'bright idea' of trying it again today.
Everything would be different this time though, or so I thought. I read and re-read what I needed to do and I would pick a small area of the car that's mainly out of sight.
I picked an area - roughly 12" long underneath the side strip on the drivers door where a lot of contaminants were stuck - mainly tar specks. After the car was given a good washing and a dry down, I looked along the door and compared the view both above and below the side strip.
Roughly the same in appearance (slight swirls marks) but below the strip clearly had a lot more deposits. So, crouched down in front of this section of door, I had already prepped my new piece of Megs clay in warm water and drowned the section of door in Quik Detailer.
As gently as I could, I moved the clay side to side (for approx half-a-dozen) goes then checked the surface of the clay. Sure enough, there was the telltale brown/yellowy tint that I understood to be tar deposits.
Fecking great, I thought and folded the clay over to reveal a virgin-white surface again.
I moved a few inches back and drenched the door section again with QD and repeated the process. It was then I thought best to check on what the results were like.
I had a bucket with a tepid water AG shampoo/water mix and sponge in and rewashed the area again. Rinsed it off and dried it off too.
Then, the sh1t hit the fan again. It looked absolutely bloody awful. The contaminants had clearly gone, but the section of door was surface-scratched to buggery. The view below the door strip now was much worse than that above. Slight swirls I can cope with - blatant scratches look fecking awful.
So, back to the Abort/Panic/Recovery Scenario that I had last year. Thank god for Megs ScratchX and AG's Super Resin Polish afterwards. Between them, they've pretty much reduced the clay-applied scratches to the minor ones of before.
I must be the only person on this forum who cannot for the life of me, use this bloody product, ffs. It's hardly rocket science, is it? Yet on both occasions, it has looked worse than when I started it.
I will never, ever use Megs clay on my car's bodywork again. I am 110% disillusioned with it - unless of course, I am blatantly doing something wrong. I must be. Why does no one else appear to have this trouble with it?
D.
