Clay bar on a black car....
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...I have a black T/A and I was planning on clay barring the car sometime and polishing and waxing, but one of my friends says that clay barring is a bad idea on a black car because it leaves a bunch of tiny scratches.
I didn't think it would but I didn't feel like getting in a pissing match, figured I'd ask you guys...
I didn't think it would but I didn't feel like getting in a pissing match, figured I'd ask you guys...
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i actually just clay barred my car today and i didn't see any little scratches. Maybe when he saw it, the person was pressing the clay bar and not just letting the clay do its magic. It looks so badass when its done, i definately recommend doing it. I used Mothers kit, it looks fine to me and cost $18 at autozone. Good luck on whatever you choose.
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Here's the only real close-up I could find. This pic was taken right after I claybarred and before I waxed. It's the hood. Tell your friend he's wrong.
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Originally Posted by ritz
Here's the only real close-up I could find. This pic was taken right after I claybarred and before I waxed. It's the hood. Tell your friend he's wrong.
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Originally Posted by ritz
Here's the only real close-up I could find. This pic was taken right after I claybarred and before I waxed. It's the hood. Tell your friend he's wrong.
![](http://s05.imagehost.org/1021/8.jpg)
Here's another to help out another black non-WS6 TA owner.![Winky](https://ls1tech.com/forums/images/smilies/LS1Tech/gr_wink.gif)
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Yeah the clay bar is awesome!!!! He must have either dropped it on the ground before using it, wasn't followin instuctions or simple didn't know how to use it.
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not exactly but the cleaner wax, polish and wax will!!! Well then again I have notices a few really fine scratches to be missing after the claybar but then again I never really paid it much attention.
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Originally Posted by koolkoreanked
not exactly but the cleaner wax, polish and wax will!!! Well then again I have notices a few really fine scratches to be missing after the claybar but then again I never really paid it much attention.
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you can scratch a car by claying improperly. dont do it in the sun and make sure the surface is warm and cool, and use a lot of lube for the surface. If you get a lot of scratches use a polish like meguiars no9 or you can buy some poorboys products on line as well as menzerna. Cleaner wax does nothing but clean paint.
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Honestly the claybar didn't make my car shine. My car shines like that everytime its clean. It just took a lot of contaminents (some I could see some I couldn't) out of the paint and made it feel like glass. I wanted to post those just so the thread starter could see that you don't get scratches...atleast not when used properly.
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Originally Posted by ZaneO
Claybars don't remove swirls or surface imperfections...just contamination.
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Originally Posted by ritz
I know. That's why I said in my post that the claybar didn't make my car look shiny it just made it feel smoothe by removing contamination.