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as much as i was impressed with the finish on the bmw.... i dont think it did as good a job on my white corsa... i think with it being white it doesnt look as good. Got the lumps and bumps out the bonnet tho

a couple of pics to show the results of claying,

heres the pearl showing through,


and heres the shine,

i did mine this week WOW what a diffrence, even though its never proberbly been done since new. my clay bar was ditched

Just to re-elaborate, clay doesn't make your car shine. It just makes the surface before polish/wax much better by removing contaminents.

Clay removes everything from your paint, right down to the clear coat/paint surface. So once you've clayed, be sure to polish and wax, or at the very least wax.

Else you'll just speed up paint fade.

Im tempt to do the rest of my car ... bonnet does look good.

well... mike do you fancy doing the rest of my car lol

If you look closely at your bonnet and then at maybe a wing, I bet

i noticed that just by brushing my hand over the body work... you can feel the smoothness of the bonnet and the little grity bumps in the panels.

That's exactly it. If you clay that area it'll feel smooth, do it a couple of times and it'll feel like glass. But you have to then ensure that you polish or at least wax it because you'll have removed absolutely every protective covering on the paint and lacquer at that point.

sounds like a load of hard work to me

BUT

It's something I need to do! Paintwork feels rubbish at the mo!

Sarahb xx

It's really easy, no where near as hard as you think, wet a wing and rub it with clay and dry the wing. Takes a couple of mins per panel!

dont you have to buff it after you've dried it?

Sarahb xx

yep you do have to polish and wax the car after...


lv hj xx

I get that you have to wax/polish it, but does it not leave a residue on the car?
Sarahb xx

I think from when I have seen ste do it, you put it on, let it dry and then buff it off, ( I think anyway)

HELP SOMEONE!

I are confusded

Sarahb xx