question about clay

**rickeys16v** · 29th April 2010, 09:13

what is it for ???? i know im being thick also what does everyone use to shine their alloys i hate havin shiny tires and dull looking alloys...

**shearzy** · 29th April 2010, 09:17

clay pull all the crap off ya paintwork that polish goes over. it gives it a glass like feel. its really good stuff and really easy to ise. just make sure you wax car after to seal it

**rickeys16v** · 29th April 2010, 09:19

Originally Posted by shearzy

clay pull all the crap off ya paintwork that polish goes over. it gives it a glass like feel. its really good stuff and really easy to ise. just make sure you wax car after to seal it

thanks for the quick response shearzy think i will have to invest in some of it and give it ago

**luke4487** · 29th April 2010, 16:31

I found clay to be a bit of a con lol... it moved the tiny rough surface contaminants but no the major crap from tree sap etc (the tiny green circles you sometimes get).

However I bought a wheel clean kit from autoglym which was pretty good. Comes with custome wheel clean, a clean brush which gets right into the lil areas, then I polished and waxed and then used the wheel seal.. Gives a two tone effect on the paintwork.. very nice

**Gavin2.6** · 30th April 2010, 16:49

Originally Posted by luke4487

I found clay to be a bit of a con lol... i

Clay is not for removing big particals. It is designed to remove the stuff you cant see like tiny contaminants in the paints surface.

You clean first to remove the visible. Clay to remove the invisible then start on the polish. No good polishing if the tiny particals are there as they add to the swirls