that comment from you?

 

Morning Chris, Megs is fine but you will need to knead it first to soften it, it is a pretty hard one to get going. Another way is to put it in warm water first to soften it. Keep lubricating the area you are working with to prevent the claybar from sticking, dont be scared. For lubrication use a quick detailer such as the one that comes with the Megs claybar.
There are different intensities of claybars too, for a clearcoat I would stick to the more mild ones such as ClayMagics fine grade detailing clay which it pretty soft and sticky. It works fine for me because it comes in 200g packs and I do get through this stuff a lot. For personal use you should only need to use it every six months.

Oh and one more point, if you drop it do not re use it, even if you wash it else you may start rubbing microfine grit across you preped surface.

 

Just remind me, Claybar doesn't remove lacquer does it?

Looks like a very professional job-pity you aren't further North. Know anyone who does this stuff that is?

 

No is doesn't remove laquer Smog, although the more heavy duty ones are NOT recommended for clearcoat cars. What you are doing with a claybar is removing any surface contaminants. When contaminants get a solid grip on your car's paint, washing alone may not be enough to remove them. Pre-wax cleaners also may not be able to exfoliate large particles. In this case, you have two choices: use a polishing compound, which removes paint material, or use a clay bar. Clay isn't a polish or a compound, it is a surface preparation bar that smoothes the paint and exfoliates contaminants.This will make your paint look brighter and feel smoother, in a lot of cases if the cars paint has been maintained, this is all you need to get the car looking sharp again.

I'm afraid I dont know any guy's personally up Norf who can help you but there are plenty of Pro's around the UK who can do the work. What you need to ask is if they do machine buffing rather than hand polishing. Expect to pay in the region of

 

Thanks

 

I liked the megs clay when i used it, the Zaino is much harder.

 

[QUOTE=Moggy,Aug 31 2006, 12:24 PM] Thanks

 

I dont think you need to be selling the car to justify repairing the paintwork. It dosent matter how much wax put on your car or how much you Zaino it, all you are doing is filling in the cracks with pollyfiller and it does wear off, leaving behind those dreadful swirls. By smoothing off the swirl marks you are getting back to a decent canvas to work with so any polishing becomes a pleasure rather than an all day chore, saving you time and materials. If you are willing to spend little time and effort learning the basic skills you can save yourself.

 

Nice job Lee,
as to why red paint fades more than most see here:

http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/showthread.php?t=8665

 

So its about the Nasty UV rays being absorbed by most by red paints. Comes back to plenty of suntan lotion for red heads because they burn easily

Slap on the old EX-P Tony and she'll be fine.