I bought some Finesse Iron cut to help keep my white paint rust free, do I use it before clay bar or after claying ?. Thanks for any replies.

Joey

 

Use it before claying. The iron cut will reduce how long you have to clay and also less stuff to mar your paint while claying.

 

seconded.

also i've heard you can dilute most iron cutting products with distilled water and not lose too much effectiveness. your mileage will very. make sure to keep the paint well lubricated with quick detailer. i use a 50/50 quick detailer/water mix.

 

thanks for the quick replies guys, much appreciated.

 

i didnt even know this existed. is it absolutely necessary to use before claying?

 

No but I think it is good to try once and a while to get those microscopic ferrous particles out of the paint. If you have a white car those particles eventually show up as millions of rust specks and it looks terrible, hence the interest in me attacking this on my vehicle. Also good to use on wheels where brake dust covers the rims.

 

ooooo, good idea, maybe ill try that out. My wheels have brake dust caked on.

 

I'd do it before to remove any contaminants before claying

Get that brake dust off asap! It can be a permanent issue if brake dust is allowed to sit long enough on wheels.

 

Joey,

where did you get the iron cut? I'm noticing some of these orange spots on my S.

 

There's Iron-X on Amazon.com. I think it's the same junk lol. It's been in my cart forever but I just have such a hard time buying something over $20 per bottle >_< even though I KNOW it would have saved me like 3 hours a few weekends ago when I clayed my white 2002 truck that probably was never detailed in its life...