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Old Mar 9, 2006 | 07:33 AM
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Ur the one who likes it up the oxo tower!
My cars quicker than your Cabriogay Fagtronic, I have first hand experience to prove it!
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Old Mar 9, 2006 | 09:38 AM
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Hmm,

I assume a clay bar is much like what we call rubbing compund here? That stuff seems drastic to me - like a fine sand paper which can only be removing a layer of clear coat. With enough of that, you would be down to bare paint, won't you?

I also find anything labled "swirl and scratch reomove" can barely remove anything but very lightest of swirls. They certainly don't remove anything i can call a scratch. This has been my experience with sevral cars, so I rarely even use polish.
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Old Mar 9, 2006 | 09:53 AM
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No, rubbing compound is far more abrasive and is udes for flatting off fresh paint.

Swirl mark remover only works with a machine and is a much finer compond. some 'hand job' ones are mildly abrasive & contain an optical filler.

Rubbing a gay bar up your car seems weird, but the gay pulls off tiny rocks on the surface. It's a sort of pre-cleaner, since polish will not take out rocks embedded in the surface.

Link to Rahul's 'how to clean your car' pages?
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Old Mar 9, 2006 | 05:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Nick Graves,Mar 9 2006, 06:53 PM
Rubbing a gay bar up your car seems weird, but the gay pulls off tiny rocks on the surface.


GAYBAR
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