![]() ![]() If you’re properly caring for your car this should only be once or twice a year. This means your car has rail dust, iron particles, road film, salt, and other contaminants already imbedded in it. Most dealers don’t do a great job at cleaning the cars once they receive them. ![]() Does a new car need to be clay barred?Ībsolutely! While your car was transported from the manufacturer to the dealer it did so by rail, highway, and even sea. Once you clay your paint you can use the bag trick to test if your paint is truly smooth and will not benefit from any more clay baring. Paint that felt somewhat smooth to your bare hand will feel like sand through the bag. When should I clay bar my car?Īny time you feel your paint after properly washing and drying it and it feels gritty you should clay bar.Ī neat trick to truly tell if your paint is gritty and contaminated is to put your hand inside a plastic bag (shopping or sandwich, doesn’t matter) like it’s a glove and rub your paint. I typically use clay before polishing any surface be it paint, plastic, or glass that way my polishing pad has less work to do and subsequently lasts longer. They can leave light hazing on soft plastic. Some grades of clay, however, should not be used on clear plastics unless you intend to polish them afterward. You’ll be amazed how smooth and water shedding the glass will be afterward. Use a clay bar on your windows the next time you detail your car. You will also never remove scratches or swirls with a clay bar, that’s a job for compounds and polishes (which I talk about in my article: “ Ultimate Beginner’s Guide to Compounds and Polishes.”) Can I use a clay bar on other materials such as glass or plastic?Ībsolutely! Any hard surface with stuck on contaminants can benefit from claying. Properly lubricated, you will never clay through your paint. Since clay bars are so lightly abrasive they do not remove a meaningful amount of paint. There are also some more abrasive grades of clay than can leave behind micro marring but this marring is quickly removed by a light polish. ![]() If you rub your clay on a non-lubricated area of paint you can scuff the paint lightly. As long as you keep the surface you are claying lubricated you shouldn’t install any scratches or marring. Generally speaking, clay baring is very safe. This makes the application of wax or sealant much easier and increases the bond waxes and sealants have with your paint so they last longer. Plus, clay barred paint is incredibly smooth. Many of these deposits such as rail dust, carbon, and industrial fallout contain metallic substances which when left embedded in your paint will oxidize and spread under the clear coat leading to pitting and clear coat failure. It’s important to remove these deposits with a clay bar. The material clay bars are made out of is also malleable allowing it to form to the surfaces of your vehicle and withstand grating against the dirt and contaminants you’re removing which are very hard. You lubricate the surface of your paint and rub the clay across it which abrades away and pulls out contaminants such as dirt, iron deposits, and tree sap. Think of them like a 5000 grit piece of wet sanding paper. How do clay bars work?Ĭlay bars are very lightly abrasive. You rub this block across your paint with the aid of a lubricant to help pull contaminants out and off of your paint. They are made of an elastic, malleable resin compound which is often formed into a block for distribution. Quite a misnomer, clay bars aren’t actually made of clay. What is a clay bar? What are clay bars made of? Should I use an iron fallout remover before clay baring?.What alternatives are there to clay bars?.What are the differences between clay bars?.Can I use a clay bar on other materials such as glass or plastic?.What is a clay bar? What are clay bars made of?. ![]()
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