Clay: The Best Tool in Your Garage! - DRIVE CLEAN

Detailing clay was first use in the mid-80's in Japan and not introduced to the US until early 90's. Japanese body shops found that a mixture of various "sticky" resins would remove the over-spray from the surface of the paint without the use of compound or aggressive chemicals. Since then, clay has progressed into a more durable, softer, and safer product that will remove contaminants from the surface of the clear coats. Over-spray, tree sap, road gunk, brake dust, industrial fallout, etc...will embed itself into the paint, causing it to feel rough or "bumpy". These contaminates are sitting on top of the paint and can safely be removed with the use of clay. However, clay will not remove scratches because scratches are IN the paint....not ON the paint. Although being very easy to use, clay can damage your paint if re-used after it falls on the ground. Check out the video for do's an dont's of claying, and why I consider it the best tool in my garage. Check out www.ammoNYC.com for links to all the products used in this episode.

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  Autos & Vehicles

[d73Hify]

not gonna lie- i never thought cleaning a car could be interesting but you've done it! props to you man

[David Skinner]

boom...



[photilal1960]

if your car is in the garage then probably every year but if not it depends. stick your hands in a plastic bag and rub it over the paint. If you can feel bumps and it sounds rough, then its time to clay again. But claying very often in a pain in the arse because you have to wash first, and the claying process takes forever, and you have to rewax after you are done.

[adilakram67]

29 people are lazy fucks who know nothing about car care

[vanapann]

29 people dropped their clay.

[Reginald Sanchez]

how often should I clay my car? I seem to get a lot of grime every month especially with my black car.

[Nickhead87]

Most clay bars will remove wax, so I don't think stripping the wax before claying would be necessary. As for dish soap, I use Dawn and I've used Palmolive, same difference really. Dish soap is awesome for wax stripping purposes, lol.

[MDplaful]

Best advice ever! Thanks man.

[Kelvin Tso]

do I need to strip the wax before claying? Can you recommend a dishsoap? I only have palmolive.

[jmhm17]

You said it takes no time at all. I always thought of it as one of the longest detailing processes ever, more so then wash, seal, and waxing. either way once your done claying you need to do all of thos steps anyways so your in it for at least a few hours. Wash clay wash seal wax.. not a short process by any means. Great video tho.

[photilal1960]

I have a question Larry: for the lubrication on the windows should I use spray wax or Windex or something?