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Pegleg

Member Since: 15 Apr 2010
Location: Deep in mid Wales
Posts: 3114

2008 Freelander 2 TD4 GS Manual Santorini Black

Claying your car

Now winter is over, I jet washed and washed my car as it looked like this;

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However, the paint didn't feel smooth so out came the clay bar. If you've not done this before, it's dead easy. It gets all the surface contaniments off the paint. Works well on glass too. Took me an hour to clay the whole car.
This is what the clay fetched off the paint after just one pass, I certainly wouldn't want to polish/wax/sealant and leave all that muck in. i clay my car every year. If you've never done yours, it will be much worse.
The quick detailer is used as a lubricant.

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Next the car needs washing again and the paint is now preped proir to polish/wax/sealant. Here is my mitt and drying cloth and i use the two bucket/grit guard method. The paint is now as smooth as glass.

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Now the paint is ready for polish/wax. Nothing clever here, I machine polished the paint last year and the scratch x is for any minor defects i might find. I tried a sealant/wrap last year, but it shows holograms on L/R blacks

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And the end results

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Not bad for a car coming up to it's 5th birthday

NB I've no affiliation to Megs whatsoever!!

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Another member of the failed FL2 clutch/DMF club, twice.

Last edited by Pegleg on 10th Apr 2013 7:26 pm. Edited 2 times in total

10th Apr 2013 7:19 pm

chrisdeeming

Member Since: 29 Dec 2011
Location: Sutton Coldfield
Posts: 828

2007 Freelander 2 TD4 SE Manual Santorini Black

looks alot better than mine. Mine is riddled with stone chips When I die, I want to go peacefully like my Grandfather did, in his sleep -- not screaming, like the passengers in his car

10th Apr 2013 7:22 pm

taztastic

Member Since: 03 Feb 2011
Location: North West
Posts: 8652

bl dy Heck, I am defo going to have to clay mine now.

10th Apr 2013 7:23 pm

chrisr1806

Member Since: 20 Oct 2012
Location: None
Posts: 2220

2011 Freelander 2 SD4 HSE Auto Santorini Black

Your car looks great. Mine looks dreadful. It needs a good valet, something to do for the summer.

10th Apr 2013 7:28 pm

Steve D

Member Since: 19 Jan 2013
Location: Essexshire
Posts: 4109

I've often wondered about this claying lark. That's pretty impressive. I've a black one too so that's something I'll definately be having a go at. Past: FL2 TD4 HSE Auto
Evoque SD4 Dynamic Lux Auto
Present: Audi A3 S Line.

10th Apr 2013 7:35 pm

shiggsy

Member Since: 13 Jan 2013
Location: Kent
Posts: 799

2007 Freelander 2 TD4 HSE Auto Baltic Blue

Looks good. Clayed my windows and glass sunroof last weekend and treated them to some GTechniq G3 (except the windscreen don't like it on there).

When it gets warm enough I shall clay the paintwork, some light machine polishing and then I'm going to try some GTechniq EX0 on it (needs to be at least 20 degrees for that stuff). Get the paintwork beading like the glass then.

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10th Apr 2013 7:36 pm

dunkley201

Member Since: 09 Jul 2011
Location: Lincolnshire
Posts: 2739

2010 Freelander 2 TD4 HSE Auto Stornoway Grey

That looks really good Pegleg! Thanks for your picture sequence, puts it all into place. I will surely have to work on mine now. How long did it take you? 10MY (Sept 09) TD4 HSE Auto in Stornoway Grey (Now Gone)

08 FL2 TD4 SE Manual in Rimini Red (Now Gone)

10th Apr 2013 7:53 pm

landy19840

Member Since: 13 Mar 2011
Location: Non
Posts: 1817

2007 Freelander 2 TD4 SE Manual Zermatt Silver

I hope you kept using new bits of clay??? Amazing how much crap it sucks up

10th Apr 2013 8:00 pm

ad210358

Member Since: 12 Oct 2008
Location: Here and There
Posts: 7464

Re: Claying your car

Pegleg wrote:
Now winter is over, I jet washed and washed my car .......

You think we have just come in on the last banana boat, it's got nothing to do with Winter

http://www.freel2.com/forum/topic14325.html

10th Apr 2013 8:04 pm

npinks

Member Since: 28 Jun 2007
Location: Ls25
Posts: 20090

I like claying its therapeutic

But I like to make it easier, by using a Deironiser, spray it on and it dissolves the iron particles caught in the clear coat, leaving less stuff for the clay, to remove, likewise with tar remover

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10th Apr 2013 8:04 pm

landy19840

Member Since: 13 Mar 2011
Location: Non
Posts: 1817

I spend about an hour per side of the car tho!!

10th Apr 2013 8:06 pm

toeknee

Member Since: 14 Feb 2009
Location: out and about
Posts: 1509

2007 Freelander 2 TD4 SE Manual Sumatra Black

Greg

10th Apr 2013 8:13 pm

Pegleg

Member Since: 15 Apr 2010
Location: Deep in mid Wales
Posts: 3114

I cut the clay bar into fours pieces so i can always pick up a clean piece.
It used to take me twice as long, but i've being claying for sometime now. Took me an hour last year

I spent a total of 5 hours on the car today, no tea breaks. Once you've clayed the car, it's stripped of everything. Sooner you can get wax on it,the better.

ad2134235346. I did say i'd found a lump of clay in the garage. It was intended for Mrs Peglegs car. But she doesn't look after it, so Another member of the failed FL2 clutch/DMF club, twice.

10th Apr 2013 8:25 pm

ad210358

Member Since: 12 Oct 2008
Location: Here and There
Posts: 7464

I believe you, honest

10th Apr 2013 8:28 pm

Slaneydore

Member Since: 23 Mar 2013
Location: Broxbourne Hertfordshire
Posts: 1603

2008 Freelander 2 TD4 HSE Auto Stornoway Grey

First time if ever heard about claying
I'll have to have a look in to this a bit more

To all the boys in the UK its going to warm up at the end of the week, and the week after its gonna be hot hot hot' :
Time to get the cleaning buckets and jet washes out BETTER looking half of the famous Twinlanders
The wanna be other half - http://www.freel2.com/forum/member-carriec.html

10th Apr 2013 8:45 pm

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