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Old Apr 14, 2006 | 11:05 AM
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I just claybared my car the other day, and Damn!!!!!! Looks like a new car! I'll try to get some pics of my baby sometime soon, it'* kinda cloudy today
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Old Apr 14, 2006 | 12:20 PM
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all that time and dried up hands pay off, right?
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Old Apr 14, 2006 | 12:28 PM
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all that time and dried up hands pay off, right?
Absolutly
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Old Apr 14, 2006 | 01:34 PM
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Originally Posted by austin66
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all that time and dried up hands pay off, right?
Absolutly
What brand did you use? Any tips? Even without pics you convinced me to do mine before I polish/wax it monday.
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Old Apr 14, 2006 | 01:52 PM
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that is why I always tell people to do it. It really brings back the depth to the paint. And makes it SOOOOO smooth.

mother or meguiars...both make good bars. It comes down to which lubricant smell you want Motheres is cinnamon and meguiars smells like a fresh toilet bowl mint if I remember correctly.
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Old Apr 14, 2006 | 10:17 PM
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I used Clay Magic, and I didn't notice a smell to the lubricant I did run out of lubricant towards the end, and I just started to use some waterless car wash as lubricant. The only reason I ran out so soon was that I was using too much. But I guess too much is better than not enough.
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Originally Posted by austin66
I used Clay Magic, and I didn't notice a smell to the lubricant I did run out of lubricant towards the end, and I just started to use some waterless car wash as lubricant. The only reason I ran out so soon was that I was using too much. But I guess too much is better than not enough.
more is always better, picking up an extra bottle of the lube (normally the same as the quick detailer) is never a bad idea.
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You can always, use your car soap, wash your car really good, rinse, rinse out dirty bucket, you should use two buckets one for rinsing the mitt and the other with soap, then make a tonne of sudsy car soap and use that as a clay lubricante hel of alot cheaper than using all that detailer, good luck using clay makes your paints surface unbelieable
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