I tried using the clay bar once and resolved never to do this again. Way too painstaking.
On Tue, May 30, 2017 at 12:02 PM, Donald Snook via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I second the suggestion to use a Clay Bar. I have tried it on a several > cars and it made a HUGE difference. The paint afterward is smooth and > slick and this was even before putting any kind of wax on it. All the > warnings about using a clay bar are very important. Divide your bar into > several smaller pieces so if you drop it on the ground, you throw it away! > Make sure you have some sort of lubricant -- whether it’s a specific clay > bar solution or just some nice soapy water. It takes a long time, but it > is well worth it! > > Don Snook > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dan Penoff [mailto:d...@penoff.com] > Sent: Friday, May 26, 2017 3:39 PM > To: Mercedes List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Poosing the Paints > > Wash it, clay bar it, then put a good coat of quality wax on it and be > done. > > The extreme finish recoveries I’ve done are outliers. It’s very, very > rare that you’ll ever need to do something that extreme. > > -D > > > > On May 26, 2017, at 4:33 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > I'm going to wash it in the morning and I'll take some pics. It looks > like mostly carwash scratching and fading in general, it is all over the > car, just dull. There might be a few spots of clearcoat (I'm pretty sure > it has clearcoat) that look like they might fail before long but otherwise > no failures. > > > > --FT > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
