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Offline JGM.30ED

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clay'd 4 the 1st time
« on: September 18, 2010, 09:30:27 pm »














I was scared to start but did! 4 hrs of mcqiuars carefull claying , and the same time for Autoglym polish, I T-cut the alloys and then sprayed them with Autoglym alloy sealent a couple of weeks ago, happy with the results
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Re: clay'd 4 the 1st time
« Reply #1 on: September 18, 2010, 10:01:09 pm »
Looks good :happy2: can beat a bit claying, did my brothers car a few weeks back and the crud that came of it :happy2:.
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Re: clay'd 4 the 1st time
« Reply #2 on: September 18, 2010, 10:42:23 pm »
Great results  :happy2:
Looks fab.  :smiley:
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Re: clay'd 4 the 1st time
« Reply #3 on: September 19, 2010, 10:14:25 am »
Great job there mate  :congrats:  Claying really does make one hell of a difference  :happy2:
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Re: clay'd 4 the 1st time
« Reply #4 on: September 19, 2010, 10:38:47 am »
The first time I clayed my car (not the golf!), I needed to use both bars that came with Megs Smooth Surface kit. That's essentially four bars to do a whole car! Each was one jet black by the end!

Looking very good. Love white cars when they're clean. Look almost as awesome as black cars   :grin:
What did you use to protect the paintwork after claying and polishing?
Why T-cut the alloys?
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Re: clay'd 4 the 1st time
« Reply #5 on: September 19, 2010, 11:07:02 am »
 :congrats: looking good - clayed, polished and waxed mine last w/e.
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Re: clay'd 4 the 1st time
« Reply #6 on: September 19, 2010, 12:08:33 pm »

Very nice job, like it alot
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Re: clay'd 4 the 1st time
« Reply #7 on: September 19, 2010, 01:16:41 pm »
Cheers guys, I T-cut the alloys as the brake dust was pritty bad, the T-cut helped remove it very well, I have some Mcquiars wax to seal the paint but will have to wait for my elbows to recover! winter is not here so have time for another polish and seal.
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Re: clay'd 4 the 1st time
« Reply #8 on: September 28, 2010, 11:33:10 pm »
That looks good, i've had a megs clay bar for ages but haven't had the guts to attack my paint with it yet.........must give it a go soon  :ashamed:
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Re: clay'd 4 the 1st time
« Reply #9 on: September 30, 2010, 07:40:40 pm »
Mmmm White Ed30 , lovely! :jumping:
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Re: clay'd 4 the 1st time
« Reply #10 on: September 30, 2010, 10:40:42 pm »
never used a caly bar, but might have to looking at those results
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Re: clay'd 4 the 1st time
« Reply #11 on: October 02, 2010, 12:01:30 am »
Quote from: smokeybubbles on September 30, 2010, 10:40:42 pm
never used a caly bar, but might have to looking at those results



Try the Megs Clay kit  :happy2: Very good product. Highly Recommended. Link below (probably cheaper at your local motor accessory shop though)

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_253057_langId_-1_categoryId_165527
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Re: clay'd 4 the 1st time
« Reply #12 on: October 02, 2010, 10:17:25 pm »
Yip thats the very kit that I used, although I have polished again and used the wax to finish off with, very rewarding! If its your first time go for it you will find it easy enough, I got geat pointers from this forum  :happy2: and Youtube as well.
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