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Offline Shady Pioneer

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Re: meguiars smooth surface clay kit
« Reply #10 on: 18 January 2009, 15:03 »
Do you clay before the megs paint cleaner or after??

Clay, you clean the car first to get any crap off it it, then you clay it, then ideally you should clean the car again, before paint cleaning it.

and finally, as has been said... waxing it  :wink:

Well yeah there is that too lol! However I paint clean, then polish, then wax, I dunno why but with Meeguiars, the paint cleaning stuff really does bring out the green of the car, and the polish brings that certain 'shine', obviously the wax seals it :)

Oh and if you're feeling really frisky, use bumper care or something similar to bring back the black of your trim :)
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Re: meguiars smooth surface clay kit
« Reply #11 on: 18 January 2009, 15:08 »
Do you clay before the megs paint cleaner or after??

Clay, you clean the car first to get any crap off it it, then you clay it, then ideally you should clean the car again, before paint cleaning it.

and finally, as has been said... waxing it  :wink:

Well yeah there is that too lol! However I paint clean, then polish, then wax, I dunno why but with Meeguiars, the paint cleaning stuff really does bring out the green of the car, and the polish brings that certain 'shine', obviously the wax seals it :)

Oh and if you're feeling really frisky, use bumper care or something similar to being back the black of your trim :)

you've just opened that can of worms again!!

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Re: meguiars smooth surface clay kit
« Reply #12 on: 18 January 2009, 15:19 »
You've lost me lol!


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Re: meguiars smooth surface clay kit
« Reply #14 on: 18 January 2009, 17:58 »
guys after my first proper day of detailing,(normally I just wash and polish) I have just spent 5 hours doing it, and I went down this road:
1.  Megs Clay
2.  Megs Paint Cleaner
3.  Joffs Polishing wax (from ebay, love it)
4.  Collinite 476 x 2 coats

Too dark when I finished to get some shots, but the paintwork feels great after its first good claying session.  Thanks for all your help.

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Re: meguiars smooth surface clay kit
« Reply #15 on: 15 September 2010, 19:35 »
Just wanted to say that I used this clay kit a few months back and I must say it really was worth all the hard work... Here's how my car came out:


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Re: meguiars smooth surface clay kit
« Reply #16 on: 15 September 2010, 20:50 »
cleaner wax is exactly that... a paint cleaner and wax

its like step1 paint cleaner with step3 wax (although not carnauba!)

the reason why youre having to clay it is because youve probably t-cut it regularly, best advice - bin the t-cut!!

autoglym super resin polish is a micro abrasive cutting agent and polish, not needed imo if youre claying

use plenty of the megs quik detailer (as its a lubricant)

the cleaner wax is there to finish the job, (its an old megs product) to clean up any residue and put a selant on your treated paintwork, simples!
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