About the clay-bar...

[Striker]

Hello the crew...Yesterday was the first time I use the clay-bar (It was a Meguiar kit with clay-bar, spray, microfiber clothes).
I am really satisfied with the reselt: wife's car and mine were first washed, the clayed and finally polished with carnuba wax...what a shiny result but: the clay-bar looks now like an old giant chewing-gum, full of dirt.Is it only for one use ?

[Sci-Fi]

Depends on how much contaminates the claybar removed. I would buy a new claybar for the next time you clay your car(s). One popular trick is to slice your claybar into thin strips. After you clay one (2' X 2' max) section with the slice, throw it away. Don't be too cheap and try to re-use the claybar too many times. Even after kneading the clay, there is a possibility of a contaminate coming to the surface and scratching your paint. Then you have a problem with storage and the possibility of the claybar drying out. It is often safer to just buy a new claybar. After you clay your paint, can always use the claybar to clay your wheels and then throw it away. Will remove brake dust and other embedded stuff from your wheels.

Unless you live in an area that has a lot of pollutants and contaminates, claying once or twice a year is the general rule.

[Striker]

quote:[i]Originally posted by Sci-Fi

Unless you live in an area that has a lot of pollutants and contaminates, claying once or twice a year is the general rule.

Thank you for the reply, I work in an industrial area, and the car stay outside all the journey (between a chemical factory, and a scrap area...).Sometimes there is a brown dust, or a yellow one on the car [:I]At this time the clay-bar is all brown

[Hooligan]

Throw it out, you don't want to scratch your car by using it again!!!
Like Si-Fi said, "use on your wheels" then throw it away.[^]

[bobs turbo pt]

use it once buy another !![8)]

[Striker]

quote:Originally posted by Hooligan

Throw it out, you don't want to scratch your car by using it again!!!
Like Si-Fi said, "use on your wheels" then throw it away.[^]

I will use it to clean the inside of the chrome wheels like you say and take a new one for the body like Bob say...thank you all