Got the truck stripped and sealed today. After wheel washing, Meguiar's Wash +, Iron X, and drying, the horizontal surfaces flunked the plastic bag test. This is a daily driver that lives outside 24/7, last clayed about 3.5 months ago. I clayed a test spot and it got noticeably slicker, but, there was no gunk on the clay! The clay looked and felt brand new. The test spot looked about the same. Would you go ahead and clay the entire truck?
I skipped the clay. I figured 3.5 months ago was good enough, and the truck will need to get clayed in the Spring anyway. I already took 5 hours to wash, Iron X, dry, test clay, test polish, and machine seal. That's about all the time I have. I'll glaze and put a 2nd coat of seal on tomorrow and that will have to be good enough until the 1st weekend above 40 degrees in 2018.
Thanks for your opinions and advice,
Rich
I skipped the clay. I figured 3.5 months ago was good enough, and the truck will need to get clayed in the Spring anyway. I already took 5 hours to wash, Iron X, dry, test clay, test polish, and machine seal. That's about all the time I have. I'll glaze and put a 2nd coat of seal on tomorrow and that will have to be good enough until the 1st weekend above 40 degrees in 2018.
Thanks for your opinions and advice,
Rich