10 minute clay job... My bad I was wrong ..

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I did my wife's Honda Accord in 8 minutes and 22 seconds!

Now mind you I hustled just like my employees do and yes I was sweating my ace off and huffing and puffing but it can be done!

I did pick up a tad bit of contaminants but my wife always has the guys wash it so I knew the paint wasn't dirty but the fact remains is that it can be done and if someone wants to donate an 8gb SD card I will record myself and YouTube it!
 
Of course you can rub a piece of clay across a car for 8 minutes and 22 seconds... but if it needed to be clayed in the first place then that wouldn't remove all the contaminants.

Well, I won't go back and forth. If you say so then I agree! You can do it in 10 minutes. I can't. :props:
 
I know I can't get dirty paint clean in ten minutes or less. I can drag the patty around my wife's Accord that fast, but it won't clean much. :)
 
For some reason claying a car always takes me an hour. Even my personal vehicle that I take great care of.
 
When I'm in a rush it seems like it takes longer... LOL
 
It usually takes me 30 minutes on average to clay a car...........sometimes longer if very dirty....:bowdown:
 
Yea it takes me a about 30 minutes too- I use soapy water so that saves on time too because I just run my mitt over it again to make sure there is now clay residue left on the paint.
 
Well I guess you can say that I did rub the patty around but as it wasn't dirty and it's regularly maintained so it was more of just rubbing each panel lightly
Now if you will recall I mentioned the guys do this at the shop and whatever comes off with the mild clay is what it is and we take that opportunity to upsell to a FULL DECON PKG
 
I take from 1 to 2 hours..... lol... maybe I'm over careful ?
 
I typically spend 30-45 minutes to clay a car. I guess if I didn't knead the clay after each panel it would take a little less time, but then I would be putting the finish at risk of marring too.

If you can get it done in less than 10 minutes, then more power to you. Personally I like to slow down and take my time vs. rushing through a car. Back in my days working t high volume shops, increased speed usually lead to mistakes, areas being missed, or damage to the vehicle.


Just my $.02
 
if you are in a production shop environment then you should consider using those elastrofoam blocks that can be rinsed off if dropped.

If you are going so fast at it that you are actually sweating, then not only are you not doing a thorough job, but you are not focusing or registering feedback the clay is giving you.

Case in point, during my winter prep a couple weekends ago, I started around 8 in the morning so the sun was out by the time I was ready to clay. I pulled the car into the garage and everything was going well. I was using a new clay so I was making mental notes about feel etc. Finished one side then went to the other. I was probably 10 minutes from finishing when I noted a different feel as soon as I started the lower panel behind the front tire. Turns out, when I pulled the car into the garage, I kicked up a bit of grit and it was getting caught in my clay. I rewashed the panel and all was well.

If I had been going like gangbusters, who knows how much damage I could have caused.

All it takes is a piece of grit from an improper wash or maybe even a strong wind to get something caught in your clay and then where will all your time savings have gone?
 
I must be way to thorough...I am generally lucky if I can get a car done in under 45 minutes and SUV in under an hour.
 
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