Do I need to wash my car after I use detailing clay to clay the paint?

[Eldorado2k]

At first clay the glass?

Yes, you’re supposed to break it in before the very 1st use by claying your glass until you see most of the white liquid residue go away and turn clear. I usually break it in by claying every exterior glass window on the vehicle, that’s usually all it takes.

 

[Coatingsarecrack]

Yes, you’re supposed to break it in before the very 1st use by claying your glass until you see most of the white liquid residue go away and turn clear. I usually break it in by claying every exterior glass window on the vehicle, that’s usually all it takes.

So clay like you would paint but windows? Use lube too?


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[Eldorado2k]

So clay like you would paint but windows? Use lube too?


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Yes.

 

[Mike PhillipsMike Phillips is verified member.]

I will clay the car

With a clay "bar"

Or with a clay substitute, like a clay towel or mitt?

 

[braga]

With a clay "bar"

Or with a clay substitute, like a clay towel or mitt?

Sorry,
Soft99 Soft Egg Clay bar.

 

[Mike PhillipsMike Phillips is verified member.]

Sorry,

Soft99 Soft Egg Clay bar.

Gotcha

You don't have to "break" detailing clay in by rubbing it over glass.

Breaking in is for clay substitutes like the Nanoskin Clay mitt or the Nanoskin clay towel and other brands of these polymerized rubber clay substitutes.


So knead you clay into a patty and use with a clay lube.

 

[carcarecoaches]

We clay bar vehicles during the wash process and have been doing so for years. This is more efficient then washing, chamois and then clay baring (this is for servicing retail customers). Additionally, the lubrication from the dish soap (to strip whatever protection is currently on the vehicle so to have a clean surface for new paint protection) reduces impact of creating additional swirls in the paint from the hand pressure & clay bar. We will also (if needed & more so on lighter coloured vehicles) spray iron-x (or equivalent) on the body panels to help brake down the break dust particles prior to initial spray down.