Klasse Act
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- Feb 21, 2012
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So I did my usual weekly wash today and decided to mix in my Griot's fine grade clay towel (yellow one) since I hadn't done this in a while, even if I plan on doing a complete detail soon, I figured it couldn't hurt. Once I was done I did the "baggie test"....FAIL! After I just went back upstairs and went about my day but when my wife and daughter left to go shopping I went back downstairs, bound and determined to knock it out with good fashioned clay, Griot's clay inparticular. Now I hadn't used it in quite some time and since its so cool I warmed it up with a hair dryer, then it became pliable.
For clay lube I decided to use the left over WGU made up for the RW I did earlier, 2 ounces for 3.5 gallons, so the ratio is stronger than recommended and worked great for the clay, always and easy glide across the paint. I did the entire car, glass included. Once I was done with the entire car I did the "baggie test" once again....FAIL! I keep my car clean, washing it twice a week and always stay ontop of it during the winter monthes as well. I park down in the garage every night and there's NO industrial plants nearby my work, so I'm not understanding the problem here.
When I do get around to doing the full detail I have a brand new bottle of Griot's iron fallout remover ready to go, the chemical decon side and I really hope this does the trick. I even spoke to a rep from Griot's this afternoon, named Brian, about the decon with the yellow clay mit. He suggested that I use my red clay mit, the more aggressive one next time, making sure its broken in by doing the clay first. I also asked about using the yellow mit monthly and he said it couldn't hurt and maybe use the red one every 3 monthes.
Once the car is coated I've heard that mechanical decon wears the coating down, is this true or not?
Once coated, should I just do a chemical decon every 6 monthes?
I should also state this, I can feel the grit but its not like sand paper but you can certainly feel it and IMO after doing 2 levels of mechanical decon it shouldn't be there...THOUGHTS???
For clay lube I decided to use the left over WGU made up for the RW I did earlier, 2 ounces for 3.5 gallons, so the ratio is stronger than recommended and worked great for the clay, always and easy glide across the paint. I did the entire car, glass included. Once I was done with the entire car I did the "baggie test" once again....FAIL! I keep my car clean, washing it twice a week and always stay ontop of it during the winter monthes as well. I park down in the garage every night and there's NO industrial plants nearby my work, so I'm not understanding the problem here.
When I do get around to doing the full detail I have a brand new bottle of Griot's iron fallout remover ready to go, the chemical decon side and I really hope this does the trick. I even spoke to a rep from Griot's this afternoon, named Brian, about the decon with the yellow clay mit. He suggested that I use my red clay mit, the more aggressive one next time, making sure its broken in by doing the clay first. I also asked about using the yellow mit monthly and he said it couldn't hurt and maybe use the red one every 3 monthes.
Once the car is coated I've heard that mechanical decon wears the coating down, is this true or not?
Once coated, should I just do a chemical decon every 6 monthes?
I should also state this, I can feel the grit but its not like sand paper but you can certainly feel it and IMO after doing 2 levels of mechanical decon it shouldn't be there...THOUGHTS???
