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Old 05-26-2011, 8:07pm   #1
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Our Club has a "Wax & Chat" session every other week at my place, coffee, donuts, and mostly bullshit, and we clay bar a car each session.

This beautiful C3 turned out great.







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Old 05-26-2011, 10:53pm   #2
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Nice...how many cars do you get in before you run out of donuts and willpower?
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Old 05-27-2011, 2:23pm   #3
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Nice...how many cars do you get in before you run out of donuts and willpower?
Only do one car a session, usually everyone brings donuts. I make them take them home after the day is over. I don't need any more than I already ate.
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Old 10-21-2011, 7:40pm   #4
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clay barring a car adds about a foot to the depth of the paint.
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Old 10-27-2011, 8:19pm   #5
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Just curious...y'all clay bar then wax it right? It doesn't take all that long to clay bay. The car looks beautiful!
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Old 11-17-2011, 8:55pm   #6
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exactly, Beadist. think of the clay bar as an eraser and the car as a piece of paper with pencil marks on it. the clay pulls all the dirt out of the finish so the wax works better.
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exactly, Beadist. think of the clay bar as an eraser and the car as a piece of paper with pencil marks on it. the clay pulls all the dirt out of the finish so the wax works better.
Hey Ducky I love the finish it leaves, but I can do my car, glass included in about 1 1/2 hours. Wax takes me a bit longer. I was wondering if I was doing it wrong. If you had 6 guys working on one car it could be clay barred and waxed quite fast.
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I need to clay mine. But that's not going to happen before spring.
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Old 12-29-2011, 11:50am   #9
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That's a great Idea,maybe I can talk my club into it,all they ever want to do is go out to eat.
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