Clay Bar, Gray

I have a "retro-bird" (Thunderbird) that, like any vehicle over the years, has collected a series of clear-coat scratches, discoloration, and lack of luster. I've had it detailed by a personal friend multiple times over the past 12 years, but the paint really needed a major "refresh". I began researching several "how to" videos on YouTube for auto finish restoration. I learned how to correct clear-coat scratches (with sandpaper, no less), use rubbing compound to remove discoloration, and to blend the clear-coat finish. Mind you, my lifetime experience ends with wash, wax, and protect. After correcting all of the blemishes, I ordered this Chemical Guys Medium Clay Bar after watching the company's "how-to" video. The detailer made it look easy as he demonstrated tips, techniques, uses, and explanations. I learned that the medium clay is their "go to" for most jobs where the finish is in relatively good shape but never had a clay bar before. I did purchase their lubricant, but.... opted not to use is as I was fortunate enough to be able to clay-bar the Tbird during a day of light rain. (note: rainwater is naturally clean, naturally "soft" leaving no hardwater spots, and offers a continuous lubrication and rinse action). You can really see and feel a difference in the clear-coat. It stripped out all of the rough contaminants, wax, oxidation from the finish. Lastly, I used Turtle Wax hard wax and laid down a heavy coat before buffing out. The end result was car-show competition finish! It took me about 4 days from start to finish, but the clay bar process was actually the easiest, fastest part of the process yielding the highest possible return on results. If you are like me and have never clay-barred a vehicle before, you owe it to yourself to strip the wax off, clay-bar, then use a good hard wax. you won't be disappointed. One last thing - I'd like to pass one of the most important tips the Chemical Guys passed along in the video. DO NOT USE THE WHOLE BAR OF CLAY AT ONCE. What I mean is, cut about 1/4 of the bar off and use that. If you DROP the clay-bar onto the ground, you cannot use it - throw it away immediately. It will instantly pick up and embed any grit from the floor, and will ruin your finish. Just cut another 1/4 of the bar and continue on. Trust me, I dropped two pieces during the process. If it had been the whole bar at once, I would have been sunk.

Highly recommend. Had overspray get all over my truck from construction site. These clay bars worked great. Now my paint is smooth again. Definitely lot of work.

I like this product but chemical guys is pricey stuff and I don't think it's really any better then cheaper competitors that being said what I like about this brand is you know when you buy it your getting a quality product and not some knock off junk like you all too often run into in the detailing products world. There's so many bad quality products out there that sometimes it makes sense to pay a bit more for a known good quality product like this. That being said this got my whips looking super sexy and especially after I applied the ceramic coatings to them!!!

Worked great

Nice clay. I’ve dedicated it to windshield duty and only bought it over others because it has a neat little plastic container to store it in. You’d be amazed at what claying your windshield does. If you’ve never done it I highly recommend it! Or polish but I think clay is easier/better on glass. You clay your vehicle’s paint why wouldn’t you do the windshield?

Does a great job cleaning the extra dirt off the pant.

My truck had light overspray on it from front to back, and other contaminant's. I only wash it maybe every couple months, so it was pretty rough. A friend that’s a professional body guy suggested I claybar it. Fully washed the truck, and used a bucket of water with a little dawn dish-soap, and a big sponge to repeatedly keep the area lubricated as I worked from panel to panel. It took roughly three to four hours at a slow steady pace. I was amazed how smooth the finish turned out. It did slightly stick to my fingers, but felt that it helped to not accidentally drop it. I only used 1/3 of the bar for the entire job. I followed up with a light compound for the minor scuffs/scratches that had slowly accumulated over the years, and then a final wax. Pro tip: early morning with the vehicle in the shade, and the Bluetooth speaker made this job a lot easier lol!

Fantastic- works as promised

Now my 🚗 shine like new. thanks to chemical guys clay bar.

This clay bar works as they say on there vidio check out chemical guys vidio on how they use it , its fantastic and it works as they say

Tres vite reçu , conforme à mes attentes. Produit pas trop agressif sur la carrosserie.

Compré la versión amarilla para quitarle a un carro las impurezas recolectadas durante años. Es fácil su uso, sólo lavar previamente para tratar de quitar la suciedad normal, luego mantener la superficie hidratada y preferentemente con jabón y agua, luego sólo colocas la plastilina en tu mano y la pasas de un lado a otro. Irás viendo mugre que sale que es la pegada de tiempo. Rápidamente se va a ir quedando lisa la superficie. Luego quitas el exceso con agua, dejas secar, y podrás ver y sentir la diferencia. En el video que incluyo se escucha la diferencia entre la parte tratada (por apenas unos segundos) vs la zona que no ha sido tratada. La diferencia es día y noche. Recomiendo al sacar la plastilina quitarle el plástico que la protege sólo de un lado, y del otro dejarlo para que no se pegue demasiado a tu mano y no agarre impurezas en vano. Al terminar, guárdala en su empaque original.

Really surprised on how good this product really is. It's done an amazing job on my car's paint, my car looks like new again. If you have access to YouTube, i suggest you check this clay bar out before using it..