Ken, The rosa pink is 3m's finishing glaze wax! It does not have any polishing particles in it only oils n wax. So you can apply it as much as you wish without removing any paint. Use this product on a freshly polished piece of bodywork to give a very nice wet glossy look, it won't last very long miby two weeks, add a wax on top to lock in the wet look for much longer. Craig
Cheers bud. Just starting to psyche myself up to attack the destruction caused by grit filled road spray to the front of the car so I will be rallying my army of goo filled bottles and probably launching an assault on my credit card before too long. Maybe I'll leave the 3M in reserve and bring out the Autoglym once more.
I just restocked on Mer myself, been using it for years and kept me old blade good for 15 years, so treated myself to a fresh supply for the new bike. I have to sdmit to looking at the clay bars with lube!?! are they worth the extra effort/cost or not?
Thanks Shiny, in fact thanks all! But Shiny has hit the nail right on the head, I dont possess all the electronic polishing gadgetry so I would be wanting to do it with cloths, rags and the olde elbow grease that was mentioned early on! Autoglym sounds like it could be more accessible (Halfords just down the road) and it sounds idiotproof! I'll give it a go and stick a before and after pictures on here as soon as I can. All in all the Blade needs a bit of TLC after the abuse I put it though commuting to London and back on it every day, although the Yoshi R77 has held up well with all the road grime. I was expecting it to tarnish but clearly you get what you pay for! I may be back on here again soon asking for advice about starting the Blade because it really wasn't having any of it the other night and I didn't keep trying for fear of flooding it! Cheers
The clay bar is a good thing to use but tbh I have never used it on the bike not big enough horizontal surfaces, clay bars are used to remove fallout off of horizontal panels they make the most impact on roofs and bonnets/tailgates on cars as they allow the industrial fallout to lie on top and imbed into the paintwork. Side panels (wings/doors) tend to allow any fallout to fall off before getting time to be ingrained into the paint. The way to tell if a panel would benefit from being clayed is when washing the vehicle place your hand in a sandwich baggie and rub your fingers over the paint if you can feel a roughness through the bag it would benefit from the use of a clay bar.
Clay bars have always scared me. A bit like ski jumping. I'm very aware that your first attempt has got to be a pretty good punt or you're in a world of shit.
They are not the evil you think they are! Most manufacturers have different grades of clays course to fine, unless the vehicle has been badly neglected I found the fine will take the surface back to feeling slick like glass in no time. The thing to remember is just like other things is life! You can't use too much lube and let the clay do the work so don’t get aggressive and start putting your weight behind it and you should be good. Another thing to keep an eye on is the contact area of the clay and kneed and turn it regularly to make sure any particles are kept away from the paint to minimise the risk of scratching the paint! Surprised Remal hasn’t spoken up in this thread he likes this cleanin malarkey too!
