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Old 05-12-2008, 10:32 AM
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Re: 5 Star Shine & Clay Bar

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Originally Posted by breiman View Post
Maybe a stupid question. Outside of a wash job before you clay, I assume the bugs, tar etc has to also be removed or will the clay process remove this at the same time?
Yes, clay will remove bugs / tar. Easiest way to think of it is that clay takes off anything stuck to the surface of the paint. That being said, IMHO, using clay to take off bugs & tar is a PITA. I can do the whole truck (where needed) with Stoner's Tarminator in the time it would take me to do one heavily tarred rocker panel. I get the worst of it off with Tarminator and then use the clay as a final cleaning and to get what the Tarminator missed. I use to be a purist and use clay to remove everything - then I got practical and started removing the worst stuff with chemicals.
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