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 Posted: Sun Sep 28, 2014 3:34 pm |
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Joined: Feb 24, 2010
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Location: Cardiff
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Bit of a before and after, very please with the results!
Car hasn't had a proper clean (polish and wax) in 4 years, so nice to see the paintwork come up so well!
Before (Pretty much all the car was like this!):
After:
Still a few small bits of tar I couldn't shift, but I've just read that WD40 is good at getting it off so will give it another go when I polish/wax again in a month or so.
Wadaya think?
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Posted: Sun Sep 28, 2014 4:53 pm |
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Joined: Jun 19, 2010
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Location: South Bucks
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Autoglym tar remover is really good and quick. Worth having a bottle on the shelf.
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Posted: Sun Sep 28, 2014 5:04 pm |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010
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Location: UK
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Clay should pull tar off no problem.
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Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2014 8:17 am |
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Joined: Jun 24, 2010
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Location: Stoke On Trent
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Did you roll it over the body?
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Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2014 8:39 am |
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Its weird, the bodywork is smooth, but there are a few specs of tar left.
Cant feel them, but with tar remover and a bit of elbow grease they do dissapear.. I cant seem to get enough pressure behind a clay bar but I'm worried about damaging the paintwork if I scrub too hard!
Do clay bars come in different agressivenesses (is that a word?!). Inonly have a basic meguiars kit so may try something different next time!
The clay bar took off soooo much crud from the door lowers, was amazing!
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Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2014 10:56 am |
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Location: London
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There are different grades of bars from light, medium and heavy/aggressive types. If you're new to it stick to medium at most.
You shouldn't be apply much pressure at all to the bodywork when you're claying, the clay should be doing the work for you gliding over the paintwork occasionally snagging picking up s**t of the paintwork.
Also you should be leaving the tar remover to sit and soak for a bit too.
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Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2014 11:00 am |
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Yeah thats what I was doing with the clay, followed a guide which basically showed light rubbing over the paint, almost gliding... which is what I did.
Think I need a better tar remover, wd40 seems to be recommended on the web!
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Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2014 11:08 am |
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Joined: Jan 27, 2011
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Location: West Midlands
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To remove tar spots use Autosmart - Tardis its great stuff
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Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2014 4:37 pm |
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Joined: Jan 14, 2014
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Location: London
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| Bigbenj_08 wrote: |
Yeah thats what I was doing with the clay, followed a guide which basically showed light rubbing over the paint, almost gliding... which is what I did.
Think I need a better tar remover, wd40 seems to be recommended on the web! |
I see..
Nothing really wrong with WD40 I guess, just don't leave it on for long. The Autosmart stuff is bloody good though and defiantly a must have if you ask me.
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Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2014 1:46 am |
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| Vexs wrote: |
| Bigbenj_08 wrote: |
Yeah thats what I was doing with the clay, followed a guide which basically showed light rubbing over the paint, almost gliding... which is what I did.
Think I need a better tar remover, wd40 seems to be recommended on the web! |
I see..
Nothing really wrong with WD40 I guess, just don't leave it on for long. The Autosmart stuff is bloody good though and defiantly a must have if you ask me. |
WD40 will lift lacquer on painted surfaces - so be careful.
On my old Fiat Uno Turbo i.e Antiskid [  ] it stripped the lacquer off my alloys within a week LOL 
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Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2014 5:44 pm |
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Joined: Jun 23, 2014
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Still looks good mate
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