Jaws
04-25-2011, 01:15 AM
I have been using Griot's for a while, I' used to work at an exotic car wash and we only used Griot's and they sell almost every product in the lounge. Well I've never clay barred my car before, and checking out the paint I concluded that it needed it. I ended up grabbing the Paint Clay and Speed Shine Kit. It ran me about $40. Inside was a 35oz. bottle of speed shine, the spray nozzle, paint cleaning clay, about 5 pairs of disposable aloe gloves, and to top it all off, three speed shine microfiber towels. These things are the best microfiber towels I've ever used, super soft, and a little "deeper" than regular microfiber cloths. It seems to spread wax a little more into the paint rather than spreading around a bunch like other microfiber towels tend to do. Anyways..
There's a lot of clay, and a lot of speedshine. So I got to work. Starting on the hood I sprayed a generous amount of speed shine on the car and kneaded the clay bar into a patty. After rubbing it on the paint until it was super slick, I wiped up the speed shine and ran my hand over the paint. WOW! the paint was smooth and it took away the hard water and stains and the paint seemed a little richer and deeper. I was really impressed. The hood is probably in the worst condition compared to other parts of the car. It definitely took out the rough-ness in the paint, and it is smooth as glass. So I proceeded to do the rest of the car. The whole car turned out great. It looked like I waxed it, and all I did was wash it with Meguiars Gold Class wash and then use the Griot's clay bar. If anyone is using any other clay bar I would recommend trying out this product. I heard zaino was also really good, but this is the first time I've done it and I don't think I need to switch to any other product. :buttrock
Here's a pic of the product itself, I have a video of the clay in action but no pictures afterwards unfortunately because it was getting dark. However my paint is so ridiculously shiny that you really can't tell the difference On camera.
http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n58/le_jawsman2/2011-04-23165835.jpg
http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n58/le_jawsman2/2011-04-23174536.jpg
There's a lot of clay, and a lot of speedshine. So I got to work. Starting on the hood I sprayed a generous amount of speed shine on the car and kneaded the clay bar into a patty. After rubbing it on the paint until it was super slick, I wiped up the speed shine and ran my hand over the paint. WOW! the paint was smooth and it took away the hard water and stains and the paint seemed a little richer and deeper. I was really impressed. The hood is probably in the worst condition compared to other parts of the car. It definitely took out the rough-ness in the paint, and it is smooth as glass. So I proceeded to do the rest of the car. The whole car turned out great. It looked like I waxed it, and all I did was wash it with Meguiars Gold Class wash and then use the Griot's clay bar. If anyone is using any other clay bar I would recommend trying out this product. I heard zaino was also really good, but this is the first time I've done it and I don't think I need to switch to any other product. :buttrock
Here's a pic of the product itself, I have a video of the clay in action but no pictures afterwards unfortunately because it was getting dark. However my paint is so ridiculously shiny that you really can't tell the difference On camera.
http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n58/le_jawsman2/2011-04-23165835.jpg
http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n58/le_jawsman2/2011-04-23174536.jpg