Liquid Clay

Just go buy the Mother's clay bar kit. It comes with the clay bar, the lubricating spray which is also the detail spray AND a bottle of Mother's cleaner wax. All for ~$15.I've used it. Very time consuming, but it works wonders even on extremely oxidized paint. What's cool with clay is you can actually hear and feel the contaminants coming off the car. Once you don't hear anything (kinda like sandpaper scraping VERY quietly) the contaminants are all gone. Move to the next section.

auto zone napa oreillys they all have it 15-20 bucks it is awesome

Will do, thanks.

You can use something like good old fashioned paint thinner (Lowes, Home Depot) on tar and it will cut the tar if it's fairly fresh. Might make your job easier. Follow up with a good wash with Dawn dish soap. This will strip all the thinner and wax from the car, gets it squeaky clean.

Kate

NOTE I said PAINT thinner - it's oily and will not harm the paint. DO NOT USE LACQUER THINNER! It will ruin your paint.

Kate

Or denatured alcohol, which won't do anything to the paint. paint thinner shouldn't either, but why take the chance. I use denatured alcohol on my '69. Still haven't waxed it yet. :)

On Tue, 17 May 2005 14:05:13 GMT, "Adrian Gruber" wrote something wonderfully witty:

I would begin hand washing it myself and using the entire line of Mother's products to include the clay bar & detailing spray.

Oh did I mention to not take your car through an automated car wash?

and be sure NOT to smoke or allow any sort of flame anywhere near EITHER of these two products.

Kate

Are you including the "touchless" high pressure washes as well? I thought that the old style ones with the rotating brushes and/or felt strips were all history by now.

On Wed, 18 May 2005 02:39:24 GMT, "Richard" wrote something wonderfully witty:

All but hand washes, with the appropriate washing liquid are bad ju-ju.

How is it everything except a handwash is bad?

On Wed, 18 May 2005 10:44:13 -0400, "BK24" wrote something wonderfully witty:

The harshness of the chemicals that they use as well as the extreme high pressures. In other automated systems there is also the components that actually touch your car such as whirling brushes and rollover dryers.

Wash your car as you would your pecker. You want a high pressure pecker wash with industrial strength chemicals?

"ZombyWoof" wrote

| Wash your car as you would your pecker.

Uhhhhh... I might have a bit of a problem.

Kate

LOL..

-Mike

-- Melt away the Cellulite with Cellulean!

Sorry, but I don't agree with "everything except a handwash is bad". Just a preference of some people I think.

High-pressure isn't bad. I hand-wash Elizabeth when I can, but it isn't easy when you live in an apartment complex. And so I'll take a high-pressure wash over NO wash any day.

-Mike

-- Melt away the Cellulite with Cellulean!

I haven't had the best of luck with automatic washers. Had one with the little straps rip my driver's side mirror off while I sat and watched in horror. Every time I go through a touch free it blows about a gallon of water inside the car whee the top meets the windows.

Now that I live in the boonies and my driveway is not paved, I have troubel even with a hand wash. If I wash it on the lawn, grass and mud get on the tires befoer I even get it dry and if I wash it in the driveway then the goo in the gravel splashes up every time you use the hose and you never get it clean.

One of these days I am going to get a concrete pad poured out there.

Kate

| > >>Are you including the "touchless" high pressure washes as well? I | thought | > >>that the old style ones with the rotating brushes and/or felt strips | were | > >>all history by now. | > >>

| > > All but hand washes, with the appropriate washing liquid are bad | > > ju-ju. | > > -- | > > "Either kill me or take me as I am, | > > because I'll be damned if I ever change..." | > >

| > > The Marquis de Sade | >

| > How is it everything except a handwash is bad? | >

| >

| |

You don't even get loaned one on occasion?

It's my soap, and my car. I can wash it as fast as I want to! Hmmmm, something tells me it just won't be the same.

| > "ZombyWoof" wrote | >

| > | Wash your car as you would your pecker. | >

| > Uhhhhh... I might have a bit of a problem. | >

| > *snikker* | >

| > Kate | >

| You don't even get loaned one on occasion? |

Nope, he says all I wanna do is play with it... go figure!