Clay Bar and Wax Question

Moosy · 04-20-2008, 09:36 PM

I debadged today and unfortuneately found my paint had faded so I have decided to claybar and wax the truck. My questions are do I claybar over or around the giant ugly Zrx decals, same with wax, over or around?

Ya.. I know.. lower it.

Atom200 · 04-20-2008, 09:38 PM

i would go around them unless you want to take them off

wagonproject · 04-20-2008, 09:42 PM

Why not just remove them, and then give the truck a good polishing and then wax?

Moosy · 04-20-2008, 09:43 PM

without the ugly zrx decals how to i justify the ugly bedrails, its a package deal lol.

Atom200 · 04-20-2008, 09:46 PM

ehh i dono dude the bedrails are better than the decales

Moosy · 04-20-2008, 09:48 PM

I may look at them closer and see how hard it would be to remove them, I'm hesitant though, when I got hit I believe it was $170 to replace the decal, so if I screw up or dont like it thats an expensive mistake.

Atom200 · 04-20-2008, 09:50 PM

is it like an embelm or a sticker?

Moosy · 04-20-2008, 09:52 PM

its factory, stuck on somehow either adhesive or under the clearcoat?

Kovz · 04-20-2008, 09:52 PM

when i had vinyl decals on my first car when i was 16, i waxed right over top of them. just take a rubber point or tooth pick and go around the edge of the deal after you are done waxing to get the white residue off

wagonproject · 04-20-2008, 09:52 PM

Im sure you'll like it after you remove it. And then with a clay bar, polish and wax you'll like it more, lol.

Atom200 · 04-20-2008, 09:55 PM

you will prolly like it a lot better if you take them off, i dont think they would clear over a decal

slvrs10 · 04-20-2008, 10:03 PM

That pewter truck is hot.

**Sir Toad** · 04-20-2008, 10:05 PM

moved

Moosy · 04-20-2008, 10:06 PM

Sorry about that I forgot about the cleaning and detailing section.

Firm · 04-21-2008, 11:40 AM

If your going to leave the decals you can wax over them(I'd actually recommend that) but I wouldn't claybar over them. It might harm the color or something, so just to be safe, go around them.

Moosy · 04-21-2008, 01:01 PM

I've decided to leave them.

I see it this way, if you were dating a hot chick but she had a weird birth mark you wouldnt care, so why would I care about my truck. Besides its unique and with only a handful being made I would feel bad taking them off.

Got mecguiars crystal carwash claybar and 3 step wax this morning, but I have a meeting to go to so all the shenanigans will be postponed until this afternoon.

Kovz · 04-21-2008, 01:21 PM

some of us are picky and a weird mole or birthmark might hinder us from dating that person, LOL

... ok that was really shallow. my bad...

tt85_GM · 04-21-2008, 01:42 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by slvrs10

That pewter truck is hot.

Busted.

We know it's you in the pic

Moosy · 04-21-2008, 11:31 PM

I think I did well, I don't know it was dark bytime I was done

lol I was expecting to have all day, but I ended up getting a meeting mid day. ended up wasting the afternoon with that.

Moosy · 04-22-2008, 04:07 PM

claybar worked great

bnkrpt311 · 04-23-2008, 07:49 PM

i've clay barred my car 3 outta the last 5 days, im in love with it haha. truck looks great man, the decals arent the coolest looking but theyre cool just cuz you dont see many of em.

Moosy · 04-23-2008, 07:50 PM

Ya the decals are a love hate thing.

Do you find an improvement with everytime you claybar?

hiatts10 · 04-24-2008, 11:50 PM

Clayed mine the yesterday Looks like I am looking in a mirror.

Moosy · 04-25-2008, 12:14 AM

holy crap i cant even tell what colour that is supposed to be pewter?

lowridinrebel · 04-25-2008, 01:50 AM

I think it's black....my bro and his friends cars are black and when they clay bar, thats the refelction they get!

TubbD · 04-25-2008, 10:13 AM

holy crap! That looks amazing!

Firm · 04-25-2008, 10:36 AM

Yup, thats black...I used to have an 80 MGB that would do that. My dads dark green caddy can reflect like that too, when it's shined up.

flipson · 04-25-2008, 11:34 AM

Do u need to have a buffer to caly ur dime? B/c i removed the Chevrolet tailgate sticker and my paint has faded a lil on tha tailgate so yeah do u need a buffer?

Atom200 · 04-25-2008, 12:50 PM

nope just soap and water... i would wax it after but you dont have to tho

bnkrpt311 · 04-26-2008, 11:54 AM

i wash my car real good by hand, clay it, wax it, and then use a Quik detailer after its all done, it doesnt get any better each time but it does make it shine like crazy. i hae a ton of bad swirl marks and rough spots from the car being 7 years old and having 133k miles on it, and i drive a lot on the freeway so its plenty knicked up. using a polishing compound and a buffer would help a lot in my situation. The only reason I use my clay so much is because after it gets dirty again I know how well it can shine up so a hand wash is never good enough anymore, hence the multiple clay barrings a week lol

04-20-2008, 09:36 PM	#1
Moosy Registered User Age: 21 Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 611 Location: Ontario Canada User is: OffLine	Clay Bar and Wax Question I debadged today and unfortuneately found my paint had faded so I have decided to claybar and wax the truck. My questions are do I claybar over or around the giant ugly Zrx decals, same with wax, over or around? Ya.. I know.. lower it.
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04-20-2008, 09:38 PM	#2
Atom200 Registered User Age: 22 Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 114 Location: CNY User is: OffLine	Re: Clay Bar and Wax Question i would go around them unless you want to take them off
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04-20-2008, 09:42 PM	#3
wagonproject Short Bus Anonymous Age: 21 Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 6,385 Location: Kalamazoo, MI User is: OffLine	Re: Clay Bar and Wax Question Why not just remove them, and then give the truck a good polishing and then wax?
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04-20-2008, 09:43 PM	#4
Moosy Registered User Age: 21 Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 611 Location: Ontario Canada User is: OffLine	Re: Clay Bar and Wax Question without the ugly zrx decals how to i justify the ugly bedrails, its a package deal lol.
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04-20-2008, 09:46 PM	#5
Atom200 Registered User Age: 22 Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 114 Location: CNY User is: OffLine	Re: Clay Bar and Wax Question ehh i dono dude the bedrails are better than the decales
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04-20-2008, 09:48 PM	#6
Moosy Registered User Age: 21 Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 611 Location: Ontario Canada User is: OffLine	Re: Clay Bar and Wax Question I may look at them closer and see how hard it would be to remove them, I'm hesitant though, when I got hit I believe it was $170 to replace the decal, so if I screw up or dont like it thats an expensive mistake.
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04-20-2008, 09:50 PM	#7
Atom200 Registered User Age: 22 Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 114 Location: CNY User is: OffLine	Re: Clay Bar and Wax Question is it like an embelm or a sticker?
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04-20-2008, 09:52 PM	#8
Moosy Registered User Age: 21 Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 611 Location: Ontario Canada User is: OffLine	Re: Clay Bar and Wax Question its factory, stuck on somehow either adhesive or under the clearcoat?
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04-20-2008, 09:52 PM	#9
Kovz I RIDE LO Age: 24 Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 10,220 Location: Pittsburgh, PA / Youngstown, OH User is: OffLine	Re: Clay Bar and Wax Question when i had vinyl decals on my first car when i was 16, i waxed right over top of them. just take a rubber point or tooth pick and go around the edge of the deal after you are done waxing to get the white residue off
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04-20-2008, 09:52 PM	#10
wagonproject Short Bus Anonymous Age: 21 Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 6,385 Location: Kalamazoo, MI User is: OffLine	Re: Clay Bar and Wax Question Im sure you'll like it after you remove it. And then with a clay bar, polish and wax you'll like it more, lol.
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04-20-2008, 09:55 PM	#11
Atom200 Registered User Age: 22 Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 114 Location: CNY User is: OffLine	Re: Clay Bar and Wax Question you will prolly like it a lot better if you take them off, i dont think they would clear over a decal
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04-20-2008, 10:03 PM	#12
slvrs10 Registered User Age: 20 Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 677 Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada User is: OffLine	Re: Clay Bar and Wax Question That pewter truck is hot.
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04-20-2008, 10:05 PM	#13
Sir Toad drunk and bored Age: 40 Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 28,531 Location: galesburg(or morton), il User is: OffLine	Re: Clay Bar and Wax Question moved
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04-20-2008, 10:06 PM	#14
Moosy Registered User Age: 21 Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 611 Location: Ontario Canada User is: OffLine	Re: Clay Bar and Wax Question Sorry about that I forgot about the cleaning and detailing section.
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04-21-2008, 11:40 AM	#15
Firm Urban Hick Age: 20 Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 2,171 Location: Mississauga Ontario Canda User is: OffLine	Re: Clay Bar and Wax Question If your going to leave the decals you can wax over them(I'd actually recommend that) but I wouldn't claybar over them. It might harm the color or something, so just to be safe, go around them.
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04-21-2008, 01:01 PM	#16
Moosy Registered User Age: 21 Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 611 Location: Ontario Canada User is: OffLine	Re: Clay Bar and Wax Question I've decided to leave them. I see it this way, if you were dating a hot chick but she had a weird birth mark you wouldnt care, so why would I care about my truck. Besides its unique and with only a handful being made I would feel bad taking them off. Got mecguiars crystal carwash claybar and 3 step wax this morning, but I have a meeting to go to so all the shenanigans will be postponed until this afternoon.
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04-21-2008, 01:21 PM	#17
Kovz I RIDE LO Age: 24 Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 10,220 Location: Pittsburgh, PA / Youngstown, OH User is: OffLine	Re: Clay Bar and Wax Question some of us are picky and a weird mole or birthmark might hinder us from dating that person, LOL ... ok that was really shallow. my bad...
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04-21-2008, 01:42 PM	#18
tt85_GM I AM CANADIAN Age: 24 Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 5,337 Location: Ont. Canada User is: OffLine	Re: Clay Bar and Wax Question Quote: Originally Posted by slvrs10 That pewter truck is hot. Busted. We know it's you in the pic
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04-21-2008, 11:31 PM	#19
Moosy Registered User Age: 21 Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 611 Location: Ontario Canada User is: OffLine	Re: Clay Bar and Wax Question I think I did well, I don't know it was dark bytime I was done lol I was expecting to have all day, but I ended up getting a meeting mid day. ended up wasting the afternoon with that.
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04-22-2008, 04:07 PM	#20
Moosy Registered User Age: 21 Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 611 Location: Ontario Canada User is: OffLine	Re: Clay Bar and Wax Question claybar worked great
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04-23-2008, 07:49 PM	#21
bnkrpt311 Registered User Age: 24 Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 2,638 Location: Waukesha, WI via MPLS, MN User is: OffLine	Re: Clay Bar and Wax Question i've clay barred my car 3 outta the last 5 days, im in love with it haha. truck looks great man, the decals arent the coolest looking but theyre cool just cuz you dont see many of em.
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04-23-2008, 07:50 PM	#22
Moosy Registered User Age: 21 Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 611 Location: Ontario Canada User is: OffLine	Re: Clay Bar and Wax Question Ya the decals are a love hate thing. Do you find an improvement with everytime you claybar?
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04-24-2008, 11:50 PM	#23
hiatts10 Registered User Age: 23 Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 329 Location: Wisnton Salem, NC User is: OffLine	Re: Clay Bar and Wax Question Clayed mine the yesterday Looks like I am looking in a mirror.
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04-25-2008, 12:14 AM	#24
Moosy Registered User Age: 21 Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 611 Location: Ontario Canada User is: OffLine	Re: Clay Bar and Wax Question holy crap i cant even tell what colour that is supposed to be pewter?
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04-25-2008, 01:50 AM	#25
lowridinrebel Livin Life Low! Age: 26 Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 526 Location: Montreal Quebec, Canada User is: OffLine	Re: Clay Bar and Wax Question I think it's black....my bro and his friends cars are black and when they clay bar, thats the refelction they get!
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04-25-2008, 10:13 AM	#26
TubbD Tonight the world is mine Age: 22 Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 16,574 Location: Linwood, MN User is: OffLine	Re: Clay Bar and Wax Question holy crap! That looks amazing!
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04-25-2008, 10:36 AM	#27
Firm Urban Hick Age: 20 Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 2,171 Location: Mississauga Ontario Canda User is: OffLine	Re: Clay Bar and Wax Question Yup, thats black...I used to have an 80 MGB that would do that. My dads dark green caddy can reflect like that too, when it's shined up.
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04-25-2008, 11:34 AM	#28
flipson Registered User Age: 20 Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 116 Location: g-town ohio 45631 User is: OffLine	Re: Clay Bar and Wax Question Do u need to have a buffer to caly ur dime? B/c i removed the Chevrolet tailgate sticker and my paint has faded a lil on tha tailgate so yeah do u need a buffer?
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04-25-2008, 12:50 PM	#29
Atom200 Registered User Age: 22 Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 114 Location: CNY User is: OffLine	Re: Clay Bar and Wax Question nope just soap and water... i would wax it after but you dont have to tho
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04-26-2008, 11:54 AM	#30
bnkrpt311 Registered User Age: 24 Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 2,638 Location: Waukesha, WI via MPLS, MN User is: OffLine	Re: Clay Bar and Wax Question i wash my car real good by hand, clay it, wax it, and then use a Quik detailer after its all done, it doesnt get any better each time but it does make it shine like crazy. i hae a ton of bad swirl marks and rough spots from the car being 7 years old and having 133k miles on it, and i drive a lot on the freeway so its plenty knicked up. using a polishing compound and a buffer would help a lot in my situation. The only reason I use my clay so much is because after it gets dirty again I know how well it can shine up so a hand wash is never good enough anymore, hence the multiple clay barrings a week lol
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