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Old Jul 17, 2005 | 09:40 PM
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I cut my bar in half before using and it was fine. It was actually a good thing I did because I dropped it on the ground halfway through and had to throw it away. Note my car is less than a week old so I the bar didn't remove very much at all except around the tires.
Old Jul 18, 2005 | 12:27 AM
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Hmmm i am gonna have to do this next weekend HA!
Old Jul 18, 2005 | 02:40 AM
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is it ok to use it on glass? if so, do you still use the quick detailer?
Old Jul 18, 2005 | 04:23 AM
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I actually have a question on this... When I clayed my car I think I went a bit overboard using the lubricant for it and ended up with a lot of it left on my car. Following the instructions, I wiped it off with a microfiber towel, but on I think the Adams video, they show just going ahead and adding the polish with the left over lube still on. After claying, removing lube, polishing, removing polish, waxing, removing wax I was honestly about ready to collapse.

So, what do you all do when you clay, do you remove the lube, then polish or just add the polish over the lube remaining on your car?

Of course, since I spent all this time on my car a week ago, we have had rain every afternoon and my car now looks bad, and the weather forcast... rain for the next 10 days... Sigh...
Old Jul 18, 2005 | 05:56 AM
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good job
Old Jul 20, 2005 | 05:03 AM
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Originally Posted by senta
After claying, removing lube, polishing, removing polish, waxing, removing wax I was honestly about ready to collapse.
LOL same here.

So, what do you all do when you clay, do you remove the lube, then polish or just add the polish over the lube remaining on your car?
I saw that video too and was TO'd that I coulda saved 30 minutes.

However I'm no expert but I would think that the lube would put a layer between the polish/sealant and your paint/clearcoat thereby blocking the polish/sealant from reaching the paint/clearcoat layer. No clue if that's correct or not.

Let's see what Lonely Raven thinks.
Old Aug 7, 2005 | 04:56 AM
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Originally Posted by senta
I actually have a question on this... When I clayed my car I think I went a bit overboard using the lubricant for it and ended up with a lot of it left on my car. Following the instructions, I wiped it off with a microfiber towel, but on I think the Adams video, they show just going ahead and adding the polish with the left over lube still on. After claying, removing lube, polishing, removing polish, waxing, removing wax I was honestly about ready to collapse.

So, what do you all do when you clay, do you remove the lube, then polish or just add the polish over the lube remaining on your car?

Of course, since I spent all this time on my car a week ago, we have had rain every afternoon and my car now looks bad, and the weather forcast... rain for the next 10 days... Sigh...
You can't really go overboard on the detail spray, it is just a light spray wax product so all you need to do is wipe it off and buff up the finish with a clean cloth. Don't get confused with the term "lube", it's not a lubricant like oil, it just makes the clay glide over the finish. In the video he added a finishing wax over the detail spray...it's all really the same stuff. It's not that hard, I think that you just got confused when you thought about the detail spray as a lube that needed to be completely removed...
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