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8th December 2008, 13:33
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Too cold to clay bar?
Can it be too cold to clay bar your paintowrk, as obviously the clay needs to be malleable and supple to pick up contaminants, but wont it just harden up on contact with paintowrk thats about 3 degrees!
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8th December 2008, 13:37
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just soften the clay up in your hand mate or put it on the radiator, its never too cold for it, i did mine in freezing weather before i pc'd the car 
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8th December 2008, 14:02
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Anyone been waxing thier sax in the cold?
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8th December 2008, 14:06
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i clayed mine last week worked ok
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8th December 2008, 16:13
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Cheers guys, was gonna be doing this today but it started raining! Damn British weather!
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8th December 2008, 21:59
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Put it in some warmish water to soften it up a bit or rub it in the palms of your hand until soft, remember to use plenty of lube(quick detailer/water) depending on which clay bar you use.
Hope that helps
Wayne 
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8th December 2008, 22:08
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Use abit more Lube like Wayne said when it's cold ... Warming up in your palm will help like said also.
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8th December 2008, 22:58
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I waxed my car in the cold, infact, I had to stop because the roof became really icey.
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8th December 2008, 23:18
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Quote:
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Anyone been waxing thier sax in the cold?
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Gave mine a layer of Colly 462 the other day for the winter. Was the easiest application I've done tbh - no sun to bake the stuff on, haha.
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8th December 2008, 23:27
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can you get these claybars from halfords ?? and are they cheap ?? thanks
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8th December 2008, 23:54
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can you get these claybars from halfords ?? and are they cheap ?? thanks |
Around £25 and you get 2 squash ball size pieces of clay, quik detailer, cleaner wax and a microfibre cloth. I thought it was pretty good value.
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8th December 2008, 23:56
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Around £25 and you get 2 squash ball size pieces of clay, quik detailer, cleaner wax and a microfibre cloth. I thought it was pretty good value.
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thanks , oh and also do they last long, or is it £25 for one clean go... if you get me
thanks
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9th December 2008, 00:23
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well it comes with 2 pieces of clay... that are supposed to be re-usable.... realistically I day your probably only looking at 1 or 2 uses per clay barthink id prefer to just use it the once though tbh ... would defeat the object of doing it if your clay is already contaminated from a previous sesh?
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9th December 2008, 00:25
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Should really only use a claybar once!!!
I got the megs kit which is mentioned above and only ended up using 1 bar of clay, so still have one bar left!
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9th December 2008, 00:28
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ah ok, now i know i wont have to make a silly thread on here
thanks
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