What's up Chemical Guys family?
Today, we brought KITT from Knight Rider back into the Detail Garage to continue our mini-series
on the detailing flow chart.
Now, if you've been following us, we've already washed KITT and now we are moving on to the
decontamination process using a clay bar.
Now, what that does is pull the embedded contamination out of the pores of the paint.
It gives it that rough feeling, also a really milky or clouded look and if you listen, you
can hear that there's a very fine, faint rough sound.
So, we are going to use our OG Clay Bar which we have over here to pull that out.
Now, we've already tested using a Light Clay Bar and it's just not enough.
Light clay bars are intended for newer cars or a car that is routinely clayed.
This car has been outside for a while and also it hasn't been detailed in a long time.
So, we are going to use the OG Clay Bar today to give it back that factory finish and also
prepare it for polishing.
Now, we don't nee to use the whole bar up at once.
I'm just going to cut a very small section off, and then we are going to kneed that up
into a patty.
So, using a regular blade, we are going to cut off a small section here
and we will put the rest of it back in the container so it doesn't dry out.
Like I said, we are just going to kneed this into a patty that covers about two or three fingers.
As we clay, it will pull out any kind of fallout pollen, or anything else that is on the surface
such as over spray and it's going to hide itself and trap itself into the clay bar.
So now, let's take some Clay Luber.
What I like to do is spray my hand, spray the bar, and then spray the surface because
this sticks to everything but we want to have plenty of lubrication so we are not creating
any kind of marring or scratching.
So, we will start at the top, working back and forth, just applying a fine amount
of pressure.
At first, it's going to feel and sound rough, but as you pull the contamination out, it
will get smoother and the clay bar will just glide over the surface.
Now, recently, I had someone ask me if clay barring will remove scratches or swirls.
In fact, it does not.
All it's really doing is making the paint smooth so you can prepare it for polishing
or any kind of waxes, glazes, and sealants.
To remove any kind of swirls and scratches, you wan to use a polisher, or you can do it
by hand, but machine polishing definitely gives you better results.
All the clay bar is doing is preparing you for the next step in the detailing process.
Typically, if the car is really dirty, you can see a fine brown line here or you can
see some time of contamination.
There's a very fine amount here.
It will probably be hard to see on camera, but I'm going to wipe it off and show you
guys the difference between the sound and also this is going to help us move on to the
next step in the detailing process.
So, we have ourselves a green Workhorse Towel.
I'm going to fold it in four and then we start here at the top, working our way down.
We're also rolling the towel because we have pulled out some kind of impurities so we don't
want to scratch the paint, even those this car has a ton of scratches and swirls in it.
As a lot of you that have black paint know, it shows a lot of imperfections, and this
car looks like its been through a machine car wash or it wasn't routinely detailed the
right way or properly, so now it's suffering from swirls and scratches, its got water spots.
We are going to give it the treatment it deserves and get it back to that sit com high shine
that they intended for it and bring out that lustrous black shine.
So, we are going to finish the rest of the vehicle and in the mean time you guys can
head over to our website, ChemicalGuys.com to check out these products for yourself.
If you like KITT, be sure to give it a thumbs up
and we will see you guys next time right here in the Detail Garage.