Detailing Chat & Questions Thread

[gez 172]

You’ll be amazed what will still come off the paint with a clay bar. Always worth using one IMO.

 

[Matt Cup]

Can you clay on top of ceramic coating or does it strip the cc off?

 

[imprezaworks]

Is it worth clay barring before polishing?
The paintwork feels smooth so not particularly contaminated, but if I wanna do a real job on tidying up the paintwork, removing swirls and light scratches etc, will I see a benefit from it?

Yup 👍

 

[JD]

Can you clay on top of ceramic coating or does it strip the cc off?

It'll likely damage if not remove the ceramic coat.

 

[imprezaworks]

This thing had been car washed a lot before it came to us, then sat at ford awaiting a recall for over a month.

Black cars are such hard work especially in the heat but looks decent now.

 

[Nickw88]

Can anyone recommend something to smarten up the carbon tips on my exhaust? They’re hard to get to properly, but they’re starting to look s**t now.

Photo isn’t great but gives an idea what they’re like:

 

[-Jamie-]

Clearcoat failing on them?

Probably easiest to take them off and give them a decent polish, might bring them up alright or could need re lacquered

 

[Nickw88]

Clearcoat failing on them?

Probably easiest to take them off and give them a decent polish, might bring them up alright or could need re lacquered

Most likely, yeah. I think I let them sit with salt on for too long over the winter unfortunately. They actually usually come up OK after a regular clean, but now the warm and sunny weather is here they've deteriorated more. Or at least that's how it seems.

 

[Yarp]

I find once CF goes like that the only solution is to flat it back and put a new clear coat on. Can’t imagine that’ll be easy with the clearance though.

 

[imprezaworks]

H

ate honda paint

Serviced yearly. Tick.
Washed yearly. Not ticked.