The Clay Bar

[roadracer311]

Has anyone tried shining a bright light on their dark colored car after claying it? Mine had hundreds and hundreds of fine scratches afterward.

I used the zaino clay and followed the instructions as carefully as I could. Also read many people's tutorials on the subject prior to claying.

After claying, when the headlight from my motorcycle shines on my Boxster's fenders, I can see the hundreds of tiny scratches I put into the paint with the clay. I can tell that it's from the clay because I followed the "up down" on the fenders and "front back" on the hood, instructions. So instead of the usual spider web pattern, it's nearly parallel lines. I've since buffed it all out with a Porter Cable and some "Zaino-PC"

I turned the clay a lot and used a lot of soapy water to keep the clay lubed up, but it just kept picking up so much stuff (after a good wash with Dawn) that it seemed like I couldn't fold the clay enough to keep it clean. I'll bet I folded 50 times, and I also switched out the clay so much that I used up the full amount of clay that came from Zaino in that kit.