Originally Posted by drs

I noticed a few weeks ago, that my car felt very rough to the touch. This included the paint as well as the windows. I was a little surprised as I take good care of it, and it is normally very smooth and slick. The only thing I can think of, is at the office, they were cleaning the sides of the building with a high-pressure spray that was blowing around. And maybe that coated my car with something.

Anyway, I washed my car thinking whatever it was, would come off with a normal wash. However, after the wash, the roughness remained. So, I washed it a second time and "really scrubbed it". Same result, the roughness remained.

Finally I resigned myself to an episode with a clay bar. As you may know, the bar produces nice results, but it sure is a pain. Then I ran across the Clay Mitt. And I have to admit I ordered it with a bit of reluctance, as I just didn't believe it would work as advertised.

Yesterday, I washed my car (yep, still rough) then went to work with the clay mitt. Application is the same as the bar, you work on one section of the car at a time, liberally spraying some form of lubricant prior to rubbing the car. But instead of constantly folding the clay to keep a 'clean' side for the car, you regularly dip the mitt into a bucket of clean water to remove any contaminants. I did not use a lot of pressure. Just gently rubbed the mitt across the surface, similar to a normal wash mitt. I noticed that when starting a new section, I could feel the roughness and hear a sound like rubbing bare feet across the concrete. Then after the first couple of passes, the roughness was removed, and the sound went away. I was still a little skeptical, but started to have hope that this would work. Sure enough, after finishing up and washing/drying again. The finish was back to a smooth as glass feel.

I don't know that the mitt would work as good as the bar in all situations (like removing rail contaminants, etc.) but for this example, the final result with the mitt was just as good as if I had used a bar. And the process took only 15 minutes or so to complete the entire car, was easier to use, no need to fold, or worry about dropping it. And the mitt is reusable.

If you find yourself in a similar situation and are thinking about using a clay bar, you might try a mitt instead. I'm sure there are many versions, but this is the one I used.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Originally Posted by Eff A Ford

I just clayed my car last night with the sponge thingy and now my paint feels like butter.

Originally Posted by LimeRay

It shouldn't feel like butter, it should feel like clean paint.