Clay bar???????
Race Director
Joined: Mar 2007
Posts: 11,331
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From: Missouri City Texas
Probably because it doesn't pay **** to actually do it the right way. Could you support yourself or family doing a 150-250 wax job that takes 8+hrs to do the right way? I sure as **** couldn't. Not to mention most people are happy with just your pull in and out quick car wash.
I don't have time for much detailing now due to my full time job and family business (was just doing it on weekends), but when I was doing 2 cars a month it was between $35-$40 an hour for details including correction work, which is really the only thing worth paying for (anyone can wash, clay and wax a car).
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Joined: Mar 2007
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From: Right Corner Pocket of Illinois
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Hey come on, I used Turtle Wax quite successfully back in 1970! 
Racer
Joined: Oct 2008
Posts: 415
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From: Owensboro Ky
St. Jude Donor '11
To be honest, I didn't know what a clay bar was until a year or so ago!! I was looking at this site and then did some research. I used to work at two different car washes for years through high school and college. We'd get vans and cheap cars. We'd do the easy stuff like wash then wax. There wasn't even a clay bar to be seen.
But now I know, and knowing is half the battle
But now I know, and knowing is half the battle
