First Post... check out my beautiful 2011 Kia Optima EX Luxury

[Hammy99]

Hi everyone,

I just bought the Meguiar's clay bar kit to use on my father's 2009 Ford Taurus that has never been properly cleaned... should keep me busy for about 3 hour tomorrow.

Check out my car blog at www.nlcarblog.blogspot.com

I'll let you know how the clay bar works out!

[Murr1525]

Re: First Post... check out my beautiful 2011 Kia Optima EX Luxury

Clay wont take too long. Whatever cleaning/polishing/waxing you do after will take longer.

[Hammy99]

Re: First Post... check out my beautiful 2011 Kia Optima EX Luxury

I have some EX-P Sealant to follow up with.

[Evan.J]

Re: First Post... check out my beautiful 2011 Kia Optima EX Luxury

I have some EX-P Sealant to follow up with.

As murr stated flying will only take an hour if that. Once that is done you should follow up with a cleaner the a polish to add oils then finally your wax

[Hammy99]

Re: First Post... check out my beautiful 2011 Kia Optima EX Luxury

So here's how it all went:


Clean the Taurus with Turtle Wax Premium Ice car wash - about 20 minutes and 10 minutes to dry thoroughly.


Clay bar treatment - about an hour from beginning to end and I had a helper with the clay as I sprayed the lubricant and wiped off after. One bar easily did my father's very contaminated car, I can still use it again, I used about half the detailing spray. TIP: DO NOT DROP THE CLAY, EVERYTHING STICKS TO IT.


So once we were done you could really feel the difference in the paint but I noticed the small rust like spots did not go away so I had to break out the TRIX.


TRIX - About 20 minutes to apply, rinse and dry


EX-P Sealant - 15 minutes to apply, 15 minutes to let set and 15 minutes to buff off.


Then I couldn't help but clean the interior and doors a bit with my turtle wax total interior care.




Look at er now! Would you look at that shine.... and it wasn't even sunny when the pictures were taken