How To Properly Decontaminate A Vehicle With Clay
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- čas přidán 20. 01. 2022
- Dirt, road grime, paint overspray, iron fallout, and other bonded contaminants on your paint can make your paint feel bumpy, sound like sandpaper when your hand runs over it, and like like little specks stuck onto the surface. Decontaminating your paint with a clay bar or clay mitt is the easiest way to make the surface of your paint smooth again, and Adam will show you how.
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Glad to see Adam back doing some videos!
Welcome back Adam! I really enjoy your vide tutorials.
It strikes me for a complete amateur like myself, who has never used clay before, the mitt is likely the best place to start since it's mild and easy. May not be the best but I'm also not going to screw up my car first go round
As others said, so glad to see Adam doing a video again.
Good to see you in action Adam. Great tips sir. Love that Belt Buckle🇺🇸
No wonder you have an amazing company! You put everything in simple easy to follow instructions! I never knew there was a guy name Adam, that shows ya much I know…lol
I’ve probably used your clay mitt on 100 different vehicles. I have gone through a few of them and I have liked them for my normal details. If I am doing a Graphene ceramic coating I will go for traditional, but for common details, clay mitt all the way.
Yeah it so much faster and efficient
@@juanperez-ds6kk agreed. I will still use a traditional clay on some details, but on normal details I always go with the mitt.
They still have to keep selling those clay bars! Haha
@@Chief351L oh for sure.
So glad to see Adam back in the videos . I always learn something new from him
YAY, MORE ADAM!
Just ordered my mitt! 🎉
Cold surface n water hardest to detail .. density harder...
Love your products!
Just did this last well on my wife's Lexus. I used Adams Shampoo with ONR along with clay miit (seen in video). Definitely worth the time prior to polishing and sealing.
It's good guide for decontamination.
Can I use your strip wash as foam for clay mitt?
Adams secret lair looks amazing!
Im new to claying the car as well. Here was my thoughts. First rinse the car then get some apc degreaser and pre wash rhe car, rinse then get the contact wash, rinse then iron decon with clay mitt then rinse and wax? Is that right?
Is it just soap that you’re putting on the vehicle before you use the clay mitt?
When is the red folding detailing cart going to be in stock again? It's been over 1 and 1/2 years
Can you use the iron remover as a clay lube with the clay mit?
does the clay mitt remove paste/spray wax be it carnauba or ceramic graphene based...?
I wish I had a mitt, I got like 10 clay bars from mystery box/buckets in the last year lol, but overall great video
What soap was used in the cannon?
Your website says the best lubricant for the mitt is the detail spray. ?
Thanks for thid instructional video but I'd never use clay mitt instead of wash mitt with the car shampoo. Car shampoo is another chemical as well.
And I totally agree with you, clay mitt is the least aggressive decontaminating tool. Clay bar is the best.
What belt buckle is that?
@4:46 caught himself 😂
Business is good lol, that house and car.
NSX in the background 😂
They make quality of products. Adam's got me into detailing at age 18.
Heck yeahhh
Could you possibly find some vehicles that get driven everyday, sit out in the sun for 12 to 16 hours no garage and use your products on that. I have a 03 f150 and a 14 fusion. My truck gets used every day and I work beside a chemical plant.
Not to be a negative Nelly, but all I see you guys work on are vehicles that are kept under cover and do not get driven often.
Rumor is the clay mit mars the finish? True or false?
best ever is to use Bilt Hamber clay fr UK they have their own clay mine ! avail in S , M, H grades it is so pure they say and it is TRUE ! you can use just plain water ! try it let me know what you think ? and update your video w/an addendum ? thx Jack
What do you think of spraying tar remover. (Applies to iron remover too) then cover them with ph neutral snow foam?
So it can dweel longer and maybe it the iron / tar remover can be more effective?
Iron & tar removers are generally formulated to work alone & not to dwell for long periods at all.
Tar remover is also intense. It's not a maintenance product. It's for removing blatant visible tar, rubber, embedded bugs, etc. Iron remover is a maintenance decon product.
Lmao I always wondered who tf “Adam” was. Love adams car shampoo
as a detailer two big questions come to my mind … 1. how often do you recommend rinsing (or dunk in rinse bucket) off your clay mitt when you are removing contamination with the detail spray method and soap method?
2. some clay mitts (and synthetic pads,sponges,discs) will introduce marring into the clearcoat that looks like "ice frost" when performed in colder outside temperatures…(below 55/60f) Do you have the same experience with your clay mitt? Great video thank you very much! Joel's Auto Detailing Sandusky Ohio
ive always heard / read that you should always polish after clay barring your paint.
@@dubb9020 only if you are using a more aggressive clay instead of fine...on a very contaminated surface. I clay vehicles all the time for customers (my decon package) and use a lot of lubrication and never polish afterwards unless that's a service they pay for...especially since the chemical decon is done before mechanical and that removes alot of the harsher iron contaminants.
@@waxmanvids5015 i have the chemical guys OG clay bar and clay luber ... the vehicle id like to try it on hasnt been detailed since 2010. think it will mar the paint? im a newbie and not comftable with polishing yet. id like to give it a good wash then clay bar then hand wax it with the chemical guys butter wet wax
@@dubb9020 wash the car..rinse..then apply a layer of your iron remover of choice. (I love gtechniq w6) Let dwell 3-4 mins. Rinse. Then clay with a lubricant ..(i prefer autoscrub pad/sponge.) You'll be fine! Do all in the shade and cool to touch. ;)
Are you supposed to wash, rinse and dry then foam again for the clay mitt and rinse and dry again?
Or can you clay mitt on the initial foam for the wash?
Or is the best way, wash -> rinse -> Dry -> detail spray & Clay mitt
You don't have to dry before using the clay mitt, but the car should be washed first. While still wet, you can apply more car shampoo/soap & use that as lube for the mitt.
You could also re foam the whole car like Adam did in this vid.
Does using a clay mitt scratch your car?
Why would anyone use more than a one year coating or sealant if you clay every 6 months since it's an abrasive and will remove a coating? 🤔
I didn’t know this and applied your graphene ceramic 7 year coating on my 2020 Silverado over this contamination will the clay mit be safe on my ceramic coating?
Ideally you’d want to start over to get the most out of your coating. Do a strip wash, iron remover, clay, compound, polish, then apply your ceramic coating
@@chrisryan8894 ok possibly something in spring thanks
Blake Neal Fishing don’t forget to use surface prep before applying the ceramic too
@@juanperez-ds6kk I did use that yes
what soap was used in the cannon? the detail spray? im confused
Hi there, it was actually our Mega Foam shampoo mixed with water in the foam cannon. Our Detail Spray will not foam in a cannon since it's not a soap. You can see our washing video with Mega Foam here: czcams.com/video/Br0maV6KuJ4/video.html
Do you wash the car again after Clay or just spray off and move on to next step? Thx
If you are using a Clay Mitt during the wash process as Adam demonstrates in this video, you can just rinse all of the clay and soap residue off with the hose or pressure washer and then move onto your drying step.
Is it mandatory to polish the car after claymit? I want to do this on my white car but i dont want to polish :(
Hi Pepe, not necessarily. The clay mitt isn't super aggressive, so as long as you use light pressure and rinse it out often, you should not see too much marring or light scuffs from it on a white or light-colored car. Machine or hand polishing is mainly to remove swirl marks and bring out more gloss and depth in the finish. After you clay, you could go straight to Surface Prep and then Graphene Ceramic Spray Coating, but keep in mind that any scratches or swirl marks will still be there afterward if you do not polish,
Are you using soap or clay lube when you foam the vehicle?
Hi there, Adam is using our Mega Foam soap in the Foam Cannon to act as the clay lube in this case. You can use our Detail Spray as a clay lube on a clean vehicle as well, but Detail Spray will not foam up in a foam cannon.
I thought a simple detail spray or iron remover spray was enough for claying instead of reapplying soap.
I don’t see anyone asking the important question here. What is the red side for?
Hi there, the red woven fabric side should not be used on paint - it may not be delicate enough for some paint surfaces. That side is used to lay the mitt back into the packaging, or onto a work bench, detail cart, etc, without it sticking to that surface. You want to try to avoid laying it clay-side-down on any surface.
Proper to YOU! And you’re the best huh! Hahahahaha
Doesn't it stand to reason that if the fine clay bar can be used on ceramic coatings, then one could also safely use the clay mitt on ceramic coatings. Correct?
Yes. I personally don’t like the mit because you can’t knead it when it gets dirty.
@@croomrider9785 you just rinse it off lol
Hello sir,
We are competitors on amazon in 2 products. I see that you are missing some important strategy which we can increase $10k sales of that products
No offense, but Adam and his multi-million dollar business is unfortunately not open for criticism. We all have found better and more optimal ways to decon over the years. But convincing the millions of Adam's customers that you have a better way might be more of a task than its worth my friend! Keep working on your Amazon company and become the next "Adams" with your own products and strategies. Stay safe and happy detailing! 🚗🚙🛻
Never a good idea to make a how-to video with background music. The background music is so distracting from the instructions
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