Wax for brown paint

[AKT]

I also ordered ONRWW. I plan to use that as clay lube WITH optimum car wax for the finishing touch.

[VISITOR]

have you decontaminated and thoroughly polished the paint yet or recently? about 90% of the gloss and how the paint looks/feels comes from that stage. you can put the most amazing LSP (last step product aka wax/sealant/coating) on any car but if you haven't done the previous then you wouldn't enjoy the full benefits and not to mention the LSP will not last as long. think of a wound/cut that wasn't fully wiped cleaned before you put a band-aid on, it would fall off soon and probably get infected and not heal as soon if that makes sense...

[The Guz]

I just ordered the opti-clay towel. Just waiting for my order! 1st time using clay.

I also ordered ONRWW. I plan to use that as clay lube WITH optimum car wax for the finishing touch.

You may want to re-think the purchase of the OPT clay towel. I bought one not long ago and I have to say it is not that good. It left sticky residue on the my glass when I was breaking it in. The residue was a pain in the butt to remove. I tried ONR and McKee's N914 as clay lube. Same results. I tried it with optimum car wax as clay lube as Optimum recommends that as well on one area of the paint and same results. It does not glide that well. Supposedly Optimum redesigned these towels but I think they need to go back to the drawing board on this one. I am not the only one that has had this issue. Many in the Detalks facebook group mentioned the same thing/

I ended up switching back to the Griot's clay mitt which has been working well for me.

I would consider another clay towel or mitt.

[AKT]

You may want to re-think the purchase of the OPT clay towel. I bought one not long ago and I have to say it is not that good. It left sticky residue on the my glass when I was breaking it in. The residue was a pain in the butt to remove. I tried ONR and McKee's N914 as clay lube. Same results. I tried it with optimum car wax as clay lube as Optimum recommends that as well on one area of the paint and same results. It does not glide that well. Supposedly Optimum redesigned these towels but I think they need to go back to the drawing board on this one. I am not the only one that has had this issue. Many in the Detalks facebook group mentioned the same thing/

I ended up switching back to the Griot's clay mitt which has been working well for me.

I would consider another clay towel or mitt.

Ouch! Shipment is already on its way...

I will probably use it in my shower door first to "break it in".

Thanks for the heads up sir

[rlaw34776]

Yes sir I did clay bar it once but didn't try just clay bar. I used meguiars clay bar kit so not sure if that sufficient. When it comes to clay bar/bars I do not know much about it, maybe their is a brand that is better I am not aware.

[rlaw34776]

I clay bared it but as far as polish is there a difference between polish and wax? If you mean wax then yes I used pinnacle on a great lakes pad on porter cable buffer.

[01GreyStangGT]

I had a brown Sorento that looked really good with Blackfire Black Ice


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[rlaw34776]

NO have not tried clay bar without polish - thanks

[TMQ]

Flatter the panel...brighter the paint/gloss...

Claying will add or help increasing the "pop" factor in paint.

Tom

[PouncingPanzer]

A color like that, if using a wax, I would go for a Paste wax heavy with Carnauba wax. Collenite 915 comes to mind first.