Well, after being on here for awhile, reading what you guys have done,I decided to clay my wife's Explorer. I used it as a guinea pig before doing my truck, and her paint has been somewhat neglected over the last year or so. She had a lot of crud built up, especially from road tar and bug-strikes.
I started out with a bug & tar remover I picked up last week, and this was by far the best one I have used yet. It didn't take all of the tar, pine droppings, and bugs off, but did a great job of prepping the worst spots for the rest. I followed that up with Meguiars Crystal car wash, two bucket method, then sat down to clay the Ex. I took my time, didn't rush, and got a glass-smooth finish. Even my wife could tell the improvement, and she had been doubtful,
I finished up with a coat of Meguiar's carnauba...her car has been reborn!
Guess what I'm doing next weekend...the FX4!
Thanks for all the tips and info, guys...made a world of difference...
