Success.

When I first saw this dust and it wouldn't wash off, I tried Farecla which
removed it but left scratches. These did polish out with more Farecla -
but was simply too much work and removed too much paint.

So today I found the clay bar I'd bought from 3Ms ages ago, bought some
Microfibre cloths from Tesco (2 quid for 2 - new product), and some car
shampoo (no wax) from Halfords.

Hosed the car then washed with the shampoo and hosed again. Cut off a bit
of the clay bar - it's rather like tough plasticine. Tried a small
inconspicuous area where the powder was present and after very little work
it became smooth to the touch. (I used the shampoo in the stated dilution
as a lubricant - in a spray bottle) Dried it with the microfibre cloth and
it looked excellent - very smooth but slightly dull, but all the powder
gone. Waxed it and it came up great. The amount of muck the bar removed
was surprising.

Having heard our US cousins rave about this stuff for years I'm now sold
on it. It is far kinder to the paint than a wax which includes a cutting
compound, as most do.

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On Mon, 31 May 2010 18:14:57 +0100, "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote:

Success.

When I first saw this dust and it wouldn't wash off, I tried Farecla which
removed it but left scratches. These did polish out with more Farecla -
but was simply too much work and removed too much paint.

So today I found the clay bar I'd bought from 3Ms ages ago, bought some
Microfibre cloths from Tesco (2 quid for 2 - new product), and some car
shampoo (no wax) from Halfords.

Hosed the car then washed with the shampoo and hosed again. Cut off a bit
of the clay bar - it's rather like tough plasticine. Tried a small
inconspicuous area where the powder was present and after very little work
it became smooth to the touch. (I used the shampoo in the stated dilution
as a lubricant - in a spray bottle) Dried it with the microfibre cloth and
it looked excellent - very smooth but slightly dull, but all the powder
gone. Waxed it and it came up great. The amount of muck the bar removed
was surprising.

Having heard our US cousins rave about this stuff for years I'm now sold
on it. It is far kinder to the paint than a wax which includes a cutting
compound, as most do.


Visions of large holes being formed in the planet by excavating clay
for use by hundreds of millions of people cleaning their cars ... then
other large holes in the planet being filled up with the used clay.

With a few years delay, I suppose the same holes could be re-filled...
;-)

Bruce explained :
Visions of large holes being formed in the planet by excavating clay
for use by hundreds of millions of people cleaning their cars ... then
other large holes in the planet being filled up with the used clay.

With a few years delay, I suppose the same holes could be re-filled...

We have a garden full of clay - you just dig 3 to 4 inches down and
there it is.

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