Originally Posted by
pessling
The wheels are slightly lighter than what they should be but still a good finish when i had them refurbished
being as the car has been cleaned and dried there shouldn't be any grit on the car to be picked up, the clay acts as a very fine cutting agent were as the paint cleaner is a bit more harsh. the paint cleaner is good for removing/reducing swirl marks etc. where as claying with only remove the surface contaminates.
I understand your concern on the claying.
my method of washing is:
a pre soak using snow foam which loosens the suck on contaminates
pressure washed off with a low powered pressure washer
washes using the two bucket method again to stop swirl marks using wash mit
washed off with the pressure washer again
then dried using a large drying towel, no leathers or blades again can scratch
then clayed.