I have purchased a clay kit about a month ago still not got around to doing it yet, generally my paint is in very good order as it should be at only 7 months old, i clean it with a lambswool mitt and dry with a microfibre brying cloth, but i have a few tar spots etc from pothole repairs etc just on lower half of some panels. So can i just clay these areas or should i clay the whole car?? If i do have to clay the whole car do you do plastic trim, glass etc??

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You might be better to get a tar remover, use that on the lower areas effected by the tar

wash the panel to get rid of it, I pressure it, then clay the panels

clay does do it but can take time if the tars hard

I use it in glass, but don't think it can be used on textured plastic

just clay those areas only - will be fine.

I've clayed my van in the past and used the clay on the plastic bumpers - it works fine.

Kaine

Were they painted bumpers though? I wouldn't use clay on the textured grey plastic. WINNER - 2009 ‘Just Doing What It’s Designed To Do’ Award

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Thanks all for replies so far

The plastic is the lower sill areas and lower plastic trim on the bumpers, fairly smooth i think, unpainted grey plastic that is until i get it colour coded but that wont be for a year or so, still too new  MY10 3.0 HSE Santorini Black, Ivory Premium & extended leather, privacy, paddles, diamond turned alloys, Ipod lead that charges, tasmods, rrsport.co.uk stickers

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