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After I did the Tbird, I said one day I would do my pickup truck.
I had a little time today(not much) so I did one fender to see how it would look when finished.
One thing for sure, you will never see me buying a clay bar when Plumber's putty made it every bit as good as a clay bar.
Bob.
Looks great, Bob . . . thanks for sharing.
BTW . . . once you finish your truck you are welcome to come over here and do mine.
If there are a lot of contaminants on the car finish, claying the car can certainly help with the shine.
Won't comment on the effectiveness of plumber putty since I have never used it on a car's finish and probably won't ever use it. As someone already mentioned, it would be silly to try to save a couple of bucks and risk ruining the paint.
However, word of caution for those risk takers. Clay comes in different grades of aggressiveness. There is the fine, medium and heavy grade. On soft paint, if the clay is too aggressive and/or too aggressively applied, it can leave micro marring. I wonder on the level of abrasiveness of the plumber's putty.
If there are a lot of contaminants on the car finish, claying the car can certainly help with the shine.
Won't comment on the effectiveness of plumber putty since I have never used it on a car's finish and probably won't ever use it. As someone already mentioned, it would be silly to try to save a couple of bucks and risk ruining the paint.
However, word of caution for those risk takers. Clay comes in different grades of aggressiveness. There is the fine, medium and heavy grade. On soft paint, if the clay is too aggressive and/or too aggressively applied, it can leave micro marring. I wonder on the level of abrasiveness of the plumber's putty.
Judging from the picture of the fender on my pickup, that mirror like reflection tells me plumber's putty is not overly abrasive where it leaves any sort of marring.
What it did do however, is leave a smooth as glass finish.
Bob.
Judging from the picture of the fender on my pickup, that mirror like reflection tells me plumber's putty is not overly abrasive where it leaves any sort of marring.
What it did do however, is leave a smooth as glass finish.
Bob.
Not necessarily... you could easily have hard paint.
If it worked for you, that's great but someone on the forums could have something like a black Honda which are generally known for soft paint.
Like I said.... I don't know the aggressiveness of the plumber putty to comment one way or the other except to say that if it is aggressive, it can leave marring on soft paint... or even semi soft paint.
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