# detailing project started **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Automotive\ **Created:** [April 12, 2010, 12:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/detailing-project-started/251430 "2010-04-12T12:27:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 7
**Author:** ![kramerbuccs24](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/kramerbuccs24/32/6397_2.png) [@kramerbuccs24](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/kramerbuccs24)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2010, 3:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/detailing-project-started/251430/7 "2010-04-12T15:13:05Z")
> [@What are you doing at work today](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-are-you-doing-at-work-today/30894/27): > > i did not clay, im just messing around with it right now. Its funny that you said that because i started the hood and it came out ok and i touched it and said “i shouldve clayed it first.” But whatever, this is just to learn. > > Do you claybay before buff? > [@I faught the law, and the, law won V. carlise](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-faught-the-law-and-the-law-won-v-carlise/30879/23): > > Yes, clay before buff… ^Yup. A clay-job is kind of like a reallyyyy good wash, it gets 100% of everything off of the paint before you start throwing all sorts of polishes, compounds, waxes, whatever at it. Just a good clay-job can do WONDERS on paint that hasn’t been properly taken care of. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/detailing-project-started/251430)._