Interested in detailing your car and want a clean foundation to work with? Check out the best clay bars at AutoGuide.com.

How It Works: Detailing your car with a clay bar When it comes to taking your car's finish to the next level, a clay bar can work wonders—but only if it's used properly ...

Don't skip this crucial step when washing, waxing, and detailing that lustrous paint job on your car.

Don't skip this crucial step when washing, waxing, and detailing that lustrous paint job on your car.

And if it’s been a long time since the car has seen a clay bar, it’s probably time that you use one. But while giving your car a good detailing is regarded by many as therapeutic, finding the ...

Starting with an area about 1 or 2 feet square, spray the car’s surface with a detailing product to provide lubrication for the clay.

Starting with an area about 1 or 2 feet square, spray the car’s surface with a detailing product to provide lubrication for the clay. Then, gently rub the clay bar or patty back and forth over ...

When is a clean car not a clean car? When it hasn’t been clayed! Once the preserve of auto care specialists, clay bars shift the tree sap, tar, brake dust and bird muck that soap and water on ...