RE: to clay or not to clay???
It doesn't help it stay on longer, but the cars paint will look better overall (and feel a lot better). Just think of it like this - when you're looking at a painted surface like a hood you see every imperfection because a hood is a long flat expanse of painted metal. Any visual inconsistencies will catch the light and be noticable. Most of the stuff clay gets its so small you will never see it, but it will get some visual contiminants, and your paint will be better for it. What you're after is paint that looks like liquid, and contaminants are just one exrta thing keeping you from that.
I cleaned a car today that was in very good shape - the most noticable difference came after the clay, the paint felt smoother, looked smoother and more glossy. It's well worth the $20 imo, and you can cut the clay in half and get two or more uses out of it.
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