Should You Clay Bar Before Compound?

Yes, you will want to clay and perhaps decontaminate the paint with something like Car Pro Iron X before compounding. Main reason is you want to compound and polish paint that's free of any contaminants for obvious reasons.

Should I clay bar or compound first?

claying is the first step. then compounding is the second, BUT, I'd like to make this concept a little bit clearer: compounding is a more aggressive step than the one you're going to have been done in your car. compounding requieres cleaners like compound power cleaner, heavy cut cleaner, or diamond cut compound.

Can you compound without Claying?

Re: What if I did compound and no clay? Clay is not needed if you compound or polish, clay is just a surface cleaner product and since you have compounded it you don`t need to clay.