Toss the Clay when it hits the floor?

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ShawnF350

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I dropped a new piece of clay after completing my Edge. I had just swept the garage floor but it definitely picked up dust. I didn't see any visible sand nor did it didn't feel gritty but not worth chancing.
Never allowing it to touch paint again would be the safest route.

Do I toss it or use it on wheels?
Any other suggestions where I could use it that it won't harm anything?
 
Demoting to either wheel or glass is my move depending on what I've dropped the clay on. Sorry you dropped a new piece of clay. I've done it too...sucks!

Pick up a nano-skin sponge - you will not be sorry!
 
I toss it bc I hate polishing micro marring forget about major scratchers caused by clay that picked up debris.

Dirt is sharper than you think.

ShawnF350 said:
I dropped a new piece of clay after completing my Edge. I had just swept the garage floor but it definitely picked up dust. I didn't see any visible sand nor did it didn't feel gritty but not worth chancing.
Never allowing it to touch paint again would be the safest route.

Do I toss it or use it on wheels?
Any other suggestions where I could use it that it won't harm anything?
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Thanks everyone.. Gave it to my 12yo daughter to play with and told her to trash it when done.
It was a PB elastic. Still have 2/3 left.
I'm putting an order in tonight for a speedy prep or something and I might try the Black Fire clay kit for $35.
I had it stored into the same container so I would end up using it and forgetting it was contaminated.

Clay towel
Black fire clay kit
3D Speed

Am I missing anything? Lol
 
JSFM35X said:
I toss it bc I hate polishing micro marring forget about major scratchers caused by clay that picked up debris.

Dirt is sharper than you think.
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I'm not trying to argue here, but isn't the normal job of clay to pick up (bonded) debris and dirt? Particularly if you are doing lower areas that may have tar (although that's a good argument for using a tar cleaner first). I try to rinse off the clay before I knead it to remove anything egregious, but to me there are some parallels between what it's taking off the car and what the OP had on his clean garage floor (depending on whether the floor is painted, etc.).

Again, I'm not arguing that throwing it out is "best practice", but arguably you could throw it out after doing a lower (tar covered) section, also.
 
ShawnF350 said:
Thanks everyone.. Gave it to my 12yo daughter to play with and told her to trash it when done.
It was a PB elastic. Still have 2/3 left.
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Mean like this?

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Been there. Done that. No tee shirt
 
I'd use it on the back sides of the winter wheels, well...if it wasn't too bad after kneading.

Another good reason to always tear claybars into relatively small pieces.
 
Blackfire used to make a really good claybar cleaner that took off all the junk you accumulated on the claybar when you used it.

They may still make this product..

I had successfully used this product years ago when claybars were the only answer, long before rubberized towels came out.

You just spray in on the clay, rub the surface with your gloved finger, or knead that area together, all the junk separates from the claybar surface, rinse it or dip it in a bucket of water, and you have a new clean surface ready to go..

It worked so well, I ended up having a lot of claybars I never opened because the claybar was actually clean and not a bar of kneaded, dirt and crap, that eventually went to the trash..

Good luck with this !
Dan F
 
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