Clay replacement - Problems???

TroyScherer

TroyScherer

Ummm.... Ya.....

For anyone that has used any of the new clay bar replacement towel / pad.

Have you used clay afterwards to make sure you really removed all of the contamination? I have been hearing that some have tested with clay after doing decon using these products and have still gotten quite a bit of contamination in the clay... Thoughts?
 
Yeah that is true if the car has a lot of fall out on it. It happen to me yesterday I speedy prep a car and it still felt a little gritty. Then I grabbed some clay and it turned it brown so it missed a bunch...... And I was using a blue speedy prep towel the fairly aggressive one.
 
I hadn't heard this but I'll find out soon. My mitt should be here tomorrow and the hood on my truck should be a great test for it
 
If this is true, I will be unhappy :( I'm a big supporter of Speedy Prep Towel and if it's found to not be as good as clay, I'm going to hate going back to it lol
 
Ive found it to the other way around.The magna spong easily gets contaminants that clay misses.

But I will do a test and use clay after .
 
I haven't tried the magna thingie, but the speedy towel was a big disappointment to me. Did a lot of marring and did not do as good a job as clay. Now, I am not a big fan of kneading a ball of clay for long period, but, i haven't seen it replaced ..yet, and the wife commented on my big forearms..wink wink. So there's an added benefit with clay!
 
ihaveacamaro said:
If this is true, I will be unhappy :( I'm a big supporter of Speedy Prep Towel and if it's found to not be as good as clay, I'm going to hate going back to it lol
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Don't get me wrong I love my speedy prep towel, just if the car is really bad I have to go back over it with clay
 
I've used the CarPro foam block quite a bit. On cars without much contamination, it does the job without issue, clay doesn't pull anything up afterwards. On cars with a lot of contamination, following with clay will usually pull out more crud from the paint. Soft paints I've seen A LOT of marring, but a single polishing step easily takes care of any marring.
 
CH.Detailing said:
I've used the CarPro foam block quite a bit. On cars without much contamination, it does the job without issue, clay doesn't pull anything up afterwards. On cars with a lot of contamination, following with clay will usually pull out more crud from the paint. Soft paints I've seen A LOT of marring, but a single polishing step easily takes care of any marring.
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Same experience here
 
Have you ever thought about Iron Xing a car after you clay it? It will pick up things that the clay bar couldn't even get. It all depends on how far you want to go to remove contamination. For the prices I charge a speedy prep towel is all I need to give a decent job. Now if I was a showroom detailer, yeah, bust out the clay bar and the Iron X and give it an immaculate job...
 
CH.Detailing said:
I will usually IronX BEFORE claying.
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^ AGREED

Rinse away as much contaminants as you can before getting them in your clay.
As far as claying after using the prep towel and still finding more contaminants...

I've only recently obtained these products and have not tried this after test yet.
Yea, I know...I'm a bit late to the table and I only ordered FINE in these to try.
But now that you've mentioned it I will give it a try and let you know my results.
 
Traditional clay will lift more contaminants following the towel, etc.

Would like to see, however, towels/pads made in a lighter color so that we could see how much it's lifting. I find myself using a bucket of water and rinsing after every panel.
 
I never even thought about this test. I still only have the clay, but this should be a standard test to do now that I think about it.
 
I think its a good idea to have both.I always keep both on hand for different situations.

I tell you what I had a car with so much fallout (or I thought)that RED clay magic wouldnt even touch. I pulled out my new magna sponge expecting the same but I was able to get it all off with the sponge.

Turns out it someone had been grinding metal next to the vehicle and they were grinding metal shavings embeded in the paint.
 
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