Anything wrong with claying while washing??

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When i want to clay, i wash my car, rinse, while my car is still wet I re-lather the area i'm working on then clay, while constantly lubing iwth a spray bottle of "fresh" car soap/water lube. Is there anything wrong with doing it that way?
 
Some will say no ,some will say yes . I've been claying while washing for years with no problems. People claim the car soap shorten's the life of the clay maybe it does , I don't see it . :buffing:
 
Claying after washing is fine when the paint is still wet. I find it to "feel" more safe than just using QD because it is easier to keep everything lubed well.
 
On heavily contaminated car, i would wash, rinse, and clay (while keeping surface lubricated) before drying. Is that OK??
 
When I was using mothers clay I mixed up a bottle of soap lube when I ran out of QD in the middle of a job. The clay started melting and disintegrating, getting all over my hands. It was a mess!
 
I follow Zaino's instructions of using a diluted soap mixture to lubricate the surface.. Should I be using a QD instead? I couldn't see where the soap would hurt the process except for the occasional water spots but since another wash will be occuring soon there after I don't see a problem arising. :nixweiss
 
i personally just wash, semi dry afap, then get a dedicated clay lube and spray a bigger section than I am going to clay, then spritz it once while claying the section....uses very little clay lube, and then I re-rinse the whole car again to remove the clay residue....
 
Thats the way I do it. As posted previously it seems easier to keep well lubed. I have noticed that the cheapie Meguires clay seems to break down pretty fast. The Sonus clay I've been using recently doesn't seem to be effected though.
 
I have done the same method for years. I wash and rinse the car, then use a clay friendly soap with lots of suds as the lube and then clay the car. I soap a section of the car at a time and rinse after I have clayed. Meguiars soap works well as a lube, but Simple Green car wash soap turns the clay into mush!
 
I've recently started using Meguiars GC shampoo to use as clay lube. Personally, the QD lubricant is too expensive to use as a lube for my situation. I haven't found that the Meguiars GC has deteoriated the clay, although I do know that certain car wash shampoo do indeed have adverse effects on the clay.



Here's a link that I had started a while ago asking the same exact question, it should help you:

http://autopia.org/forum/showthread.php?t=73203&highlight=clay
 
mikebai1990 said:
I've recently started using Meguiars GC shampoo to use as clay lube. Personally, the QD lubricant is too expensive to use as a lube for my situation. I haven't found that the Meguiars GC has deteoriated the clay, although I do know that certain car wash shampoo do indeed have adverse effects on the clay.



Here's a link that I had started a while ago asking the same exact question, it should help you:

http://autopia.org/forum/showthread.php?t=73203&highlight=clay
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i guess i should have searched first. :doh lol. I'm using the blue clay magic and meguiars GC as well with no deteriation at all. Clay seems a bit softer versus straight out of the packages but it's still not gooey or sticky.
 
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