Clay Magic Blue Clay - Too Aggressive?

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Does anyone else find the Clay Magic Blue Consumer Clay a bit too aggressive? It scratches up the clear pretty easily and I am a guy who uses lots of lube. I've never had this problem before with the older Clay Magic, maybe they switched the formula recently? It's not really a big deal because I was polishing anyways and Blackfire SRC cleared it right up, but I was just a bit surprised. Guess I'll stick to Mothers for something less aggressive.
 
I find it marrs a lot as well, but I usually am claying during the wash so I expect it.

As Bryan said cold temps don't help much either. The marring polishes out very easily so it doesn't bother me. If I was claying and not polishing then I would probably get a more mild clay.
 
I guess I never experienced it. I usually let my clay sit in luke warm water in cold weather so its easily pliable. But I don't really deal with a lot of soft clears, so that helps.



- Andrew
 
stiffdogg06 said:
I guess I never experienced it. I usually let my clay sit in luke warm water in cold weather so its easily pliable.
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As soon as it hits the cold surface of the car it's not pliable anymore, IME.
 
gmblack3a said:
Depends on how soft the clear is and if its cold out that does not seem to help either.
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I never heard that before, but I believe it. I clayed just the back of my car weekend before last and it marred something terrible. Temperature was in the 40s. OP on PC @6 on yellow pad took care of most of the marring, good enough for the winter until I can do a proper overall polish next spring.



Can anyone suggest a milder clay?
 
Yup. Just learned about claying in the cold last weekend. Polished it all back out easily except the back bumper (ran out of time). I'll hit it this weekend. I won't ever clay in under 60 degrees F again.
 
It mars for me as well, not to mention it leaves a residue behind that I dislike. Granted Zaino clay mars occasionally as well, though not as often as CM Blue.



Sonus green rocks.
 
My experience has been quite the opposite. It didn't cause any maring at all or leave behind any residue.
 
itb76 said:
I never heard that before, but I believe it. I clayed just the back of my car weekend before last and it marred something terrible. Temperature was in the 40s. OP on PC @6 on yellow pad took care of most of the marring, good enough for the winter until I can do a proper overall polish next spring.



Can anyone suggest a milder clay?
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Mother's has never given me problems. Sonus green is also good, but very very mild. Should probably be used for only well maintained cars.
 
I had a lot of trouble the last time I used it, and it was in the summer. That was the first time claying my current car though, so I don't know if it was just that bar or what. I hadn't had any trouble before that though.
 
sixty7mustang22 said:
Same with me. But I have also never clayed belowe 50ish degs either.
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Yeah the low temps may give a different experience. Don't really have to deal with that here in southern Cali.
 
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