Clay myth or truth...

I have a silver car that is driven daily. It gets spot clayed almost every wash. No problems yet.





That article was written by Larry Reynolds at Car Care Specialties. I ordered the catalouge from them and there are several detailing articles in it including that one about clay. He has some strange views about some things. There is an article in there about maintaining tires, exterior rubber and vinyl. In this article he talks about "live" rubber door gaskets.:scared Last time I checked my gaskets didn't have a pulse.
 
stevet said:
I have a silver car that is driven daily. It gets spot clayed almost every wash. No problems yet.





That article was written by Larry Reynolds at Car Care Specialties. I ordered the catalouge from them and there are several detailing articles in it including that one about clay. He has some strange views about some things. There is an article in there about maintaining tires, exterior rubber and vinyl. In this article he talks about "live" rubber door gaskets.:scared Last time I checked my gaskets didn't have a pulse.
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It would seem that some of his detailing methods â€Ëœdifferâ€â„¢ from ours.



But in his defense on the â€Ëœliveâ€â„¢ rubber thing (vehicle manufacturers use a specialized synthetic material called ethylene propylene diene monomer (EPDM). Real rubber, or blends containing real rubber, just cannot endure the direct exposure to sunlight (ultraviolet light) and the harmful-to-rubber oxidizing gases in our atmosphere). I think heâ€â„¢s referring to a material that has dried out as being dead (like the â€Ëœpaint needs to breatheâ€â„¢ description for out gassing)



It is also my opinion that many â€Ëœvery experiencedâ€â„¢ (OK older guys then) use the chemistry effects that natural materials would have and apply them to modern synthetic materials used on todays vehicles



JonM
 
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