Clay while washing?

Do you clay while washing?

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Curious about using the PC with the clay head, that is the best way, right? I hope it is, I use the PC with the Griots clay head, it works great with QD after a good wash. Let me know if this is the best way.
 
kruser said:
Curious about using the PC with the clay head, that is the best way, right? I hope it is, I use the PC with the Griots clay head, it works great with QD after a good wash. Let me know if this is the best way.
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Since it works for *you*, to *your* satisfaction, I'm hesitant to criticize but, OK, here goes:



IMO it's the *worst* way. Pretty strong opposing view, huh :eek:



My reasoning: when I clay I'm very concerned that the clay will pick up some abrasive contamination that will not become completely embedded in the clay. This *does* happen, and quite frequently in my experience. When it happens, the clay basically turns into sandpaper until you knead/replace it...you just keep dragging the abrasive [stuff] across the paint and it can cause marring. So I sometimes knead my clay after a single contact with the panel, and that contact might be for only an inch or two! Pretty extreme, I know, but I'm a bit fanatical about not marring paint if I can help it.



Also, I like to stay very dialed-in to how the clay is working and how much/little pressure I'm applying. This takes a sensitive touch and intense concentration; sometimes I *hear* what's going on as well as just feel/see it.



With the PC head, not only can you *not* feel how the clay is working or hear anything except the PC, but you can't knead the clay when/how you want to. And if it picks up some abrasive contamination, all those orbits-per-minute could make for considerable marring. Much as I love doing most anything by machine, claying is one thing I always do by hand.



But again, if it's working great for you then that's what counts.
 
I clay by hand, as well. To me, I need to have a feel for what's going on. Just like I need to be able to feel a tennis ball hitting the strings of the racquet when I hit a shot, I need to feel how the claying is going. That feel tells me whether I have picked up the contaminants on the finish or not.
 
Like your thinking mate. You need to hear and feel what's going on. What I hear on some cars is terrible. Like galvanised iron scraping a car body.
 
I clay with wash soap, but after washing...



I'll first do a complete foam gun wash, then, before drying the car, I'll refill the foam gun and use that as a clay lubricant. When done I rinse and dry. It's the method that's worked best for me so far.
 
Asonyexec said:
I wash, rinse, leave car wet, clay, quick rinse again then dry.
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ding ding ding....exactly my process, unless I am in the direct sunlight, or its hot out where it will water spot in two minutes flat...in that case, its wash, dry, spray a panel, clay it, dry it, repeat....
 
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