Homade Lubricant used with claying?

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4details2win

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Last week I detailed my first car for $. I plan on doing this part time since I'm off 4 days a week due to me working 12 hour days. After I washed the car I used a homade mixture of Meguiars Gold Class Shampoo and water in a spray bottle however after a while my Clay Magic clay bar started kinda falling apart. The integrity of the bar wasn't what it use to be.



I didn't measure anything when making this mixture just poured the shampoo and added water. Maybe I was using too much shampoo which was making it fall apart. I'm not sure.



Is there a better mixture that you have come up with that works great? If I go about trying this method again can someone tell me the mixture ratio of Shampoo to water?



Thx
 
I use Gold Class in a 32oz. spray bottle, 1oz. of GC and 31oz. water. I have never had a problem with clay breaking apart, but I've also never used Clay Magic.
 
toyotaguy said:
I need to find a cheaper alternative to using a QD....at 5 bucks, its expensive to clay....maybe soap and water is one
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I used the QD the first time, switched to soap and water after that. Ive done probably 50 or 60 with perfect results since then. I just did a brand new black. absolutly perfect paint hadnt even been washed yet but the guy ran over some new tar. I was worried that claying would leave some fine scratches. It didnt at all. Anyway its completly safe and infinatly cheaper. sorry for the ramble.
 
I use car shampoo and water as a lubricant too. Some car shampoos don't react well with certain clays. You just need to find the right combination and stick to that.



For example, my Meguires white clay bar disintegrated when I used a weak woolite mix (that's what I had handy at the time).



On the other hand, my Sonus grey clay was unaffected with Mothers car shampoo mix.



Just experiment until you get the right combo. Don't give up - keep trying. You will find a cheap lube alternative. If you don't, look on the bright side...QD costs only a few dollars in the US. In Australia, the cheapest QD is about $15 a bottle. :faint:
 
yup after wasting alot of QD, i decided to mix GC shampoo with water as a lubricant for claying...
 
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