I like clay. In order of least liked to most liked. 6)I also Like grey clay for those jobs that just need more Grit. It's a much more aggressive clay. Not something i would use on any car unless i was going to 3-5 step the car. Again you can pick it up from most vendors. http://www.detailersdomain.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=20 5)Purple clay. It seems to be slightly less aggressive than the Grey. To be fair i have only used one bar. It's been Okay. It seems to try and fill the void between grey and red clays. Usually i will pick red over purple. Less marring. Though the cars I tried the purple on were at the extreme end of fubar. PURPLE CLAY BAR 4) Megs red. This is my next favorite clay. Lightly aggressive, will cause some marring but good enough for most moderately messed up paints. IE bitchum/pitch, types of tars and oils. Meguiar's Direct Mirror Glaze Pro Detailing Clay (Aggressive) 3)My favorite US clay is Megs blue. It's a solid all round clay. Yes it is all the same clay and every blue clay out there is the same as megs blue. Lately I have been getting it from Phil at DD. The blue is your basic well maintained but needs claying car. Not a garage queen clay, but a daily driver car, one whose owner loves it. It's simple 30-45 min clay of the entire vehicle. It will impart a bit of marring but nothing the lightest of polishes will remove for you. http://www.detailersdomain.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=278 2) Clay pad. Ultima products had it, chemical guys had it. I picked it up from details plus. I liked it so much for 90% of my jobs I picked up 20 of them. They seem to average about 5-15 cars a piece. That makes them significantly more cost effective than other clays. It is aggressive, but it imparts a different type of marring than other more traditional clays. I clean them 2-3 times per panel. For the bulk of my work this is my go to clay. DETAIL PLUS - Car Appearance Systems : SPONGE CLAY PAD 1) Non us clay. The older style of non elastic "ricarrdo" clays. The stuf that is not for sale anymore in the us. Thank god I have friends in the EU who got me these. They do work well, It almost as grabby as my clay sponge, and with out proper lube it can impart the same type of marring as the sponge. When correctly used it is as marr free as one could hope for. It works well, lasts considerably longer than standard clays.
LOL, I use it every day. my buddy cleared the shelves so to speak. It will hold me over for a long while. Mostly I still use the clay pad over the more traditional clays.
Wow, that is quite a collection of Riccardo. I have only one box myself and its a just to have since I don't want to use it yet lol I wonder how your collection compares to FMINUS's :worship2:
Grouse I have one of the Clay Blocks or Clay pads too. I just have never really gotten a method down with it and not sure about how and when to clean it. Could you tell me your method for using it. I have a local supplier that carries it and if I can get a method down with it I could get all I wanted and use it as my aggressive clay method.
you have a bucket filled with water and a clean Micro (wet) hanging over the edge. Rinse the sponge out, swipe it off on the towel, check with hands and continue on. One does need to know you can not use this type of pad on a vehicle that has not been well washed. For instance if a car has never been clayed and abused. What might take me 2-3 hours with a purple/grey clay would take me 45 min with the clay sponge, and impart less marring. Well let me say marring of a lesser nature. marring of the type that is easier to remove and requires less aggressive polishing steps. ________________
:agree:mg: There is hundreds of dollars in clay there. Enough to buy me a couple new rotories...:thumb:
car guy it is in my first post. Yes it is several hundred dollars of clay. It should last me through the year.
they are all the same a tower of riccardo.. i love ti!!!! i have to say i LOVE riccardo.. but Swissvax yellow isn't too far behind.. also Griots is supposed to be near the same quality.. very elastic.. don't know about performance though..
