Quick review of the Riccardo Blue clay. The new blue Riccardo clay has a very similar feel and texture to that of ClayMagic Blue. It is slightly stickier than the yellow clay and has a very slight grittyness to it. The bar slides well with the Riccardo lube or a similar QD (I use AM Bodyshine 49). It picks up the contamination faster than that of the yellow clay. It only took two passes on tar and rail dust where the yellow may have taken up to 6 passes. The only suggestion I have is to be liberal with the lube as with any sticky clay bar, it will catch and stick onto paint if not properly lubricated. The only drawback would be the price but I am sure Chris will price it competitively in the marketplace
thanks for the quick review. one question, does it hve the same strechiness as the yellow stuff or does it crumble like the AM stuff?
It stretches, I haven't had the Am stuff crumble on me though. It is not as stretchy as the yellow clay, but definely not as hard as Pinnacle poly clay
What a timely post.... I've got the GF's SUV half clayed and just taking a break before finishing the job in preparation of the full pre-winter correction & detail this weekend. This is my first time using Riccardo clay. A Canuckian friend gifted me a box of blue and someone else sent me a sample of the yellow. I agree 100% with all of your observations. :thumb: I played around with the yellow and found it a bit too soft for my tastes. My first thought using the blue was exactly the same as yours.... it's very similar to CM blue only stickier. Even after my fingers were wet with lube I was still getting dots of clay sticking to my fingers. It was a serious pain in the neck getting it out of the wrapper! Good product but I personally can't see paying a premium over Clay Magic. YMMV. TL
I got some micromarring from the clay bar, is this normal with the Blue Riccardo am did I use it wrong? I was using the ONR diluted to clay lube dilution.
how much pressure did you use and make sure as with all clay bars that there is ample amounts of lube on the panel.
+1. When I clay, I have the clay in my right hand, and the qd bottle in my other, so I can apply lube at the same time as claying if the panel starts getting a little too dry.
