Clay products - 2023

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Hi folks, in the same vein as the Rinseless Washes - 2022 Thread. What is everyone using for clay in 2023?! :)

My first clay product was the Mother's speed clay 2.0 which worked fine at the time. But I just used it after a few years and it seems to have lost its punch. The last few years i used mostly regular clay from tacsystems - pink and purple for those familiar. Not sure if it natural or some of the newer type clay.

Anyhow, i'm in the market now for a towel. I really don't know a lot about clay products frankly and i recently learned about the perforated clay towels, which seems to be newer tech.

The orange one from Carpro that came out in 2019 is on my radar. Optimum and P&S have one too.

The Rag Companies Ultra Clay Scrubber is something even more new on the market that looks interesting. I might like that better than a towel.

Thoughts?
 
I have the Rag Company mitt but my go to is the P&S Reset Towel. It’s efficient and it works well. The last time I used traditional clay I chucked about $20 worth of clay across the garage so having something that I can rinse and reuse is a must.
 
I like the blue microfiber towels from the Rag Company. Been using Adams medium clay.

I just bought the Meguires quick detail spray with clay as well.
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Nano skin fine sponges.

Autofiber Clay discs with Velcro hand strap.

Griots BF synthetic clay.

Mother’s yellow clay.


Use griots BF speed clay the most.


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It depends on the job.

If it is a car I've never worked on or a used car that just joined our family, i.e. our new-to-us Acura, I'll use a traditional clay bar. I feel the old school clay bars work better of heavier levels of contamination.

For one of our vehicles I've been maintaining for years, or if we happen to bring home a brand new car, I'll use a clay mitt. I'm currently using the Blackfire Clay mitt and it seems to work pretty good.
 
Optimus Grime said:
I have the Rag Company mitt but my go to is the P&S Reset Towel. It’s efficient and it works well. The last time I used traditional clay I chucked about $20 worth of clay across the garage so having something that I can rinse and reuse is a must.
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Love the name man lol

What do you think of the perforated clay towel? The Reset towel is what i'm referring to. Is TRC's mitt perforated too?
 
noorth said:
Love the name man lol

What do you think of the perforated clay towel? The Reset towel is what i'm referring to. Is TRC's mitt perforated too?
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From what I was told the perforations allows for the contaminants to pass through and embed into the microfiber. It seems to work. I coated a new M550 about a month ago and when I rinsed the towel out to clean it I was surprised at how dirty my rinse bucket got.

The mitt is also perforated.
 
What did they do before clay? And how the heck did they figure out clay to begin with?

And has anyone ever thought about claying their teeth?lol.
 
The last time I used a traditional clay bar was when decontaminating my old wheels off the Mustang.



Since then, I have been using clay sponge or clay mitt. I find these way nicer to use and manage compared to the old style clay products.

The clay block is from a local supplier, not unlike the Carpro PolyShave -






The clay mitt is my new favorite though, again from a local supplier. It's doubled sided, clay on one side and microfiber on the other.







For clay lubricant, I'm either using NV Purify (combined lubricant/iron remover) or Meguiar's M34 Final Inspection, I like M34 as it has less residue left behind.





If was buying new clay media right now, I would be looking at the new Rag Company Ultra Clay Scrubber.
 
I'm going to try a perforated towel this year. I have never used anything but clay bars, but I'm really trying to make the most out of my time and I think using a towel with an iron decon as the lube is the way to go.
 
DFB said:
The last time I used a traditional clay bar was when decontaminating my old wheels off the Mustang.



Since then, I have been using clay sponge or clay mitt. I find these way nicer to use and manage compared to the old style clay products.

The clay block is from a local supplier, not unlike the Carpro PolyShave -






The clay mitt is my new favorite though, again from a local supplier. It's doubled sided, clay on one side and microfiber on the other.







For clay lubricant, I'm either using NV Purify (combined lubricant/iron remover) or Meguiar's M34 Final Inspection, I like M34 as it has less residue left behind.





If was buying new clay media right now, I would be looking at the new Rag Company Ultra Clay Scrubber.
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Yeah i'm leaning towards TRC clay scrubber actually. I think i will like it better than a towel.

Good price too for 2 blocks in Canada. And blue is my favorite color! haha
 
vaca22 said:
I'm going to try a perforated towel this year. I have never used anything but clay bars, but I'm really trying to make the most out of my time and I think using a towel with an iron decon as the lube is the way to go.
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I've been thinking about trying iron remover has a clay lube but since using it on my wheels yesterday - no reaction again but my father's wheels turned super purple!...i think i will pass. The smell is just too much for me.

When my iron remover runs out i will be trying labocosmetica sidero. It's concentrated like the one i have now(fireball iron burn extra - which i can't find anymore just the RTU version.) and according to one youtube review i seen from Eddie Colon it doesn't smell horrible - still bad. It also foams which might help with the clay process if you went behind it.
 
Optimus Grime said:
From what I was told the perforations allows for the contaminants to pass through and embed into the microfiber. It seems to work. I coated a new M550 about a month ago and when I rinsed the towel out to clean it I was surprised at how dirty my rinse bucket got.

The mitt is also perforated.
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Interesting maybe i will dunk the towel or block in a bucket of rinse less every now and then to release the dirt.

I'm keen on The Rag Company blue clay scrubber block. I like clay blocks more than the mitt and bars.

One thing nice about the towel is you can fold it in 4's....
 
noorth said:
Interesting maybe i will dunk the towel or block in a bucket of rinse less every now and then to release the dirt.

I'm keen on The Rag Company blue clay scrubber block. I like clay blocks more than the mitt and bars.

One thing nice about the towel is you can fold it in 4's....
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The TRC clay scrubber block has me interested.
Is it decent for heavyish contamination?
Or just not very aggressive?
 
Great information.

I'll be trying out that Rag Company ultra fine clay scrubber.

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dgage said:
What did you get? Point me to picts in one of the pictorial threads.
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We picked up a 2019 MDX Advance back in late November.

No threads yet because I haven't had a chance to give it a full "spa day". I will be sure to post one when I do. Up to this point I've only slapped a layer of Wolfgang SiO2 paint sealant on it to protect it over the winter. I didn't think that was very exciting and thread worthy.

The weather is just now starting to be conducive to detailing. I'm going to polish it out and hit it with an application of Gyeon Mohs EVO in the near future.
 
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