What type of clay system do you use, regular clay bar, fine clay bar, nanoskin claybar style handmit?

I have several grades of natural and synthetic clay and use each one for different scenarios. It's good too have options so you can apply the correct tool for your desired results.

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Nanoskin Speedee Prep Sponge: medium and fine

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I've always used the Meguiars OTC clay with great success. I now have a Nanoskin fine (blue) sponge that I'll be trying out this fall. I'm curious to to see how it stacks up. My vehicles are all in good shape, so it should work fine.
 
i like the speed of nanoskin, but not the marring it leaves on the paint.
 
If I'm going to polish, I'll use the Nanoskin autoscrub on the DA for the majority and hit the bumbers and tight areas with the speedy prep towel.

If I'm going straight to LSP, I'll use good old fashion clay, mothers (light) or clay magic (medium).
 
RobRabbit2.5 said:
I was thinking of trying this product. Could you elaborate a little more for me please? Thanks
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It has marred every paint I have used it on, easily fixed with polish but clay is better if no polish


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HD.Detailing said:
It has marred every paint I have used it on, easily fixed with polish but clay is better if no polish
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I have also experienced excessive marring from the Nanoskin fine mitt w/ ONR clay lube. I have heard if you use the Nanoskin lube it eliminates the marring completely... I haven't tried it yet though.

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question, I'm looking at clay alternatives and I came across Carpro's Polyshave Decon Towel. I'm wondering if anyone here has used it and the Nanoskin one and can compare them? It's considerably cheaper but I can't find much information on it.
 
I'm still using regular clay, and I have to admit that I cannot wait to try the Nanoskin alternative clay product to try out. After spending a few summers in the rail ridden Chicagoland, these cars are absolutely trashed with contamination. And it does take me a long time to get the paint to a level that I feel comfortable compounding and polishing afterwards. Iron-x is another product that I have yet to experiment with, and the more time I spend claying with generic clay bars, the more time I long to finally test the Iron-x and Nanoskin products out.
 
quebert said:
question, I'm looking at clay alternatives and I came across Carpro's Polyshave Decon Towel. I'm wondering if anyone here has used it and the Nanoskin one and can compare them? It's considerably cheaper but I can't find much information on it.
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I've used the sponge. It works great.
 
I use:

Riccardo medium (yellow) - excellent clay
Pinnacle Ultra Fine Poly Clay - good for lighter uses

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I own 3M clay, Megs Clay, Mother's clay, and some others.

I also own Nanoskin 6" Pad (medium), sponges, 2 towels and a fine grade and medium grade mitt.

Order of (my) preference:

Nanoskin Medium Mitt (by far what I grab the most)
Nanoskin Fine Mitt
Nanoskin Towel
Nanoskin Sponge
'Conventional Clay'

Hope that helps in your research,


RobRabbit2.5 said:
I was thinking of trying this product. Could you elaborate a little more for me please? Thanks
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Here you are some example of nanoskin Marring that may occur at some extent:
http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum...arring-what-did-i-do-wrong-2.html#post1095613

Please, let me know if you have any question regarding marring and removal when using nanoskin, it'll be my pleasure to help you out.

Kind Regards.
 
Nanoskin Sponge when I am doing any sort of correction work.
Riccardo Yellow Clay when I want to avoid marring.
 
Nanoskin medium wash mitt. I use it with a bucket of optimum car wash, haven't really noticed any marring, but just about every car I've used it on was white.
 
I used a fine Nanoskin clay towel for the first time recently. A lot easier than regular clay - no kneading or worry about dropping it on the ground and it’s a lot easier to hold. I folded the towel into fourths and used each side and then rinsed it in a bucket of ONR once all sides were used. I’m not sure how it’s supposed to really work. I thought that regular clay grabs on to and traps contaminants and then you knead the clay to push them deeper into the clay. With the towel, where do the trapped contaminants go?
 
I use the Nanoskin fine towel 80% of the time with lots (mucho) of Amigo lube. I also will use the 6 inch Nanoskin disks, fine and medium on occasion. I like the towel better because I get more control. I haven’t seen any marring with the towel after over 2 years of use. Be sure to use a good lube so the towel slides across the panel. I feel using a good clay lube has prevented any marring. If you are planning to polish after claying any lube or soap will do. I only use the disks on heavily contaminated vehicles and I know I’m going to polish afterwards. If you love it, lube it.
 
Regular or medium. Usually the cheapest i ca find which lately has been Chemical guys yellow bar
 
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I used my Nanoskin fine clay towel for the first time. After wards I rinsed it out with a hose and hung it to dry. Now how do I store it! I read elsewhere that if it is stored folded with the clay touching that it will stick to itself.
 
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