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tanuie
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Having bought the Farecla G3 Formula Body Prep Clay Mitt, what lubricant would you use.
Many Thanks.
Many Thanks.
Lubricant
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All I used was a bucket of clean soapy water with mine. Proper car shampoo by the way.
Dead easy and a third of the time it used to take with a clay bar...
Same here
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Baby oil works for me 
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This is a detailers thread, not housewives using household materials. Grab some of Auto Glyms top gloss detailer. It's a great lubricant and also leaves some top notch water beading.
flango
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Any quick detailer will work as a lubricant, I use megs last touch and megs quick clay. Here's the result on 18 year old paint.
My advice would be to try several materials until one suits, we are all different and some apply more/less pressure when claying...I have even seen some rotaing the claybar on the paintwork
From a personal perspective though I would never waste money using a QD as a lubricant, simple water sprayed as a mist would do the job but if you want it more slippy add a bit of car shampoo......thats all it needs....
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From a personal perspective though I would never waste money using a QD as a lubricant, simple water sprayed as a mist would do the job but if you want it more slippy add a bit of car shampoo......thats all it needs....
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Dodo juice born slippy is good, can dilute, smells good, and reasonable price I think
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Clay mitts and clay bars are two different methods to achieve similar results.
Clay bars need lubricant to pass over the surface of the paint without marring. Most require use of detailing spray as a lube, however Bilt hamber works using water. The key here is that as contaminants are picked up, you need to turn and fold the clay to capture them and reveal virgin clay material to continue the process. Failure to do so risks picking contaminants which can then damage the paintwork as the clay is moved across it.
Clay Mitts/clothes remove contaminants in a similar way, but need rinsing off to remove them from the working surface of the cloth. In this way they use the soapy water used to rinse the cloth as lubricant and don't need a detailing spray.
Just using detailing spray as a lubricant, and not rinsing the mitt correctly risks damaging the paintwork in a similar way to not folding the clay.
While in theory you could use a detailing spray as a lube for a clay mitt, you will still need to rinse it to remove contaminants, negating the need for the detailing spray in the first place.
I have used both clay cloth and clay bar, and have found that while the mitt is convenient for a quick decontamination after cleaning, the results of using the clay bar are superior. This could be down to my technique, as I adnit to taking more care using the clay bar, than wiping over with the cloth.
Regards, Neil
Clay bars need lubricant to pass over the surface of the paint without marring. Most require use of detailing spray as a lube, however Bilt hamber works using water. The key here is that as contaminants are picked up, you need to turn and fold the clay to capture them and reveal virgin clay material to continue the process. Failure to do so risks picking contaminants which can then damage the paintwork as the clay is moved across it.
Clay Mitts/clothes remove contaminants in a similar way, but need rinsing off to remove them from the working surface of the cloth. In this way they use the soapy water used to rinse the cloth as lubricant and don't need a detailing spray.
Just using detailing spray as a lubricant, and not rinsing the mitt correctly risks damaging the paintwork in a similar way to not folding the clay.
While in theory you could use a detailing spray as a lube for a clay mitt, you will still need to rinse it to remove contaminants, negating the need for the detailing spray in the first place.
I have used both clay cloth and clay bar, and have found that while the mitt is convenient for a quick decontamination after cleaning, the results of using the clay bar are superior. This could be down to my technique, as I adnit to taking more care using the clay bar, than wiping over with the cloth.
Regards, Neil
