Clay Bar or Clay Cloth?

[tom_gr7]

So chaps,

 

Use the last of my autoglym clay bar today. It did work a treat, but didnt really last very long.

 

So what would you go for? clay Cloth or clay Bar?

 

 

[quit]

Cloth is easier

[Gambit]

Cloth gets my vote [emoji106]

[tom_gr7]

Cloths are ok even on heavily contaminated cars? - lol the missus astra?

[Gambit]

Yeah I'd say so mate I'd say be even easier to use than the bar to go over it more. :D

[david1972]

Bar for me, all the way

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[Gambit]

Boooo treason I say [emoji6]

[matmidgley]

ordered one of those mitts, have a bar in the garage that I have used before. took ages..

will see how the mitt gets on

[Gambit]

I think with the claycloth you can make a good job quick with it but if you want to spend more time with it you can to get the perfect look. I find it very hard to fault. and perfect for my big old clumsy hands :D 

[tom_gr7]

I bought one of the new mitts. So will report back when ive used it. :)

[TheClayClothCompany]

I love you guys. Thanks

[tom_gr7]

well, I finally found time to report back. I've used the mitt on three cars so far and I have to say I'm very impressed. It makes "claying" really easy, Certainly worth a tenner.

[ChrisD]

Also a vote for cloth,

used a bar: took ages.

Used a cloth just in soapy water (after I had cleaned normally): quick, looked great :)

 

Also used on my partners Astra, it went from gray to a deeper black than my car! 

[theador]

Both. I use cloth/mitt for 90% of the jobs; but clay bar does work better on the really heavy stuff like lower doors, bumpers etc.

[salsa-king]

After winning 'Car of the Show' at Curborough the other Sunday I thought I'd try my won products out on the wife's car :norty:

 

a nice selection of stuff to use 

 

 

 

car was filthy, can't remember when I last washed it, let alone clay bar or waxed it.

 

 

So here goes.

The usual pre wash with cherry snow foam, hand wash and re rinse with weaker snow foam mix was done as normal.

 

 

on the alloys I swear by AW's Billburry cleaner.. this is the 5l concentration container, I have a solution mixed up to spray on the alloys, allow to soak in..rinse and wash off (use a brush/sponge to get the kak off.

 

 

next up, pre wash over the car with snow foam and then use the clay mitt (from the clay cloth company) 1st pre soak the mitt in warm water. read the instructions. being the mitt it was easy to go over all the car in about 20mins. you could tell the paint work needed it. - (better than a clay bar? I'd so not much in it other than the clay cloths/mitts are so much easier to work with)

 

then I washed it all down and used the silicone squeegee then the lovely blue soft towel to dry the car off. 

 

then when dry, run your hand over the paint work after its been clay mitted... so silky (but paint work was dry as no wax on it.

 

 

 

next the engine bay

I spray over with traffic film remover (bought from machine mart - 5l of concentrate liquid is about £12 - then dilute and use a plant sprayer)

agitate it with a detailing brush, a very quick wash with snow foam and rinse off.. very quickly over the engine bay. Allow to fully dry then I sprayed over with the Silicone wax spray I won. Impressive results.. it looks like new again.

 

next up a coat of Mad Cow Candy wax, you can apply by hand, but as i didn't want it all over me hands I used a micro fibre pad.

apply.. leave as long as you like them buff off with micro fibre cloths... finishing off a final buff up with a quick blast of detailing spray as you go, as this removes any last residue from the hand mad wax.

 

looks ace now

 

 

finished off with tyres... Mad Cow Skimpy Dress... is brilliant.. apply by a sponge.. tyres come up great.. lasts weeks.

 

 

 

any last bits of plastic trim (like roof spiler or round wing mirrows etc) I used Auto Finesse detail spray.. the one thats none silicone (the one i usually use on my matt black roof wrap)

 

 

one happy wife.. and me too.

 

 

 

 

job done.

[Gambit]

Nice job great write up too ;) Best not let my missus see this be expecting the same treatment on her clio 

[TheClayClothCompany]

Great write up there and hope to see your scooby all done soon! Glad you like the bits and your car was well worth the Car of the Show

[Sandals]

clay cloth arrived the other day, car needs a fresh coat of wax as the water is just started to stop beading on my car. clay bar takes ages and wanted to see how good the cloth is!

 

Shame the weather hasn't been great for me to try it.... :/

[TheClayClothCompany]

Sandals, You will be amazed how much easier and quicker our cloths and mitts are!

[Gambit]

Sandals, You will be amazed how much easier and quicker our cloths and mitts are!

Agreed :D won't be disappointed :) 

[theador]

I used a fairly cheap cloth to see what it was all about before spending my pennies. Even the cheap one knocked spots off the time it takes to do a whole car. Can quite easily do it as part of a routine wash and still be finished in time for dinner.

[salsa-king]

I could clay bar my car in just over 30mins... ppl make too much of a job out of it.

but once done its a lot easy the next time round.

so with a clay cloth even less time needed.

[Sandals]

The first time i clayed my car was the first time it had ever been done... 11 years of ming embedded in the paint... took me a couple of hours! clay cloth will hopefully be a lot quicker!