What type of lubricant to use with clay?

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john1r

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I've searched the forum and I think I've found my answer, but just wanted to confirm.



Is it indeed ok to use any QD (such as Meguiar's A3332 Quik Detailer Mist & Wipe Spray, which I already own) as lubricant for clay? Or should one use a dedicated lube such as Pinnacle Clay Lubricant?



Thanks!
 
I'm not really a fan of using leaves-stuff-behind QDs, but the "cleaner" ones (e.g., M34) work OK for me.



Shampoo mixes may or may not be compatible with clay, I've had it work both ways. ONR usually works OK.



For some reason my Sonus clays seem to work best with Sonus Glyde lube, sorta wish that weren't the case as the Glyde isn't exactly cheap.
 
I've been a big fan of Auto Magic Body Shine for the longest until I tried ONR and it seems to work just fine too. A couple drops of Dawn in a spray bottle is great too. I've heard many people talk about certain soaps breaking down certain clays, but never had that happen to me with Clay Magic.
 
David Fermani said:
.. I've heard many people talk about certain soaps breaking down certain clays, but never had that happen to me with Clay Magic.
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It seems to be a specific soap/clay kind of thing. E.g., I've had Sonus gray go crumbly-bad with shampoo mixes.



Heh heh, I'm afraid to experiment with my SmartClay as I don't want to risk depleting my stash.
 
I've been using Meg's APC (green) diluted and Clay magic clay. Seems to really glide and additional cleaning ability. Rail dust on my arctic white benz removed quicker than the supplied CM lube.
 
Thanks for all the input! I've decided that since I already have ONR, and lots of people are recommending it, that I'll go with that. Any thoughts as to whether I should or shouldn't do the claying immediately after washing the car with ONR? I figured I could kill 2 birds with 1 stone by washing with ONR, claying, and then drying. Or perhaps wash with ONR, dry, wash with ONR again, clay, dry... Or something like that. Though the ONR solution that I'm washing with would be more diluted than the solution I'd use for claying so maybe that wouldn't work anyway (or I'd have to have both solutions ready to use).



And separately, I just started another thread regarding types of clay for a newbie, and your input would be appreciated there as well.



Thanks again!
 
dirtdiggler said:
I've been using Meg's APC (green) diluted and Clay magic clay. Seems to really glide and additional cleaning ability. Rail dust on my arctic white benz removed quicker than the supplied CM lube.
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That's interesting! I've used EFHI as a clay lube when doing nasty wheels, and while it worked OK, it *did* seem to compromise the clay kinda fast (same story with some wheel cleaners I tried it with).
 
I'm with DF on the Automagic Body Shine - great clay lube and I love the way it smells. AM blue clay is the best IMHO!
 
I was using ONR until I tried Dodo Juice Born Slippery clay lube concentrate, born slippery is the slickest clay lube I have found to date. It also does not leave any residue behind, like most QD's, it wipes off with out any streaks so you can go straight to polishing and the lttle concentrated bottle makes 2.5 litres so is actually not too pricey. But ONR is my second choice and nto a bad choice by any means.
 
I just clayed my '07 Civic Si using some fine-grade clay and Dodo Juice Born Slippy clay lube and couldn't have been happier with the results. I had previous tried using the Meguiar's Quick Detailer and it didn't work anywhere near as well as the Dodo Juice.
 
Accumulator said:
It seems to be a specific soap/clay kind of thing. E.g., I've had Sonus gray go crumbly-bad with shampoo mixes.



Heh heh, I'm afraid to experiment with my SmartClay as I don't want to risk depleting my stash.
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I clayed a truck last week using Mothers clay bar (yellow clay,two pack) and used the AutoMagic EZ SUDS car wash soap as lube... the same type of mixture that you'd use to wash a car and just as I was finishing the truck the clay began to break down and crumble too! I have NEVER had that happen before, but this was the very first time I ever didn't use a clay specific lube or quick detailer of some sort!
 
99MONGUSE said:
I clayed a truck last week using Mothers clay bar (yellow clay,two pack) and used the AutoMagic EZ SUDS car wash soap as lube... the same type of mixture that you'd use to wash a car and just as I was finishing the truck the clay began to break down and crumble too! I have NEVER had that happen before, but this was the very first time I ever didn't use a clay specific lube or quick detailer of some sort!
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Heh heh, just your luck that the first time you tried that you stumbled upon a shampoo/clay combo that didn't work out! At least you were pretty much finished before it went bad.
 
Accumulator said:
Heh heh, just your luck that the first time you tried that you stumbled upon a shampoo/clay combo that didn't work out! At least you were pretty much finished before it went bad.
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LoL...You know!



I have never seen clay do that before! The clay litterly crumbled in my hand, it was unreal!
 
I really like automagic body shine if im claying inside or like a 50/50 AMBS and ONR(wash dil) mix. Stays moist and ONR doesnt seem to lube for crap compared to others it just makes clay slide, i have to use alot of pressure if using only ONR as lube.
 
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