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    Is there anything wrong with using car wash soap (meguiars gold class) as lube for the mother`s clay that I`m using? It gives me more lubricant properties than the spray that comes with it (or maybe I`m just too conservative with the spray). The car wash soap is more readily available, and I was just curious as to whether using car soap has any adverse effects on the paint. Thanks!

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    You should be ok to go. I would use about 1 capfull of soap to 16 oz. water.

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    Car wash soap generally causes the clay to deteriorate mcuh faster than clay lube. Just don`t use a whole bar of clay, cut it in in half or quarter size pieces.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TnM6i
    Car wash soap generally causes the clay to deteriorate mcuh faster than clay lube. Just don`t use a whole bar of clay, cut it in in half or quarter size pieces.


    TnM6i, when you say deteriorate, do you mean the clay starts to break up, or do you mean the clay bar becomes smaller and smaller? Thanks for helping me out!

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    I just use plain water. WORKS. The bar falls apart with some car soap. Or get a 32oz spray bottle and add an ounce of QD

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    Quote Originally Posted by mikebai1990
    TnM6i, when you say deteriorate, do you mean the clay starts to break up, or do you mean the clay bar becomes smaller and smaller? Thanks for helping me out!


    I used to use .5 ounce Gold Class soap with 15.5 ounces of water in a spray bottle as lube for the mothers clay, and I never had any deterioration.

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    I used to use .5 ounce Gold Class soap with 15.5 ounces of water in a spray bottle as lube for the mothers clay, and I never had any deterioration.

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    I wash a section with QEW, then I clay that same section using the QEW that I just washed the car with. Then I wash that area again w/ QEW. Then I dry that area.
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    Quote Originally Posted by tdekany
    I just use plain water. WORKS. The bar falls apart with some car soap. Or get a 32oz spray bottle and add an ounce of QD
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    I`ve always used Griot`s Car Wash as a clay lube. A normal wash concentration works fine. I`ve used Clay Magic and Sonus clay with no deterioration.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mikebai1990
    TnM6i, when you say deteriorate, do you mean the clay starts to break up, or do you mean the clay bar becomes smaller and smaller? Thanks for helping me out!


    It kind of dissolves the clay making it a slimy mess. It depends on the car soap and the clay in question. It isn`t going to hurt the paint which is what really matters.

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    Car wash soap is fine, it`s what I use.
    :bump Take your time and do the job right the first time

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    I use Zaino`s car wash, about 1/2 cap to 16oz. Works great, and the Zaino clay bar holds up fine.

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    Griot`s Car Wash made my Griot`s and Sonus (both gray and green) clays a) work less effectively, b) become (too) soft, and c) leave clay residue on the vehicle. I don`t think I really appreciated how badly the shampoo was affecting the clay until I resolved to only use the Glyde lube with my Sonus clay.



    Perhaps differences in water could explain why some people have better/worse luck with the shampoo-as-lube :nixweiss

 

 
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