Homade Lubricant used with claying?

[4details2win]

Last week I detailed my first car for $. I plan on doing this part time since I`m off 4 days a week due to me working 12 hour days. After I washed the car I used a homade mixture of Meguiars Gold Class Shampoo and water in a spray bottle however after a while my Clay Magic clay bar started kinda falling apart. The integrity of the bar wasn`t what it use to be.



I didn`t measure anything when making this mixture just poured the shampoo and added water. Maybe I was using too much shampoo which was making it fall apart. I`m not sure.



Is there a better mixture that you have come up with that works great? If I go about trying this method again can someone tell me the mixture ratio of Shampoo to water?



Thx

[imported_steveo3002]

yeah ive had em fall apart...i figured clay magic and gold class didnt mix

[Sherman8r44]

I use Gold Class in a 32oz. spray bottle, 1oz. of GC and 31oz. water. I have never had a problem with clay breaking apart, but I`ve also never used Clay Magic.

[imported_cj99si]

sounds like clay magic sucks.

I just use a spray bottle and a few drops of soap, and it works perfect.

[Envious Eric]

I need to find a cheaper alternative to using a QD....at 5 bucks, its expensive to clay....maybe soap and water is one

[imported_cj99si]

I need to find a cheaper alternative to using a QD....at 5 bucks, its expensive to clay....maybe soap and water is one

I used the QD the first time, switched to soap and water after that. Ive done probably 50 or 60 with perfect results since then. I just did a brand new black. absolutly perfect paint hadnt even been washed yet but the guy ran over some new tar. I was worried that claying would leave some fine scratches. It didnt at all. Anyway its completly safe and infinatly cheaper. sorry for the ramble.

[Alfisti]

I use car shampoo and water as a lubricant too. Some car shampoos don`t react well with certain clays. You just need to find the right combination and stick to that.



For example, my Meguires white clay bar disintegrated when I used a weak woolite mix (that`s what I had handy at the time).



On the other hand, my Sonus grey clay was unaffected with Mothers car shampoo mix.



Just experiment until you get the right combo. Don`t give up - keep trying. You will find a cheap lube alternative. If you don`t, look on the bright side...QD costs only a few dollars in the US. In Australia, the cheapest QD is about $15 a bottle. :faint:

[tomee]

yup after wasting alot of QD, i decided to mix GC shampoo with water as a lubricant for claying...