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04-03-2008, 11:11 AM
Clay Bar Alternative Elastrofoam Clay Block For Automotive Detailing Paint Restoration And Overspray Removal (http://www.chemicalguys.com/CLAY_BLOCK_p/clay_block_kit.htm)
I bought two of these as I saw them on the front page when I was ordering a gallon of fabric guard. I was interested because of how much $$$ clay starts to add up to be. So my girlfriend came over with her black 9-3 sabb. I didnt get pictures but I gave it a wash via the ace hardware foam gun and grout sponge using the grit guard two bucket system and all that great stuff. After I dried I used the Clay Block and some QD I had sitting around I needed to get rid of. I used it just as I would use a normal piece of clay going back and fourth until there was no resistance anymore. I wiped the QD away and the surface was soft to touch. It worked great. I clayed all of her glass as well it worked great! When the bar becomes really full of contaminates just rinse it with the cleanest water possible and you can ring the water out of the bar and continue working.
The downsides:
-Cant really use on Wheels because of the size/shape.
-If you aren`t close to a clean water supply it could be a pain to clean it often on a really contaminated car.
-Could be hard to get into some cars that have hard to reach places because of the size.
I just thought I would post this up because I know it has already saved me money because of how many cars you can do with one block so I picked up two. I would still reccomend having a 100g block of normal clay on hand for those hard to reach places and for wheels and what not. As for lube any QD works just fine as any other clay bar. The lube that comes with it works fine on glass and wont streak or anything.
Mods- If this does not belong here please move it. Just trying to help out some autopians to save some cash.
:bigups
-Nick
I bought two of these as I saw them on the front page when I was ordering a gallon of fabric guard. I was interested because of how much $$$ clay starts to add up to be. So my girlfriend came over with her black 9-3 sabb. I didnt get pictures but I gave it a wash via the ace hardware foam gun and grout sponge using the grit guard two bucket system and all that great stuff. After I dried I used the Clay Block and some QD I had sitting around I needed to get rid of. I used it just as I would use a normal piece of clay going back and fourth until there was no resistance anymore. I wiped the QD away and the surface was soft to touch. It worked great. I clayed all of her glass as well it worked great! When the bar becomes really full of contaminates just rinse it with the cleanest water possible and you can ring the water out of the bar and continue working.
The downsides:
-Cant really use on Wheels because of the size/shape.
-If you aren`t close to a clean water supply it could be a pain to clean it often on a really contaminated car.
-Could be hard to get into some cars that have hard to reach places because of the size.
I just thought I would post this up because I know it has already saved me money because of how many cars you can do with one block so I picked up two. I would still reccomend having a 100g block of normal clay on hand for those hard to reach places and for wheels and what not. As for lube any QD works just fine as any other clay bar. The lube that comes with it works fine on glass and wont streak or anything.
Mods- If this does not belong here please move it. Just trying to help out some autopians to save some cash.
:bigups
-Nick