BradE
03-26-2003, 05:32 PM
This week I had the pleasure of testing the Autopia clay kit. I must say, I was excited. The good news is my excitement was justified! I knew David would put together good stuff, that’s just the way he is, but he went overboard with the goodies on this one.
Of course this comes as a kit, complete with the bar itself, the lubricant and towels. First, let’s start with the clay. It’s a light graphite color and very smooth and consistent in texture. As a bonus, it comes with a case! I don’t know why that impresses me, but I like clays that come with cases. :) The bar has a dense feeling, but is very malleable and easy to form. I had no trouble kneading the clay during use. Next piece of the puzzle is the lube. Now I know why David named this stuff “Glide”, it’s so slippery. It also has a nice light airy smell. Very nice. Finally, the towels. They are a generously sized gray color waffle towel, and boy are they soft. In fact, they are probably the softest waffle towels I have ever touched. Very impressive indeed.
For my testing I cut the clay into 2 pieces. I formed the portion I was using into a nice cake for easy claying. One of the first things I noticed is the clay has a slight tacky feeling too it. This helps the clay stick to your hand slightly and keeps you from dropping it. If your a big klutz like me this is a big help. :D I sprayed a light mist of Glide on the hood of my Explorer and went to town. The clay lube is super slippery! The clay does just glide across the surface with no friction. This helps keep surface marring to an absolute minimum. It’s one of the slickest lubes I have ever used for claying. When wiping off the lube residue I noticed that is wipes clean with no streaking what so ever. It also leaves a very nice looking surface. This lube is so nice I think it would make a great QD! :up As I made my way around the car claying I noticed the clay bar did show the dirt well, which helps to decided when folding of the clay is needed. When the time comes the clay kneads very easily and almost has an elastic feeling to it. It reforms with out a problem. At times I used large amounts of lube to see if I could get the bar to “mush out” (That`s my new technical term ;) ) No matter how much lube I used I could not get the bar to mush out, nor did it seem to absorb any lube at all. :up To wipe away all that glide I was used the waffle weave microfiber towel supplied in the kit. This is perhaps the softest waffle weave towel I have ever used. It absorbed everything with ease and I noticed no surface marring what so ever. I also observed no linting, major plus. :up
Overall I was very impressed with this kit. All of the products in this kit are top notch, and certainly get the Autopian seal of approval. I was impressed with the quality, and ease of use, of the Autopia products. Leave it to David to create good stuff. David will have details about availability soon.
:bigups
Of course this comes as a kit, complete with the bar itself, the lubricant and towels. First, let’s start with the clay. It’s a light graphite color and very smooth and consistent in texture. As a bonus, it comes with a case! I don’t know why that impresses me, but I like clays that come with cases. :) The bar has a dense feeling, but is very malleable and easy to form. I had no trouble kneading the clay during use. Next piece of the puzzle is the lube. Now I know why David named this stuff “Glide”, it’s so slippery. It also has a nice light airy smell. Very nice. Finally, the towels. They are a generously sized gray color waffle towel, and boy are they soft. In fact, they are probably the softest waffle towels I have ever touched. Very impressive indeed.
For my testing I cut the clay into 2 pieces. I formed the portion I was using into a nice cake for easy claying. One of the first things I noticed is the clay has a slight tacky feeling too it. This helps the clay stick to your hand slightly and keeps you from dropping it. If your a big klutz like me this is a big help. :D I sprayed a light mist of Glide on the hood of my Explorer and went to town. The clay lube is super slippery! The clay does just glide across the surface with no friction. This helps keep surface marring to an absolute minimum. It’s one of the slickest lubes I have ever used for claying. When wiping off the lube residue I noticed that is wipes clean with no streaking what so ever. It also leaves a very nice looking surface. This lube is so nice I think it would make a great QD! :up As I made my way around the car claying I noticed the clay bar did show the dirt well, which helps to decided when folding of the clay is needed. When the time comes the clay kneads very easily and almost has an elastic feeling to it. It reforms with out a problem. At times I used large amounts of lube to see if I could get the bar to “mush out” (That`s my new technical term ;) ) No matter how much lube I used I could not get the bar to mush out, nor did it seem to absorb any lube at all. :up To wipe away all that glide I was used the waffle weave microfiber towel supplied in the kit. This is perhaps the softest waffle weave towel I have ever used. It absorbed everything with ease and I noticed no surface marring what so ever. I also observed no linting, major plus. :up
Overall I was very impressed with this kit. All of the products in this kit are top notch, and certainly get the Autopian seal of approval. I was impressed with the quality, and ease of use, of the Autopia products. Leave it to David to create good stuff. David will have details about availability soon.
:bigups