Possible to clay while QEWing?

wifehatescar

wifehatescar

My L5-S1 is killing me!
I know many people here clay while they wash their car but...



I was wondering do you clay while you qew (i.e. clean a panel, rinse pad, add more water/qew, clay, then dry)?



or do you qew, dry and then clay with another lubricant?



What have you found to be the best/quickest way to qew and clay?
 
I would not clay until AFTER washing the car. It would not bother me to use car wash soap as a lubricant to clay and I would not be surprised if QEW would work also.
 
OutlawTitan said:
I would not clay until AFTER washing the car.
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What I am trying to avoid is washing a panel, drying it fully, then putting qew water on it again to clay. Not sure why I can't wash a panel with qew, then add more fresh clean qew to the panel, clay and then finally dry.
 
The first pass with the mitt might not get off all the dirt from your car. While the panel is still wet with the first pass of qew, I think that there is encapsulated dirt that needs to be wiped off with a towel in order for the surface to be truly clean.



I've clayed during washing before and it really doesn't save that much more time. If anything it makes the process tedious for me, since the washing step is dragged out for so long. Also, claying after washing/drying allows me to better gauge where I have and have not clayed. The drying pass after claying would take only like two swipes and no more than a few seconds to do anyway, and I would guess that your claybar would be less likely to clog with dirt prematurely.
 
makes sense raymond.

next question, I assume the "lubricant" supplied with clay is similiar enough to qew. could qew diluted be used as the lubricant for claying after a complete wash/dry with qew?



I usually use car wash diluted as the lube but it nessesitates a second washing since a car wash "film", suds, etc are produced. With qew, the surface could just once again just be wiped dry.



Basically, I want to clay without using QD as a lube (expensive) and without using diluted regular car wash (messy thus requiring a second wash)



I PM'ed Scottwax these questions and he said to post them so he could give his opinion so I'm sure he'll be in here eventually. I'm curious of his technique since he is mobile and qew's almost 100%, what he has found the best way is to clay without regular car wash and (assumingly) without using a whole bottle of QD to clay 1 car.
 
Honestly, I would NOT use QEW as lubricant. I ran into some problems while doing so, I would recommend using some QD to insure that there aren't any issues. Claying is a serious process, you want high lubricity to make sure it doesn't dry up and scrape the surface. It should glide. QEW/water mix just isn't "slick" enough.
 
I've never used qew as a lubricant. Many people suggest using a quick detailer as a lubricant to save another wash step; maybe you can pick up a cheap by-the-gallon qd. However, I dont see much of a difference in lubrication between qew and qd.. Going off on a tangent here, but I've been considering using qew as a qd for when the car is moderately dusty.
 
DefBringer said:
Honestly, I would NOT use QEW as lubricant. I ran into some problems while doing so, I would recommend using some QD to insure that there aren't any issues. Claying is a serious process, you want high lubricity to make sure it doesn't dry up and scrape the surface. It should glide. QEW/water mix just isn't "slick" enough.
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If you are using a soft clay, yes, I could forsee problems with QEW, but I've been using the Clay Magic Blue bar with no problems with QEW. I wash and dry the section, then dip the pad into the QEW again, soak the panel, clay, rewash and dry.



If I don't find the grit that needs to be clayed after I was, then I just use a QD for lube. Claying while washing can be a huge timesaver on large vehicles.
 
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