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Old 09-02-2004, 10:52 PM
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Oribital Clay?!

Somebody mentioned this product to the little lady, and she in turn let me know about it. I thought it seems a little silly. Check it out:

http://www.griotsgarage.com/catalog.jsp?&SKU=10631

Is that really nessasary? How do you turn the clay to get a fresh side? High-speed clay just doesn't sound right to me... Your thoughts, oh guru's of the shine?!
 
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Old 09-02-2004, 11:19 PM
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Ive seen that before myself, and wondered the same thing. I think when I get around to doing it, im gonna stick with the bar method.
 
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Old 09-02-2004, 11:26 PM
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Ive seen that before myself, and wondered the same thing. I think when I get around to doing it, im gonna stick with the bar method.
PAC has a similar product for sale (actually looks to be darn near identical).

I haven't heard much chatter about this particular product on any of the boards but, if my hunch is correct, I don't think you'll hear anything.

A fresh surface of clay would be a mega-hassle to achieve after working on a small area. Like Brew, I'll stick with a bar... I guess if you're doing 'volume detailing' this might be a time saver but, on the flip side, I think it'd be pretty dangerous too.

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Old 09-03-2004, 07:44 PM
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Wow, what a great idea............... a "Power Swirler"!

Sorry, just don't like those "gimmick" products. Claying is just to simple, and safer to do by hand!
 
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Old 09-03-2004, 11:06 PM
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...a "Power Swirler"!
That was my reaction as well...
 
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Old 09-04-2004, 01:01 PM
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How do you keep it wet? Could you imagine running out of solution when that thing is spinning at light speed.... You won't have to worry about the rest of the truck, the new paint will take of that. :o

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Old 09-05-2004, 08:25 AM
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How do you keep it wet? Could you imagine running out of solution when that thing is spinning at light speed.... You won't have to worry about the rest of the truck, the new paint will take of that.

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That was my thought when I first saw this in the GG catalog. WTF you'd need to have one hand on the PC, the other on the spray bottle hosing down the paint

The other thing I though about is how can you feel for drag ?
 
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Old 09-05-2004, 11:20 AM
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Just goes to show some people will buy anything... Ahh only in America where we can truly buy crap we dont need!
 



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