I just opened the new Advance Auto Parts flyer and inside there is a new Turtle Wax Ice Liquid Clay Bar.
What the hell is that? Liquid Clay? Has anyone ever seen/used a product like that? I highly doubt the results even come close to real clay, but now I'm intrigued. I like the ICE liquid polish a lot, but I don't know about liquid clay.
Discuss.

 

I haven't tried it but there are other versions of, what they call, liquid clay out there on the market.

Maybe Diamondite made that other kit that I've seen? Can't remember.

Looking at TW's description of the product, it's a multi-purpose product for scratch removal and all kinds of other things. Seems a bit gimmicky but, maybe it's a dreamboat in a bottle.

I'll let someone else experiment with this one.

 

I wish somebody would come up with some sort of claying type bonnet or pad to use with the Porter Cable DA. We need a Megs engineer.

 

You mean like this...
http://www.autogeek.net/paintwork-cl...pplicator.html

I have not used this product, so I have no first hand experience with it.

RockPick nailed it with the Diamondite spray clay. The advertising sounded great, but this product fell short of my expectations and didn't work nearly as well as a good over the counter clay such as Clay Magic, etc. For 'very' mild cleaning it might be OK, but I personally would never buy this product again. I personally like the Clay Magic kits from my local Autozone at $10.99 per kit. My local Autozone sells them to me at 20% off that price .

 

Yeah... that's it!!! How cool is this? Thanks brudda. I had no idea.

 

qadsan, Have you tried this clay pad?

Any pitfalls with it?

It's gotta be better than doing it by hand, no?

 

You didn't ask me but...

My two cents on it... it simply doesn't give you the 'feel' that claying by hand will yield.

You see, if you're claying and really paying attention, you can 'feel' the paint through the claybar and, in a sense, know when you've managed to get your paint clean.

Further, the continual 'kneading' of the clay is something that cannot be avoided no matter the application technique. Claying is a SIMPLE process as it is and adding a mechanical device to the mix, in my opinion, brings in several factors that aren't there when you're doing it by hand...

The same holds true for waxing...

Obviously, doing it by hand is probably the safest way but, tagging in the PC to do it will do it a tad faster but, you bring more inherent risks in to the mix.

Just me but, I won't touch one of the clay pads. They're an interesting thought but, there's just too much risk, IMO.

 

^^^^ what he said .. ^^^^

I would feel lost claying a car or truck if I couldn't feel the paint while I was doing it .. feeling it and listening to the clay are the two ways I can tell when it is perfect (or as close as it can get), and you would lose the ability to do either using the PC ..

plus, I would be paranoid that the clay would pick up a small piece of bug or something, and start scratching things ..

 

I would say that was true after claying buy hand. But I dunno how many times I've dropped that clay wad on the cement. I probably wouldn't like the clay pad either now that you mention it. I think I'm just a tad bit excited I finally have a Porter Cable polisher. Right now it's zero degrees outside.

 

FYI... clay hits the ground - it immediately becomes TRASH.

 

You're tellin' me....That clay bar is some sticky stuff. First time I used it I fumbled it getting it out of the package. Believe me, I wanted to use it anyway. It worked good on the lawn trator.