That's correct. They have the patent. All the other companies pay royalties or are having theirs made by them...

 

I believe the PB clay is by claymagic.

They feel the same to me.

 

Just my 2 cents worth here. I usually like to try things out for myself and make up my own mind about the product and consider if it will work for me. I did a side by side test with Meguiar's Smooth Surface Clay Kit and Turtle Wax's Liquid Clay Bar Ice. I follow the instructions to the letter for both products. The paint surface on the Liquid Clay Bar side was not as smooth (meaning contaminants were still present). I then went back and used the Meguiar's Clay Bar on the Liquid Clay Bar side. I was amazed at how much it was able to pick up after using a product that claimed to do the same thing. In my opinion, the Liquid Clay Bar is a far inferior product and simply does not compare to a true clay bar like Meguiar's, Mother's or any other clay bar. Here is the Meguiar's bar after going over the freshly done Liquid Clay Car side :

 

Just to add a tidbit -- as I'm a tidbit kind of guy --

The whole 'liquid clay bar' thing has actually been around for quite a long time. Only recently did TW decide to bottle it and sell it to a 'consumer-level' group.

I believe it was Diamondite that had this product out on the market first... My P&B supply shop had it out one day when I was in there. He doesn't sell it but mentioned that one of his customers told him about it and thus, he had to buy a bottle to see what it was all about. He had just tried it on his 'newer' Toyota Camary (white). He was embarassed to show me but, we went out and looked at an area that he had said he had treated -- the long and short was that you could still see very small rusty spots (presumably, oxidizing metal embedded in the clear).

Like Chris mentioned, the 'tried and true' is probably the best way to go with things right now...

Any brand will do... just stick with clay... not liquid.

I should caveat that statement with any MILD clay will do... aggressive clay is a pretty unique beast... scary to me, in fact. It's not kind to paint.

 

If anyone is having trouble finding clay bar in any of your local stores, you can also order it from a number of on-line retailers. I buy 8 oz clay bar from Adam's Polishes, along with Adam's excellent detail spray.

 

Now, is anyone willing to do a test and review of that body sponge as compared to clay?

Please don't just tell me it's crap and don't use it. I've heard that enough around here. I'd like some personal first hand insight. If I had a beater to play with, I'd try it myself, but I don't.

 

Clay bar works exactly as it claimed to work. It is cheap to buy. Why use something else when clay bar does everything it is supposed to do?

I have not heard of the body sponge, so, of course I have not used it. I just wonder what it can do that a clay bar cannot do?

Once I find something that works really, really well, I tend to stop looking for 'something better'. That's just me.

 

The 'sponge' thing isn't new either - although, it's only really been a 'detailer' product for a short while. Before the introduction of this sponge, it was called a grout sponge... that's right, like the one you could buy at Home Depot or Lowes.

Boss, can you comment here? I've only read raves and rips - with very few mediocre comments.

 

Are you talking about using a grout sponge to wash the vehicle? I thought we were talking about claying a vehicle. I'm confused. I would never use a grout sponge to wash a vehicle, maybe the wheels and tires. A grout sponge doesn't have nearly the amount of "nap" that is needed to wash paint.

 

Hmm... maybe I misspoke a tad. It was my understanding that the grout sponge trick/use was supplemental to clay...

Maybe, because I discounted it so readily as something that I'd almost never ever try, I misunderstood... off to autopia for me.

 

Yep... I think I was a tad confused. I believe what I was thinking about was the thing that Leo has sold for a while... I think it's called a Magic Cube or something like that?

-RP-

 

Hmmm...I was thinking the body sponge was something like that rubber claybar stuff that I wont try...

Clarification?

 

That's what I was thinking he was talking about than RP said something about a grout sponge. Ugh, I'm so confused. Goodnight.

 

How does one know when the clay bar has served its purpose and needs to be replaced?

 

I am referring to this:

http://www.autodetailingsolutions.co...ody-sponge.htm

Every time I ask about this thing here, I get brushed off.

That is the typical comment I get. This is the EXACT comment I've gotten from both RP and RR in the past. I am NOT DISAGREEING with it, but I REALLY want to know what is so good OR so bad about this sponge from someone who has actually USED the %$#%^%$# thing! It can't be THAT bad if ADS sells it.

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