Clay Bar Towel, AutoCare Fine Grade Microfiber Clay Towel Automotive Detailing Towel Clay Bar Alternative for Car Detailing, Creative Gift--Blue, 1 Pack

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Spray a clay lubricant on the clay towel & over the entire vehicle, focusing on one panel at a time. Completely satisfied, we proceeded to the next area, overlapping the first by a few inches just to make sure…This time we did double passes with plenty of lubricant to get it right from the first time. Gotten the hang of it, we could feel the contaminants loosening under the clay surface as friction gradually reduced.

Clay bars cannot be washed and typically last 3 to 12 car treatments, depending on the amount of contamination they have to absorb or encapsulate. Most clay bars are available in different grades from “fine” or “medium” to“heavy”, referring to the abrasiveness of the clay. If you’re not sure which grade to use, start with a fine grade which is the least abrasive and doesn’t leave any scratches if used properly. You can step up to a medium or heavy grade if the result is inadequate.

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Decontamination of the paint surface is critical to proper auto care for a multitude of reasons. To begin with you want to remove all contaminants before polishing, so you can work on a clean canvas rather than dragging tiny contaminants across the paint during the polishing phase. Using the CarPro Polyshave Decontamination Clay Towelyou can remove surface bonded contaminants and use Iron X to remove anything below the surface of the paint as well. Use on cool surface and out of direct sunlight. Make sure you are using a clay lubricant on the surface to avoid clay transfer to vehicle** Prior to initial use rub the Ultra Clay Towel on glass using clay lubricant. Inspect surface of the Ultra Clay Towel before and during use. To clean the clay surface, spray clay surface with lubricant and wipe gently with hand. After repeated use, or if too much contamination is present, discard and use a new Ultra Clay Towel.

If you own a daily driver that’s seen some miles but you want to keep it in optimal shape with the least amount of work, Adam’s Clay Mitt & Detail Spray might be the right choice. It’s the fastest claying option out there with respect for your car paint. If you use it with Adam’s Detail Spray , it’ll outperform all other clay mitts on the market. We like this product better than its competitors because of its overall quality and the way the moya layer is applied. Contrary to other clay mitts, the moya is bonded to the polyester mitt in a mesh pattern, allowing dirt and sharp grit to collect in the deep dimples, away from the rubbing action. This prevents those contaminants from scratching up the surface. It’s also nice that it’s reusable numerous times and that it can be rinsed if you drop it. No need to throw it away like you would a clay bar. Clay towels and clay mitts “trap” contaminants in a different way than clay bars do. Under magnification it shows that they all have a rubbery, knobby surface (see picture). The one shown here is our mitt of choice: Adam’s Clay Mitt . Because of its very special pronounced grid pattern it can optimally store contaminants in the tiny “craters”, that way those gritty bits don’t scratch the surface while you’re claying.Reusable –Unlike Clay bar, Clay towels are reusable. If you drop the towel on the floor you can just rinse it off with water before returning to the paintwork. With the lubricated clay towel & surface, start rubbing the clay towel over the panel you are treating until it glides smoothly. Car detailing clay bars are made of natural or polymer clay and they look and feel like modeling clay. Usually they are square-shaped and weigh 100gr or 200gr. They are safe to use on delicate car surfaces because they encapsulate dirt particles within their clay surface, preventing them from scratching the car surface. I find that when claying a car (either towel or normal clay bar) you will always get some form of marring afterwards and I recommend that you always follow up with a polishing step afterwards. How to Use a Clay Towel

The Atomiza Clay Towel should be used out of direct sunlight, on freshly washed bodywork and glass that is cool to the touch. For best results, wash and rinse your car as usual and then, working on one panel or window at a time, spray both the surface to be treated and the polymerised rubber face of the towel with a suitable lubricant (we recommend using Auto Finesse Glide, although other clay bar lubricants may also be used). Next, fold the towel in half and then half again (with the rubber side out), then lay it on the panel and, using light pressure, begin rubbing it gently in straight lines in all directions. Initially you will feel some resistance (as the towel encounters bonded contaminants), but gradually this will ease until the towel glides freely, indicating that the contaminants have been fully removed and perfect smoothness restored. Repeat these steps until all of the bodywork and glass is done, and then rinse the whole car thoroughly and dry it off. Effectiveness –The consensus in the detailing community is that clay towels are not yet as effective at removing stubborn contaminants when compared to traditional clay bar ( about 90% ) If you don’t want to clay by hand, it’s better to just skip this step and use a polisher with compound right away, followed by a fine polish to remove the swirls and scratches caused by the compound stage of course. If it’s been a long time since clay has touched your car paint, maybe Adam’s Medium Grade Clay Bar is the better choice. It’s a little more abrasive and handles heavier contamination and even overspray much better. With this medium grade clay bar however, polishing afterwards is advised to remove possible light marring, especially on soft or dark-colored car paints.The great thing about a clay mitt, is that it is so easy and fast to use. No hassle, just dip it in clean soapy water and gently rub away all contaminants in straight strokes. Up/down and side to side like you would with a classic clay bar, but you cover more ground faster. Almost all clay cloths are re-usable by rinsing them off during and after use. Unlike normal clay bars, you can usually use a clay towel a high number of times (Sometimes up to around 50 vehicles!) Typically with a normal size clay bar, you might be able to stretch to two or three cars max. If it still doesn’t, you can either clay bar it again with the same fine grade clay or use medium clay instead to speed up the process. Heavy clay should only be used in extreme circumstances like to remove heavy overspray because you may have to polish your car’s paint afterwards to remove the marring that heavy clay potentially leaves. For the clay barring process a clay bar, a clay towel or a clay mitt and a special clay lubricant are used. These clay media are only mildly abrasive and with the help of the lubricant, they glide over the car’s surface without scratching it. They do however remove any foreign particles that are bonded to the car surface like tar, chemical fallout, carbon particles from exhaust fumes, tree sap, bug guts, bird droppings, hard water spots,…