anyone tried this?

[Felonious Crud]

Could be that mine just wasn't that skanky. It was certainly rougher at the start of every line and I'd give it an immediate rinse. The red Merc used as a guinea-pig on the Detailing World review (http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=318031) looked in more of a mess but came up a treat.

I've just been outside and have been trying to find any marring or swirls and can find nothing at all with the naked eye. Photos with the flash on give no indication of any imperfections whatsoever. Like I said, I've never used clay and the finish could be worlds apart. But it certainly seems to have worked well for me.

 

[highlander]

Ok so I mentioned these to my Detailing pro friend who has been sent some of these to try and this is his response.

"I've been sent a few to try so far, I'd only use one if machine polishing the car - they leave all sorts of marring and micro scratches when you see it under bright lights etc - I'll show you some pics from a focus I did last week"

that's interesting. there a few posts on the detailing forum suggesting it is no more likely to marr than ordinary clay so long as you do not use over pressure and turn and clean the sheet regularly..........same advice as clay really.
not sure if I should do mine before or after it goes in for the stone chips to be fixed.............any views anyone?

 

[c4sman]

that's interesting. there a few posts on the detailing forum suggesting it is no more likely to than ordinary clay so long as you do not use over pressure and turn and clean the sheet regularly..........same advice as clay really.
not sure if I should do mine before or after it goes in for the stone chips to be fixed.............any views anyone?

Suggest you use it before to ensure all the wax is removed before your paint is touched up or resprayed. I read a good guide on detailing world on these new cloths and the thing the guy kept repeating is keep turning to a new surface and or washing the cloth very regularly, plus apply zero pressure, just let the weight of the cloth do the work.

I use a similar technique already for drying my car, just lay my large microfibres towel on the bodywork flat, and pull the two edges to remove it and the water. No pressure other than the weight of the damp towel. Works a treat with the car dry and much less or no swirls and scratched being put into the clear coat.

I ordered one of these clay cloths which arrived yesterday so will experiment on the Merc in the next couple of weeks.

 

[highlander]

Suggest you use it before to ensure all the wax is removed before your paint is touched up or resprayed. I read a good guide on detailing world on these new cloths and the thing the guy kept repeating is keep turning to a new surface and or washing the cloth very regularly, plus apply zero pressure, just let the weight of the cloth do the work.

I use a similar technique already for drying my car, just lay my large microfibres towel on the bodywork flat, and pull the two edges to remove it and the water. No pressure other than the weight of the damp towel. Works a treat with the car dry and much less or no swirls and scratched being put into the clear coat.

I ordered one of these clay cloths which arrived yesterday so will experiment on the Merc in the next couple of weeks.

cheers, sounds like sense re before. will aim for next weekend since had to cancel original appt and car now going in a week tuesday.
funny, that is the same drying technique I use with the towel, find it particularly useful for the roof and bonnet.
good luck with the cloth..........be more professional than adam though, do some before and after shots!

 

[SimonCC]

Ok so I mentioned these to my Detailing pro friend who has been sent some of these to try and this is his response.

"I've been sent a few to try so far, I'd only use one if machine polishing the car - they leave all sorts of marring and micro scratches when you see it under bright lights etc - I'll show you some pics from a focus I did last week"

This makes sense Phil as when I clay the car, in order to avoid putting more scratches onto the paint I turn the clay over after every so many swipes, and then renew with new clay when its getting grubby.

Although no doubt at all that the clay cloth is cleaning the contamination from the paint, it just has to leave more fine scratches and marring as it becomes dirtier. Then using a pre wax cleaner (like Lime Prime) before final stage wax will help to hide/remove most scratches though.

 

[Felonious Crud]

....be more professional than adam though, do some before and after shots!

Yeah, yeah, yeah!

In the interests of good forum citizenship and to be seen to be making an effort, here is an "after" photo:

 

[Contigo]

This makes sense Phil as when I clay the car, in order to avoid putting more scratches onto the paint I turn the clay over after every so many swipes, and then renew with new clay when its getting grubby.

Although no doubt at all that the clay cloth is cleaning the contamination from the paint, it just has to leave more fine scratches and marring as it becomes dirtier. Then using a pre wax cleaner (like Lime Prime) before final stage wax will help to hide/remove most scratches though.

Yup indeed. Honestly I don't trust anyone else with my cars other than Nick. I will post the pics he has promised me to show the effects.

 

[highlander]

Yeah, yeah, yeah!

In the interests of good forum citizenship and to be seen to be making an effort, here is an "after" photo:

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credit where it's due........me like shineeey!

 

[Felonious Crud]

Yup indeed. Honestly I don't trust anyone else with my cars other than Nick. I will post the pics he has promised me to show the effects.

Hi Phil. Did your mate send the pictures yet?

I was looking at mine in the bright sun today and can now see that there are still some swirl marks on the bonnet. I'm sure they'd have been far more obvious on a black car and I'd have spotted sooner that the cloth hadn't completely removed them first time round. As I was moving only in straight lines with the cloth and the swirl marks are, well, swirly, it seems clear that they are not the consequences of using the cloth but the same swirl marks I thought it had fully removed previously. I'll give the cloth another try and see how it shapes up.

 

[highlander]

I have not done marci yet, decided against doing before she went to bodyshop. done fiona's black beetle convertible and have to say even with using cheap autoglym polish and gloss cover it came up a treat.
adam - might be wrong but I did not think that these removed swirls just contaminants ?

 

[Andyk]

There is a review of these cloths in this months EVO...They like it...

 

[Contigo]

Hi Phil. Did your mate send the pictures yet?

I was looking at mine in the bright sun today and can now see that there are still some swirl marks on the bonnet. I'm sure they'd have been far more obvious on a black car and I'd have spotted sooner that the cloth hadn't completely removed them first time round. As I was moving only in straight lines with the cloth and the swirl marks are, well, swirly, it seems clear that they are not the consequences of using the cloth but the same swirl marks I thought it had fully removed previously. I'll give the cloth another try and see how it shapes up.

Hi Adam, I can ask him again soon when he's back from Spain and explain the pics with the issues.