roadfrog

Just wanted to post a quick review of my experience with Simoniz's claybar,

First of all, I should add that I have previously used Meguiars Clay Bar Kit, which was excellent.

When I first opened up the Simoniz kit, I was encouraged by the decent packaging, especially the nice tin box that the clay came in. The clay looked good too - two nice, blue-colored bricks. A bottlle of QD was there, as well as a MF cloth.

The "clay", is GARBAGE. I tried for a long time to get it to become pliable and quickly felt that this was not clay, but some weird synthetic glob, that seemed exactly like Silly Putty. I struggled to try it on my car and it was hopeless. It literally began crumbling apart and had no pliability to it. I got so frustrated with it, that I threw both bars out. Fortunately, the kit was on sale, so it wasn't a complete wash (no pun intended), as I got a bottle of QD and a MF cloth out of it.

I did a quick read up on some reviews, and it seems I'm not the only one who had problems with the clay.

Going back to the Meguiars.

laobo979

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You should try the nano skin clay mitt cut your clay time down and last longer.

Kira X

iTrader: (24)

I didn't know Simoniz was still around. I haven't seen their stuff around since I was kid.

I really liked the Meguairs kit I had as well. I've heard great things about the Nano Skin and Chemical Guys clay bars.

roadfrog

Simoniz is big up here in Canada over the last 5 years. They make everything from pressure washers to wax and are mainly carried at Walmart and Canadian Tire. This is their website: http://www.simoniz.ca/en/

Legender

+1 on the Meguairs Kit...I've used in on a couple of my cars and had excellent results also. I will be buying it again.

Jbreezie

I heard those cause minor marring unless you plan to polish the car afterwards.

tmf2004

iTrader: (15)

Mothers is pretty good to... I like Mequires and Mothers

roadfrog

I saw them at the Vancouver International Auto Show last month. I was intrigued, but not impressed. When I discussed it with the detailing expert, he kinda shrugged his shoulders and seemed indifferent to the product and said he preferred the old fashioned way. I tend to agree.

Lexus paint is very soft and I've read that the Nanoskins and clay towels can mar our paint.

zmcgovern4

iTrader: (2)

The Nanoskin Mitts, Nanoskin Pads, and Speedy Prep Towels are invaluable in the right applications. These clay substitutes save an incredible amount of time when it comes to removing bonded contamination from the paint. In general, all of these synthetic clays are certainly way more prone to marring the paint... for this reason, I do only recommend using them if you plan on polishing the paint afterwards.

We use speedy prep towels and nanoskin mitts on nearly every vehicle we service since we only do correction work. We are able to fully 'clay' even a heavily contaminated vehicle in WAY less time than it takes with traditional clay. On softer paints, this does leave some marring, but in my testing this marring is very easily removed with even a light polish.


For maintenance decontamination that will not be followed by polishing, traditional fine grade clay bars are less likely to mar the paint assuming you use enough lubrication.


We recommend using Nanoskin Glide as lubrication with both traditional clay and synthetic clays... we've used many products as clay lube over the years and this is our favorite


Explaining the Decontamination Process (Part 1) by Zach McGovern
Explaining the Decontamination Process (Part 2)
by Zach McGovern

Let me know if you've got any other questions.
-Zach