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Old 07-26-09, 07:12 PM
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Which is your favorite clay bar?
Old 07-26-09, 07:14 PM
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Clay Magic. Picks up a lot of contaminants without too much effort, one pass is more than enough for most cars. Great clay bar available OTC at a reasonable price.

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I obviously use the ones we sell, and love them. They always do what I ask of them

90% of the time I use the Gray Light Cut Bar, but if working on real soft paint, or if it doesnt need any heavy claying, an Extra Light Cut Bar works well for me. The Medium and Medium/Heavy bars I typically reserve for spot work or even wheels
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Originally Posted by One HoT
Clay Magic. Picks up a lot of contaminants without too much effort, one pass is more than enough for most cars. Great clay bar available OTC at a reasonable price.
The clay magic blue bar is my favorite too, but the last time I went to go buy it I had a really hard time finding it locally because all the boxes they had at the store the bar inside was already stolen.
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I like the zaino bars. They are big and thick. They didnt get skimpy on the clay bars when cutting them
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Toss up between Clay Magic and Meguiars...maybe they're the same?
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Riccardo here..
As far as bars most of the US ones are the same although I've had bad luck with meguiars bars melting on me. (getting all gooey)
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Originally Posted by One HoT
Clay Magic. Picks up a lot of contaminants without too much effort, one pass is more than enough for most cars. Great clay bar available OTC at a reasonable price.
Clay magic for me. I can't find it local so I order it from a CL vendor.
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autozone, pepboys should carry them. i also use clay magic.
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Originally Posted by lexusscturbo
Riccardo here..
As far as bars most of the US ones are the same although I've had bad luck with meguiars bars melting on me. (getting all gooey)
For reals they do melt when you don't use it after a month.
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Originally Posted by Blkexcoupe
The clay magic blue bar is my favorite too, but the last time I went to go buy it I had a really hard time finding it locally because all the boxes they had at the store the bar inside was already stolen.
where were you able to find CM locally long?
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Originally Posted by edwinbong
where were you able to find CM locally long?
Autozone, but it seems like a lot of stores don't stock it anymore.
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True. You can't find CM in the local auto stores. But they do care it in those detailing trucks like Otto B Clean.
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Originally Posted by GS4_Fiend
True. You can't find CM in the local auto stores. But they do care it in those detailing trucks like Otto B Clean.
I went to autozone this morning to see if they had any. The price has gone up to $12.99 now, but I saw the Mothers clay kit now includes 2 clay bars, 1 mf towel, and showtime qd for $18.99. I might be going with Mothers now since their clay bars are easy to use too and readily available.

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where can you buy just clay bar only? I don't need the extra detailer and towel


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