SPSandman

Some awesome information here! I hate to say it, I have never used clay until now, well hopefully this weekend. I always wash the car very often and waxed it couple times a year. That is changing now that I know the importance of this. I just picked up a detailing kit as well as a couple clay bars. Can't wait to see the difference the bars make. May have to check out the mits as well.

What do y'all feel about the Mother Speed Clay 2.0 shown in the video linked early in the thread? Saw that at Oreilly's when I picked up my kit

REZ1

I am perhaps a bit old fashioned...I still use the clay bar itself.
I also lay an old beach towel under where I am working....If I happen to
drop the clay...I pick it up and continue on.

Old spray bottle and a bit of dawn soap for lube..!

0EricAvalonKing

I would recommend polishing after clay but marring wouldn't really happen in every case. If your paint is soft or if you use too much pressure, too little lubrication or too hard clay then it would likely mar it but yeah these marks would be super shallow. I could never live with just covering these with wax but yeah it would do it ...So, if you wanna be safe and not have to polish use soft clay, little pressure and tons of soapy water for lubrication.

FYRARMS

Thanks. That's what I figured. Currently, I am using a Cobra clay mitt and I always have polished afterwards anyway. I regularly use iron fallout removers when washing my daily driver, and I haven't had much need to clay the paint again since I first corrected it. However, I have friends that want me to detail their cars, and I was thinking about using a more professional grade of natural clay on their rides. I will make sure to use plenty of lube (that's what she said) when claying to avoid any marring.

0EricAvalonKing

A lot of lube goes a long way

Cobra is solid btw, I do prefer chemicalguys lineup for this at the moment, that is until a certain company (wink wink) finally finishes their own and launches.

FYRARMS