Detailing Clay

[HealthyCivic]

2 Questions:

1. How much clay comes in the professional clay cans? In the consumer one you get 2 for the kit or 3 pieces for the replacement pack. I'm guessing that the pro clay doesn't come in pieces but if that's the case, how much use would I realistically get out of it or approx. how many of the consumer "pieces" could be made from the pro clay?

2. Is there any difference between the consumer clay and the mild pro clay? Is the mild clay mild enough to cause literally no marring just like the consumer stuff? Thanks.

[Tim Lingor]

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2 Questions:

1. How much clay comes in the professional clay cans? In the consumer one you get 2 for the kit or 3 pieces for the replacement pack. I'm guessing that the pro clay doesn't come in pieces but if that's the case, how much use would I realistically get out of it or approx. how many of the consumer "pieces" could be made from the pro clay?

2. Is there any difference between the consumer clay and the mild pro clay? Is the mild clay mild enough to cause literally no marring just like the consumer stuff? Thanks.

The Professional Detailing Clay comes with 1 - 200g bar and comes in either C2000 Mild (blue color) or C2100 Aggressive (red color). Since the Consumer clay comes with 2 - 50g bars, you are getting twice as much clay with the Professional compared to the Consumer series clay.

I normally cut the pro bar into 1/4's but you easily make them smaller for smaller vehicles.... Since you get twice as much with the Pro series, you could easily get more pieces. But I like using larger pieces as it is easier to hold....

Yes, there is a difference. The Consumer clay is the mildest with the professional mild clay being slightly more aggressive. The red aggressive clay is recommended for professionals only as it can/will leave marring that will need to be buffed out. The mild clay being slightly more aggressive than the Consumer clay usually does not leave marring though I have had it leave marring in some paints. Again, this was not a concern as I was buffing out the paint anyway.




Tim

[Andy M.]

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When I started claying, which was quite awhile ago as it is what actually got me hooked on detailing, I only used consumer line. I only use the mild clay now. As Tim stated the red clay is aggressive and will leave marring. I haven't had any issues using the blue clay just use it like you would use consumer line and use plenty of lubricant.

You will be OK.

To me the blue clay seems to last a little longer as far as doing multiple cars with the same clay.

Andy M.

[J. A. Michaels]

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The blue clay is the way to go in my opinion. Last a good long time.

[Tuck91]

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Another vote for the blue clay, I use that one the most.

[Calais]

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I have quite the collection of clay and I can honestly say that I've never used a clay I didn't like. At the present I have 100g of Mother's clay, 400g Professional "mild" clay, 200g Professional "aggressive" clay. Go with the Mild clay, though the Mother's kit makes a good OTC alternative.

[mr.haributo]

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Amazon has some pretty good prices for the Professional Detailing Clays. I bought one of each and got free shipping.

ADS has pictures of the various Meguiar's clays if you need a visual.

[fullbirdmusic]

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I ordered the red clay for some heavy overspray that about 30 minutes of claying one spot couldn't get off.
Since it's so aggressive - will it scratch glass? I've got overspray there too, and I'm already kicking myself for getting the red before the Pro Detailer blue (although I've used a mild blue already) but this would be a deal-breaker. Thanks!

[Murr1525]

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No, it will be ok for glass.

[fullbirdmusic]

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Great! Now that I think about it, I had another thread similar to this and I think you answered something similar there too - thanks!! Cheers

[DualActionDetail]

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For those that detail often: In what scenarios would you use the Red (agg) clay? Does it need to be in the pro detailer's arsenal?

[Andy M.]

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For those that detail often: In what scenarios would you use the Red (agg) clay? Does it need to be in the pro detailer's arsenal?

Thats a good question Mark since the descriptions of the mild and aggressive clays are both the same. The red is better at removing things like paint overspray and tree sap. However it will leave marring on the finish that will need to be removed via rotary.

If you are not rotary buffing yet I would suggest staying away from the red and sticking with the blue.

Andy

[BodyInkMustang]

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Thanks for everyone's opinion! I took a class a few wks ago at Meguiars hq and I'm moving up to the pro line once the D.A. is off backorder.

[Joenok]

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Blue Clay is the best clay product (out of 5) i´ve worked with.
Lasts longer, stays smoother.