Claybar that doesn't break the bank?

[ragek23]

I went to the autoparts store and one 160g bar was $30!!!! Anybody have any good places to by some inexpensive claybar?

[OB]

Get the Meguiars kit from Walmart, it's like 14.99 and comes with enough clay, wax, and cleaner to do the car a solid 3-4 times. Very affordable.

[JRM]

Always had great luck with that kit.

[ragek23]

I have tons of wax and cleaner so I was hoping to just buy the clay somewhere.

[LilSparkPlug]

The kit is probably going to be your cheapest bet. I use professional grade meguiars which is stupid pricey. But it's amazing if you need an aggressive clay.

[sidepipe87]

It looks exactly like stick-tack. I'm wondering if some sort of modeling clay that doesn't harden could be used instead..

[darthroush]

I went to the autoparts store and one 160g bar was $30!!!! Anybody have any good places to by some inexpensive claybar?

The Meguiar's kit retails for $19.99, and comes with two 50g claybars. Meguiar's C-2000 Mild Clay is 200g and retails for $31.99. Those are your pretty common choices when looking for clay locally.

That being said about finding clay in stores, the last clay bar I bought was from Auto Detailing Solutions. A 200g Hi Tech Mild Clay bar is $14.99. $0.00-$19.99 is $7.95 shipping. You can get that 200g clay bar for ~$22 shipped. Rick has the Meguiar's C-2000 clay for $28.50 + 25% off right now as part of the weekly special. You probably aren't looking for aggressive clay, so I'll leave those out.

If you have QD, or don't mind buying some, getting a large clay bar is your best bet in the end.

[Blivitt02]

check out autogeek.net as well dude, that's where I get all my detailing supplies, just check back from time to time and check out the 2 fer deals, you can scoop up some awesome stuff for cheap!

[ragek23]

Yeah I was looking at the Meguiar's aggressive clay, hmm I might get it when it gets closer to Carlise, not that my car looks to great right now anyway. 5 yrs, 70,000miles of highway driving on I 90 has killed the paint on the front of my car.

[Blivitt02]

Well if you ever want to take a trip out to Albany area I could prob give you a hand, I'm no pro, but I am pretty well setup material and tool wise.. we could def make her shine again!

[darthroush]

Yeah I was looking at the Meguiar's aggressive clay, hmm I might get it when it gets closer to Carlise, not that my car looks to great right now anyway. 5 yrs, 70,000miles of highway driving on I 90 has killed the paint on the front of my car.

Realize aggressive clay will more likely than not marr the paint. It is meant to be used before paint correction takes places on vehicles with heavy contamination, which usually goes hand in hand with heavy/heavier defects.

[ragek23]

Well if you ever want to take a trip out to Albany area I could prob give you a hand, I'm no pro, but I am pretty well setup material and tool wise.. we could def make her shine again!

If you have some PR4 and some clear maybe we can talk

[Blivitt02]

haha I was thinking along the lines of a day with the DA polisher, a little cut and buff... It would take a while to paint a car with my detail gun!

[FAC3L3SS]

It looks exactly like stick-tack. I'm wondering if some sort of modeling clay that doesn't harden could be used instead..

My mom tried that on her Jeep. Doesn't do jack shit except give you moar crap to clean off the car.

[NEON PARABOLA]

yeah, ive messed with alot of this stuff in the last few months, either im stupid or it just isnt worth the effort, cuz it looks the same as it does when im done waxing it with a liquid wax :/ the hood/bumper on mine needs to be stripped and painted to fix the huge patches where the clear is GONE (last owner fucked it up bad)

[ragek23]

Just found another cheap option. The turtle wax clay bar kit at walmart is only 13.99 and comes with all the stuff that the meguiar's comes with.

[sidepipe87]

yeah, ive messed with alot of this stuff in the last few months, either im stupid or it just isnt worth the effort, cuz it looks the same as it does when im done waxing it with a liquid wax :/ the hood/bumper on mine needs to be stripped and painted to fix the huge patches where the clear is GONE (last owner fucked it up bad)

Shouldn't be the case... Clay bar removes contaminants from the paint which wax does not. If your car wasn't black you'd see all the baked in brake dust and road tar on the bottom of your car. Waxing won't remove this, clay bar will. And you can FEEL the difference as well as see it. Run your hand over an un-clayed vs clayed area and and you can feel the surface is smoother.

[darthroush]

yeah, ive messed with alot of this stuff in the last few months, either im stupid or it just isnt worth the effort, cuz it looks the same as it does when im done waxing it with a liquid wax :/ the hood/bumper on mine needs to be stripped and painted to fix the huge patches where the clear is GONE (last owner fucked it up bad)

Unless your car is heavily covered in overspray, you aren't going to notice it so much visually, if at all. It will help wax bond to the paint better (not a bunch of stuck on stuff on the paint), therefore last longer, as well as your paint feeling like glass instead of sandpaper.

Just found another cheap option. The turtle wax clay bar kit at walmart is only 13.99 and comes with all the stuff that the meguiar's comes with.

Are you talking about the ICE Liquid Clay bar? If so, not only will you be wasting your money, nothing is going to change in any way. It doesn't work. Clay is clay. There is no substitute. If you want your car to look good, don't cheap out. Buy the proper stuff and be done with it the first time. "If you don't have time to do it right the first time, when are you going to have time to do it again?"

[ragek23]

no it's not the liquid clay, id never use that stuff. It comes with 1 100g bar of actual clay and a microfiber cloth and some sort of lubricator.

[occasional demons]

and some sort of lubricator.

That would be Clay Y Gel.





<Ducks flying bricks/clay bars....

[Blivitt02]

hah I lol'd

[darthroush]

no it's not the liquid clay, id never use that stuff. It comes with 1 100g bar of actual clay and a microfiber cloth and some sort of lubricator.

Just looked it up. Wowee. I guess Turtle Wax figured that out too. Clay really only comes from a few suppliers, then is repackaged among everyone. I'm sure that'll be fine since it is actual clay.

[saxy89]

if your looking to buy it in bulk id say wait till carlise and go to the McGuires tent. you can get a gallon of final inspection detailer for $20 and they sell there clay in a little tub at a good price and a nice chunk of it. u could just buy one of the kits at walmart to tide u over

[darthroush]

I wouldn't spend all of that money on Final Inspection to use it as clay lube. Pick up a gallon of Last Touch. It dilutes in 1/2 for clay lube, so you get two gallons of clay lube for $20, vs. 1 gallon of M34 for $28.

The Meguiar's C-2000 is what I mentioned near the beginning of the thread. Decent price, but there are comparable clays for 1/2 the price for the same amount.