I like clay. In order of least liked to most liked.

6)I also Like grey clay for those jobs that just need more Grit. It's a much more aggressive clay. Not something i would use on any car unless i was going to 3-5 step the car. Again you can pick it up from most vendors.
http://www.detailersdomain.com/index...PROD&ProdID=20


5)Purple clay. It seems to be slightly less aggressive than the Grey. To be fair i have only used one bar. It's been Okay. It seems to try and fill the void between grey and red clays. Usually i will pick red over purple. Less marring. Though the cars I tried the purple on were at the extreme end of fubar.
PURPLE CLAY BAR

4) Megs red. This is my next favorite clay. Lightly aggressive, will cause some marring but good enough for most moderately messed up paints. IE *****um/pitch, types of tars and oils.
Meguiar's Direct Mirror Glaze Pro Detailing Clay (Aggressive)

3)My favorite US clay is Megs blue. It's a solid all round clay. Yes it is all the same clay and every blue clay out there is the same as megs blue. Lately I have been getting it from Phil at DD. The blue is your basic well maintained but needs claying car. Not a garage queen clay, but a daily driver car, one whose owner loves it. It's simple 30-45 min clay of the entire vehicle. It will impart a bit of marring but nothing the lightest of polishes will remove for you.
http://www.detailersdomain.com/index...ROD&ProdID=278

2) Clay pad. Ultima products had it, chemical guys had it. I picked it up from details plus. I liked it so much for 90% of my jobs I picked up 20 of them. They seem to average about 5-15 cars a piece. That makes them significantly more cost effective than other clays. It is aggressive, but it imparts a different type of marring than other more traditional clays. I clean them 2-3 times per panel. For the bulk of my work this is my go to clay.
DETAIL PLUS - Car Appearance Systems : SPONGE CLAY PAD

1) Non us clay. The older style of non elastic "ricarrdo" clays. The stuf that is not for sale anymore in the us. Thank god I have friends in the EU who got me these. They do work well, It almost as grabby as my clay sponge, and with out proper lube it can impart the same type of marring as the sponge. When correctly used it is as marr free as one could hope for. It works well, lasts considerably longer than standard clays.

 

I use the clay sponge pad for almost every job in my shop. If the car is not getting polished I use the Mark-V blue clay.


John

 

I don't know what you are paying for them, but Bud was running a special on the Clay pads for 6.95 For orders of 3 or more.

 

How hard is ordering the clay pad from Bud? Ditto on the Erazer type clay, works damn well and I can't wait for Optimum's WaterSpot Remover.

 

Just call him up and order it. You can ask if the sale is still going. The sale is listed on mobile works .

 

You have most of the colors covered, but I was wondering what about the "Yellow" clays? Something like Klay.

Nice write up.

G

 

Which yellow clay? the poly yellow clays or the eraser/riccardo clay i have shown in the picture.

Yellow poly clay IMHO is the same as the Blue poly clay if not a tiny bit less aggressive.

 

Yes the poly clay. Klay from Zymol is yellow and I was specifically wondering about that.

Thanks,

g