Originally Posted By: globey
I've never forgotten to tear a piece of clay in two. The Clay Magic is a much better deal. More clay and less money.
You'd be amazed at how many people do though. It's a very smart packaging idea on Meguiar's part.
Actually, it's amazing how many stupid things people do with regard to car detailing. I've seen photos of guys putting so much wax on a black car than once it hazed over you couldn't tell the car was black - it looked white from all the wax. Once had a guy bring in a 6 month old Toyota Tundra that got some heavy tree sap deposits on the hood and the owner went at it with a ScotchBrite pad - talk about ruining the paint on a new vehicle!
You have to remember that the general buying public does some incredibly stupid things and then turns around and tries to blame the manufacturer. Got a little scuff mark on your paint? Grab some 3M rubbing compound and a terry cloth towel and go for it! And when you ruin the paint just blame it on 3M, regardless of the fact that you don't know how to use the product because you didn't bother to read the instructions.
As for "are all clays equal?" - in consumer grade over the counter clays, yes, essentially. But there are more aggressive clays on the market used primarily in the autobody/restoration business. These can be aggressive enough to haze the paint, which consumer grade clays won't do. But the aggressive stuff is used by guys who are most likely going to machine polish the paint after claying so a little hazing is no big deal. They are production oriented shops that need to cut through the worst stuff in a hurry - time is money. But when you put this stuff in the hands of your average Joe Consumer and he hazes his paint, he gets mad at the manufacturer because it's somehow his fault that he doesn't know how to use the product. It happens several times a day around the country with all sorts of detailing products.
I've never forgotten to tear a piece of clay in two. The Clay Magic is a much better deal. More clay and less money.
You'd be amazed at how many people do though. It's a very smart packaging idea on Meguiar's part.
Actually, it's amazing how many stupid things people do with regard to car detailing. I've seen photos of guys putting so much wax on a black car than once it hazed over you couldn't tell the car was black - it looked white from all the wax. Once had a guy bring in a 6 month old Toyota Tundra that got some heavy tree sap deposits on the hood and the owner went at it with a ScotchBrite pad - talk about ruining the paint on a new vehicle!
You have to remember that the general buying public does some incredibly stupid things and then turns around and tries to blame the manufacturer. Got a little scuff mark on your paint? Grab some 3M rubbing compound and a terry cloth towel and go for it! And when you ruin the paint just blame it on 3M, regardless of the fact that you don't know how to use the product because you didn't bother to read the instructions.
As for "are all clays equal?" - in consumer grade over the counter clays, yes, essentially. But there are more aggressive clays on the market used primarily in the autobody/restoration business. These can be aggressive enough to haze the paint, which consumer grade clays won't do. But the aggressive stuff is used by guys who are most likely going to machine polish the paint after claying so a little hazing is no big deal. They are production oriented shops that need to cut through the worst stuff in a hurry - time is money. But when you put this stuff in the hands of your average Joe Consumer and he hazes his paint, he gets mad at the manufacturer because it's somehow his fault that he doesn't know how to use the product. It happens several times a day around the country with all sorts of detailing products.
