However, in your hurry don’t forget to always first spray a generous amount of lubricant as an extra layer of scratch protection between the mitt and your paint. Spray a clay lubricant on the clay towel & over the entire vehicle, focusing on one panel at a time. Great value from a trusted household name since 1973. Highly recommended and it won’t break the bank! Each time you brake, friction from your brake discs and brake pads causes a cloud of sizzling hot iron brake dust to melt onto your car paint. The iron remover will partly dissolve these dust particles, which in turn will make it faster and easier to remove them with your clay bar. The Autoscrub Fine Grade Towel is easy to rinse off when it’s dirty or when you’ve dropped it (again). That’s a big advantage in our book! It’s such a waste and extremely frustrating that you have to dispose of a classic clay bar when you drop it. This clay towel also outlasts a clay bar up to 10 times.

To avoid cross-contamination, start at the top of the area you are working with then move to the bottom. As per instructions, we broke the towel in on our test car’s car glass with plenty of lubricant and rinsed it thoroughly before we started working on the car coating. It worked great but it took a while to get used to. Unlike a clay mitt, you don’t have anything to grab a hold of. When the towel grabs the surface, that can sometimes be challenging. We folded it in half and again in half like we always do with any 12”x12” microfiber towel. This gave 4 clean towel surfaces (one towel side only) to work with, which saved a lot of (rinsing) time. Your car gets contaminated from road dirt/grime and brake dust as you drive on the roads. These contamination particles embed themselves into your cars clear coat which makes it very difficult to remove. Bonded surface contaminants cannot be removed by washing alone.

Eurow Detailers Preference Fine Grade Clay Towel

I find that when claying a car (either towel or normal clay bar) you will always get some form of marring afterwards and I recommend that you always follow up with a polishing step afterwards. How to Use a Clay Towel Mothers Speed Clay 2.0 is a game changer when it comes to ease of use and ergonomics. It does what a clay mitt or clay towel does but it distributes pressure more evenly like a clay bar does. The vast majority of customers are over the moon about this clay combo, but a few complain that it is not harsh enough to remove heavily contaminated surfaces. We completely get that: we advise to start with a medium grade clay bar if your car paint has been neglected, then switch to the fine grade. Darren is the founder of the DriveDetailed blog and is a keen detailing enthusiast living in the rainy south of Ireland. When he is not cleaning his car he is always researching ways he can improve his techniques and enjoys testing out new products.

Do Clay Towels work? Yes, they do! In my opinion, it comes down to personal preference and specific applications when deciding between clay towels and clay bars. Thoroughly rinse the surface and use a fresh microfiber cloth to dry the area. The surface should be smooth to touch. This can be verified by placing your hand in a thin plastic bag and lightly running it over the surface.

The great thing about a clay mitt, is that it is so easy and fast to use. No hassle, just dip it in clean soapy water and gently rub away all contaminants in straight strokes. Up/down and side to side like you would with a classic clay bar, but you cover more ground faster. Gently rub the towel or mitt in straight lines, crosswise using an abundant amount of clay lubricant to prevent scratches. Don’t use soap of any kind as a lubricant, it’s not as effective with a higher risk of scratching. Move up and down, left to right instead of in a swirling motion. This minimizes the risk of making visible scratches or swirls during the process. While you rub the paint, the gunk and grit that’s rubbed off gets caught between the rubbery claying coating. CarPro Polyshave Decontamination Towel is a simple and fast method to remove contaminants from the surface of exterior automotive finishes and glass.With advanced Rubber Polymer Technology bonded to a 12" x 12" Microfiber towel you have another excellent option from CarPro for eliminating the need for detailing clay. If you own a daily driver that’s seen some miles but you want to keep it in optimal shape with the least amount of work, Adam’s Clay Mitt & Detail Spray might be the right choice. It’s the fastest claying option out there with respect for your car paint. If you use it with Adam’s Detail Spray , it’ll outperform all other clay mitts on the market. Although a clay mitt is faster, you should be aware that there’s a higher risk of micro-marring your paint than when you use a fine clay bar. Especially on dark car paint you might have to polish afterwards to remove micro marring, minute scratches that are only visible in full sunlight. It’s also harder to feel the surface when working with a mitt because of the rubbery moya layer.