Griot's Garage11153 Paint Cleaning Clay 8oz

It is amazing. I wash my car and it looks clean and then I use the clay and it removes a whole layer of grime. The finish feels much smoother afterwards. If I run a cloth over the car it glides across the paint.

Clay bar clean up work is something I never used to do but once I did it a few years ago to clean up some tree sap and bird stains on my wife's van, I became a believer. Waxing would simply not clear the paint but the clay bar did.I don't obsess over my cars but do keep them pretty clean as a general rule. I've discovered that even with a garage kept car that's washed regularly, the paint still accumulates contaminants. My cars definitely look better when cleaned with a clay bar and waxed. Feeling that smoooooth paint afterwards is also strangely satisfying.I've mostly used Mother's before since I could just pick it up at the auto parts place. Mother's worked fine but, even though this Griot's kit is more expensive, it's also a lot more material both in the spray and the clay. Not having done a side by side comparison I can't offer any statistical analysis but it absolutely seemed to me that this Griot's kit was much easier and faster.The spay bottle is a good shape and doesn't fall over. The sprayer itself can dispense a fine mist with reasonable control of the over spray. The clay seems to works fast and stays together. The results are good.They claim you can do 7 cars with this kit assuming they aren't too nasty. Having done both a large sedan (pretty clean) and an old Yukon SUV (pretty nasty) since I bought this, that 7 car estimate seems reasonable on both the clay and the spray. That would be only a little over $4 a car so this kit looks like a bargain to me. It's easier than what I was using and it's less expensive on a per car basis.I don't do a lot of reviews but this kit was a pleasant surprise.The quantity and quality in this kit make it worthy of five stars in my opinion.

I've never used clay before on a car but had read and watched many tutorials online. What clay does to your car is absolutely AMAZING! I purchased a used Infiniti G37 and the paint looked good, real good, when I took delivery of it. Upon washing it the first time and every time after, the car felt like there was sand on it still but the paint looked fine. I even tried to wax and compound out the "dirt". So I then said to myself that I'd give this clay a shot. Holy crap was this stuff amazing. I think as I cleaned the first area of my hood i said "Holy S%$#" out loud about 30 times. I was that impressed!Online tutorials show using something as a lubricant for the clay when working it and i used a mix of water in a spray bottle with a touch of car wash soap. Worked like a charm! Save your money for the other brands that offer a tiny bar and a bottle of spray and make your own lube and get a LOT more nearly twice as much. If you're not familiar with grams as most people aren't the other brand offers 160grams / 5 oz and spray for $20. The Griots is 8oz / 226 grams that's almost twice as much. You don't get the lubricant but you can make your own as long as you have an empty spray bottle (I used an old Method cleaning bottle that was empty) and car wash soap ( I used Armorall Car Wash Soap which i have a gallon of). So yes this is a deal.If you are afraid to clay your car, fear not, just keep the area wet after the car is clean and keep spraying while you wipe and the contaminants in the paint will disappear. I have absolutely no idea the science behind how clay works but it is unbelievable how well it works. As for how much of this stuff to use, I used a piece about half the size of a golf ball and did the hood and trunk. Judging the size of how much is left I have enough to probably clay multiple times over. I'm not a detailer, just a regular auto owner at home.I hope someone reads this review and it helps someone because claying is not hard, not expensive, and is life changing for your car!

After I paid a dealer to was and detail my car exterior, it appeared as if they'd only washed it. It looked clean, but the surface texture was still bumpy due to sap, so I tried washing and claying it before I wax. The round jar contains a bar of clay, bent to fit the container, wrapped in plastic. I opened the plastic, leaving most of the bar still inside in case it might dry out, and per directions, tore off a piece of the bar--about a quarter to a third. Important not to use it all. If dropped or otherwise dirtied, it's not usable as it'll scratch the finish. The sun was too hot to do a large section, but to try out the product, I washed a small part of the car in the shade, then, per directions, sprayed the Griot's detailing solution (bought separately) on the area, and started wiping with the clay that I'd formed into a small pad. It wasn't necessary to press hard, but it took multiple wipes to remove the small, black dots of sap and/or other contaminate. Almost all were removed. With luck, waxing with the electric buffer will eliminate any remaining, stray bits.I was wearing thin black, nitrile gloves. Some of the clay melted onto the gloves. Later, it felt as if the substance had penetrated the gloves and roughened my hands. I wouldn't use it without gloves, preferably thicker or two pair. Whether or not the product works, I think, depends on what you're trying to remove. Maybe the only way to be sure is to try it. I think it probably helped, although I think I'll try a spot with cleaning and wax only, as it'll take a while to clay my entire SUV with this small pad of product. My choice of treatment -- this product followed by 100% carnuba (important) wax and an electric buffer--was approved by a former body-shop paint expert friend.