Black Clay Bar

Great for overspray, especially on glass.

I have a "retro-bird" (Thunderbird) that, like any vehicle over the years, has collected a series of clear-coat scratches, discoloration, and lack of luster. I've had it detailed by a personal friend multiple times over the past 12 years, but the paint really needed a major "refresh". I began researching several "how to" videos on YouTube for auto finish restoration. I learned how to correct clear-coat scratches (with sandpaper, no less), use rubbing compound to remove discoloration, and to blend the clear-coat finish. Mind you, my lifetime experience ends with wash, wax, and protect. After correcting all of the blemishes, I ordered this Chemical Guys Medium Clay Bar after watching the company's "how-to" video. The detailer made it look easy as he demonstrated tips, techniques, uses, and explanations. I learned that the medium clay is their "go to" for most jobs where the finish is in relatively good shape but never had a clay bar before. I did purchase their lubricant, but.... opted not to use is as I was fortunate enough to be able to clay-bar the Tbird during a day of light rain. (note: rainwater is naturally clean, naturally "soft" leaving no hardwater spots, and offers a continuous lubrication and rinse action). You can really see and feel a difference in the clear-coat. It stripped out all of the rough contaminants, wax, oxidation from the finish. Lastly, I used Turtle Wax hard wax and laid down a heavy coat before buffing out. The end result was car-show competition finish! It took me about 4 days from start to finish, but the clay bar process was actually the easiest, fastest part of the process yielding the highest possible return on results. If you are like me and have never clay-barred a vehicle before, you owe it to yourself to strip the wax off, clay-bar, then use a good hard wax. you won't be disappointed. One last thing - I'd like to pass one of the most important tips the Chemical Guys passed along in the video. DO NOT USE THE WHOLE BAR OF CLAY AT ONCE. What I mean is, cut about 1/4 of the bar off and use that. If you DROP the clay-bar onto the ground, you cannot use it - throw it away immediately. It will instantly pick up and embed any grit from the floor, and will ruin your finish. Just cut another 1/4 of the bar and continue on. Trust me, I dropped two pieces during the process. If it had been the whole bar at once, I would have been sunk.

Excellent product. Not as durable as I would like especially at the price. Does the work of lifting off contaminates from the finish and preps the surface for polish, sealant, and wax. Anything that helps to protect the finish of my automobile is something that I will cherish. Recommended? Yes, yes without a doubt

I used this with CG Clay Luber on my Charger's Pitch Black (non-metallic) paint, and it worked pretty well. I didn't notice any scratches, but I wasn't looking very close, and the paint isn't in the best shape to begin with - lots of small scratches from poor wash technique and bad towels. Definitely works well to pull out surface contaminants! the bottom half of my car and some of the front bumper felt very, very rough to the touch. This pulled almost everything out and made it feel super smooth. Lost a star because of the packaging... Hard plastic container that the clay comes in is not air-tight, but the ziploc-style bag it comes in appears to be. That means that every time you take some out or put it back in, you have to open the bag, wiggle the plastic container out, which is a tight fit, open the plastic container, then put the clay in or take some out... doing all of this without dropping the clay itself can get a little frustrating. A slightly larger bag would make me feel a lot better about it. I guess it really shouldn't matter, as you should be able to work the clay back into usable form even if it gets a little dried out, but they definitely could have thought that through. That all being said, I'll probably move onto something like Nanoskin when this stuff runs out. Clay itself is just kind of a pain to work with.

Nice clay. I’ve dedicated it to windshield duty and only bought it over others because it has a neat little plastic container to store it in. You’d be amazed at what claying your windshield does. If you’ve never done it I highly recommend it! Or polish but I think clay is easier/better on glass. You clay your vehicle’s paint why wouldn’t you do the windshield?

Bought to clean up the Jeep for multiple step process to repair paint damage. Watched a bunch of YouTube videos. Learning about this product. Why I like the heavy clay option for initial project work is the ability to manage the first time clearing. After working on the Jeep had clay left over. From various abilities from heavy to light. Upon working on replacing windows from a house built in 1900 and their storm windows replaced with the steel framed 1970’s or about that time version. Plus added in the place was painted since then without covering the storm windows knew the residue needed more than windex and newspaper to remove the build up of stuff. Upon trying the yellow original bar to little avail broke out this heavy black option. Exterior paint to years of dust build up left using the clay liquid lube and a piece of this bar. What works for me is periodically flipping the bar. Remashing it. Mixing up the bar from heavy use in a spot. Super excited the windows are crystal clear. And the double hung windows will open making cleaning simple on the inside. Though for the outside a window washing strategy with a tall ladder to the second floor is the ticket. Now that the outside is free of decades of debris melt into the window combined with weathering. Making for an effort in patience and this fantastic project. This is a repurchase to keep so on hand for spring when revisiting the Jeep. Repairing the motorcycle fender paint and decal application. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🏆

My truck had light overspray on it from front to back, and other contaminant's. I only wash it maybe every couple months, so it was pretty rough. A friend that’s a professional body guy suggested I claybar it. Fully washed the truck, and used a bucket of water with a little dawn dish-soap, and a big sponge to repeatedly keep the area lubricated as I worked from panel to panel. It took roughly three to four hours at a slow steady pace. I was amazed how smooth the finish turned out. It did slightly stick to my fingers, but felt that it helped to not accidentally drop it. I only used 1/3 of the bar for the entire job. I followed up with a light compound for the minor scuffs/scratches that had slowly accumulated over the years, and then a final wax. Pro tip: early morning with the vehicle in the shade, and the Bluetooth speaker made this job a lot easier lol!

Fantastic- works as promised

Now my 🚗 shine like new. thanks to chemical guys clay bar.

This clay bar works as they say on there vidio check out chemical guys vidio on how they use it , its fantastic and it works as they say

Tres vite reçu , conforme à mes attentes. Produit pas trop agressif sur la carrosserie.

Compré la versión amarilla para quitarle a un carro las impurezas recolectadas durante años. Es fácil su uso, sólo lavar previamente para tratar de quitar la suciedad normal, luego mantener la superficie hidratada y preferentemente con jabón y agua, luego sólo colocas la plastilina en tu mano y la pasas de un lado a otro. Irás viendo mugre que sale que es la pegada de tiempo. Rápidamente se va a ir quedando lisa la superficie. Luego quitas el exceso con agua, dejas secar, y podrás ver y sentir la diferencia. En el video que incluyo se escucha la diferencia entre la parte tratada (por apenas unos segundos) vs la zona que no ha sido tratada. La diferencia es día y noche. Recomiendo al sacar la plastilina quitarle el plástico que la protege sólo de un lado, y del otro dejarlo para que no se pegue demasiado a tu mano y no agarre impurezas en vano. Al terminar, guárdala en su empaque original.

Really surprised on how good this product really is. It's done an amazing job on my car's paint, my car looks like new again. If you have access to YouTube, i suggest you check this clay bar out before using it..