Clay Block?

[Reddwarf]

Has anyone used a clay block? Is CG the only ones who sell it?

[jaybs02]

If it's what I think it is, Leo (DFTowel) has been selling it for a while.

Check out these links, but I think it is the same. It never quite took off
magic cube review
Magic cube

"J"

[Clean Dean]

I have the Pinnacle version, and never experimented with it. Would only experiment with it on a driver.

[DFTowel]

Originally Posted by jaybs02

...Check out these links, but I think it is the same. It never quite took off...

No it isn't the same at all, not even close, and who says "It never quite took off?"

[jaybs02]

Hi Leo,
I hope that it has been doing quite well for you, but I haven't heard too much about it after the one review. That was the reason that I made that statement.
The one that I see on the CG site now is not what I saw when I made my statement.
My apologizes.
"J"

[DFTowel]

Originally Posted by jaybs02

...
My apologizes.
"J"

Oh none needed!

That "clay block" seems dangerous to me. The manufacturer in the Orient approached me with it a while back. I was a little afraid to use it because it seems to me that it retains debris and you can't fold it and use a clean area like clay. Sometimes it's not always best to reinvent the wheel so to speak. Although for all I know it's fine, I just never tried it. My Magic Cube is very mild and isn't meant to totally replace clay.

I was once told by a clay manufacturer in California that one particular type of modeling clay is absolutely no different than detailing clay except for some lubricant added. The manufacturing process is identical. I keep meaning to ask him for a sample of the clay he is taking about. Apparently it can sell for about 1/4 the price of detailing clay.

[jaybs02]

Originally Posted by DFTowel

That "clay block" seems dangerous to me. The manufacturer in the Orient approached me with it a while back. I was a little afraid to use it because it seems to me that it retains debris and you can't fold it and use a clean area like clay.

I am in complete agreement, there was another thread, about this product with a "rubbery" surface and I also felt that the contaminants would be left on the surface, where with clay they could be folded away from the cars surface. I guess GMTA

"J"

[Reddwarf]

The website information states that you can wash it clean. That's something you really can't do with clay.

"Occasionally check CLAYBLOCK® for heavy contaminants that may be stuck onto bar, you may want to spray LUBER onto CLAYBLOCK® or rinse clayblock clean under water prior to every use or if dirty."