Customer Reviews

Meguiar's Smooth Surface Clay Kit

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Claying is simply the secret to that glossy finish you see on brilliantly detailed cars. I had read about it for a long time and seen amazing results with people that had used it, however the price seemed a little high for my liking but I thought i'd take the plunge and give it a go.

Well how glad am I for that! It left the surface of my 'black magic' Octavia vRS completely mirrored and had that really deep wet look finish that I desired. The clay itself was so simple to use and because it isn't abrasive there is no right or wrong way to clay really providing the surface is 'wet' and the bar isn't grabbing. A small tip - If the bar 'grabs' and doesn't glide along the surface it is because the surface isn't lubricated well enough, the quick detailer included worked brilliant as clay lube however I used a fair amount claying the entire vehicle but what else could be expected? This was probably the first time the car had been clayed and surface detailed which became apparent in the amount of s**t on the bar which I had to remould about 20 times during the claying.

This has definitely transformed the way I look at car care and detailing now and claying will be included in my quarterly detail.

However I do not think I will be buying the meguiar's clay bars again as I have read brilliant things about Bilt Hamber's soft clay bars which are about the same price as the megs re-fill bars however can be used with water as lubricant and not expensive quick detailers and also the bars weigh a lot more than the meguiars bars.

If you wash your car week in week out with your standard sudsy bubbles and handy sponge, you could well surprise yourself , and give this stuff a try ! When you THINK your car is clean, try try the "bonnet test"! Lightly run the back of your hand over your bonnet and you can feel tiny rough areas , that is the engrained contaminants that are attacking your car every time you turn a wheel!

Try using the clay bar over your car, after you buff your paintwork dry, then wonder like I did, how did all that gunge get there, and why is it not visible to the naked eye? How come all those contaminants that turn the bar orange and brown ,oxides etc, sit on the lacquer and are unseen?

Basically, using a good liberal amount of the detailing spray and rub the bar over each panel, then dry off with the soft towel.

Proceed to use the polish and buff it all off again , then feel the difference over your bonnet, the back of you hand will feel the smooth mirror shine, and no gritty bits!

It is pricy but worth it, worth doing every couple of months at least, more if you have a very pricy car that gleams and it will stay looking amazing much longer with this little kit!

Well, it's the first time I've left a review for a product but, this has to be one of those times when all the "hype" about using clay to polish a car is justified!!
Who'd have thought it? Had the car was and dried at the local hand wash yesterday and as usual it looked very presentable but, having read the various reviews on Amazon & car owners forums I thought I'd just try the smooth version of the clay since my car was already very presentable, ordered yesterday afternoon and this morning the goodies arrived - for a mere 70p postage!!!
Basically the box contains 2 chunks of clay in their own little box, a bottle of spray to lubricate the paintwork while you gently rub the clay bar on the paintwork dragging off more muck and yuk than I ever thought possible given the clean state of my car, then a quick spray with the (rather small) bottle of wax and a buff with the microfibre cloth which comes with the kit.......... job done and comparing the door I "clayed" to the rear door I've yet to do it's both smoother to the touch and the shine looks far deeper, total time? About 20 minutes, calories burnt, about 5!! It's that easy!!
5 Star product and 6 star service from AP Motors - next day delivery on something so bulky for only 70p, outstanding!!

I know I was. I washed my car properly (or so I thought) and then clayed it. I couldn't believe how much nasty stuff was left after even a thorough wash! Clay helps to get rid of all of it.

This bigger set comes with 2 bars (I agree with one of the other reviewers, they could be larger), large quick detailer and small ultra quick wax, which lasts surprisingly long.

Ideally, I'd like this thing to be a few quid cheaper, but all in all it's still good value for money.

Bought this more of a trial than anything and the result was me being speachless!!

Its true the little rough/smooth on the front of the box i thought it was a gimmic but i was wrong.

I bought this Step 1 and Step 2 (Step 3 has a sample in the box) and done my car.

The result.

I don't want to drive it now as i dont want to get it dirty!!

It takes a lot of time but the looks that i get driving down the road is well worth the 6 hours worth of work!

All girls like shiny cars ;)

I recently cleaned my black coloured car, and found suspicious rust like dots on it, not a few, but plenty of them. I initially thought it might be some pollen or tree sap, but soon realized it was something else, and very difficult to remove. Most likely the car got a lot of rail dust, typically picked up on the road from brake pads of other vehicles. Anyhow, I tried different things to get rid of them, but nothing worked. Then I found plenty of forums referring to claying cars to get rid of this stuff, I gave it a go, and it did the job - and the car looks sparkling at the same time.

The process of claying though, one should add is very time consuming, so be prepared to spend some good time doing this. Ideally I would find something else that can do the same job significantly faster, have read about the Iron X and others, but not sure I dare use it on the paintwork. Would be interesting to know though if any good but it also contains a bunch of chemicals I think, so such product may be best used by professionals at their worksites.

have not used this product yet but my friend has, and it is absolutely amazing what it does, used it on his 2007 Merc e class...

I read about claying on the meguiar's website. But once i started i really noticed the difference.
The car is really smooth if you slide your hand over it. And the clay gets really dirty if you use it for the first time.
A top product. i can really recommend this.

Was going to get the autoglym clay but this one is better as it has more clay, at the expense of losing the tiny bottle of polish that would not do a car anyway. It was my first time using clay and I was nervous, but after reading the reviews etc just made sure I used plenty of detailer spray as suggested. I have a 5yr old black passat that I have looked after pretty well. As its 5yrs old I thought it would be worth trying the clay. Its expensive but works well at removing debris from the paint, and I was surprised just how easy it was to use. Did the whole car with 1/2 a bar and 3/4 of the spray and the micro fibre cloth was great and its big. Disappointed at how little grime showed on the clay though. The only time I saw dirty clay was when I did the bottom of the doors (but this was just tar spots). That said the car does appear to be cleaner looking with some marks gone. finished off with polish and car now looks very clean. Just not sure it looks a whole lot better than when it gets a good polish on its own. In my view if you like to look after your car it may be worth doing from time to time. Expensive, but I should get 4 goes from the clay if I buy more spray.

I'm about to become 41 and have to admit that using this kit on my beloved black car was a very rewarding experience. Easy and fun to use, the results were spectacular and the effort to shine ratio incredibly low.

very recomended to all those who are crazy enough to enjoy washing and detailing his car.

Cheerssss!!!!!