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BrandMOTHERS
Manufacturer Part Number7240
Sizing and Specifications
Item Weight1.2 Pounds
Height10 inches
Length3 inches
Width4 inches
Product Description
Mothers California Gold Clay Bar System features clay bars that have been created to remove the particulate debris and contaminants that washing and polishing can't. The exclusive clay bar system will remove embedded grains of metal, tree sap, airborne environmental deposits and paint overspray. The clay bar is not hazardous to paint - it is just firm enough to pick up the bad stuff, without being too aggressive. The Mothers clay bar can be used to get rid of paint fouling grime and pave the way for complete waxing. It includes: two 80 gram clay bars and a 16 ounce show time instant detailer, 15 inch x 15 inch microfiber towel.
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94 of 116 people found the following review helpful
After reading numerous raving reviews here at Amazon.com and at several other sites, and learning that auto clay was safe for clear coat paints because it works through a non-abrasive process, I decided to give it a try -- and boy, was I glad I did!
My car was covered with a stubborn deposit of dirt and grime that simply would not come off with a car wash. It seemed that the dirt and grime had gotten lodged in the paint and wouldn't budge no matter how hard I tried washing the car. After every car wash, I would run my fingers through the paint and it would still feel gritty.
That was when I learned about Mothers 07240 California Gold Clay Bar Paint Saving System Kit. The results were astounding! After using it, the paint no longer felt gritty but glassy-smooth. The paint was no longer dulled by contaminants and the car looked like it had a new coat of paint! I was immensely pleased with the results.
Unlike a lot of car polish or polishing compounds that use abrasion to strip away surface contaminants, auto clay simply picks up surface contaminants and locks them into the clay. The clay looks and feels exactly like plasticine (Play-doh®) and it is used along with the included "lubricant" spray (actually, an auto soap that provide lots of suds -- like Meguiar's Gold Class -- will work equally well.)
Mind you, car polish still has its place in paint restoration because claying will not remove scratches; only a car polish or a polishing compound (harsher) can do that. And remember, always follow the claying with an application of wax to shield your paint from new contaminants. Also, clay your car every so often and you will keep the paint looking like new!
I am giving Mothers 07240 California Gold Clay Bar Paint Saving System Kit my highest recommendation. Go on, try it and see for yourself firsthand the difference it makes in your car paint. It's worth every penny and I'm sure you'll be glad you did!
My car was covered with a stubborn deposit of dirt and grime that simply would not come off with a car wash. It seemed that the dirt and grime had gotten lodged in the paint and wouldn't budge no matter how hard I tried washing the car. After every car wash, I would run my fingers through the paint and it would still feel gritty.
That was when I learned about Mothers 07240 California Gold Clay Bar Paint Saving System Kit. The results were astounding! After using it, the paint no longer felt gritty but glassy-smooth. The paint was no longer dulled by contaminants and the car looked like it had a new coat of paint! I was immensely pleased with the results.
Unlike a lot of car polish or polishing compounds that use abrasion to strip away surface contaminants, auto clay simply picks up surface contaminants and locks them into the clay. The clay looks and feels exactly like plasticine (Play-doh®) and it is used along with the included "lubricant" spray (actually, an auto soap that provide lots of suds -- like Meguiar's Gold Class -- will work equally well.)
Mind you, car polish still has its place in paint restoration because claying will not remove scratches; only a car polish or a polishing compound (harsher) can do that. And remember, always follow the claying with an application of wax to shield your paint from new contaminants. Also, clay your car every so often and you will keep the paint looking like new!
I am giving Mothers 07240 California Gold Clay Bar Paint Saving System Kit my highest recommendation. Go on, try it and see for yourself firsthand the difference it makes in your car paint. It's worth every penny and I'm sure you'll be glad you did!
44 of 53 people found the following review helpful
I first bought the Mother's Clay Bar system a year ago. It sat on the shelf until I tried it on my two year old Honda CR-V.
It took less than 45 minutes to treat and wax my whole car and the vehicle now looks better than when I bought it. You can actually hear those little rust causing impurities coming off the finish. Stop destroying your clear coat or settling for less than a perfectly smooth finish get this product! I do not own stock in, or work for, Mother's Car Care prducts.
It took less than 45 minutes to treat and wax my whole car and the vehicle now looks better than when I bought it. You can actually hear those little rust causing impurities coming off the finish. Stop destroying your clear coat or settling for less than a perfectly smooth finish get this product! I do not own stock in, or work for, Mother's Car Care prducts.
72 of 89 people found the following review helpful
I have a 1998 Ram pickup that spends its entire life outside, parked near trees. I hadn't done much with paint care for more than a couple years and one side was covered in small, hard, brown tree sap spots. Reading the reviews on Amazon (and other websites) for clay bars and their use in cleaning up paint surfaces, I thought I'd try this Mother's kit to revitalize my paint job. I was sceptical about its abilities to do anything other than a final "fine cleaning". I was right.
The clay bar could not remove any of the hard tree sap marks. It does not remove scratches (and can actually apply some if you do not keep the clay lubricated. It does make the paint seem smoother to the touch, but I cannot tell the difference between a final normally waxed and polished surface and a clayed waxed and polished surface. The surface feel of unpolished paint Vs clayed paint does exhibit a noticeable benefit from claying, as the makers claim. However, applying a good polish achieves the same results on a washed and clean paint surface, in my opinion. Even on my truck, after cleaning it first, the clay stayed pretty clean and only after doing the whole vehicle paint surface did the clay feel faintly gritty and appear slightly darker in color - ready for trashing.
To remove the sap, I resorted to a rag soaked in mineral spirits and plenty of elbow grease. To eliminate any light scratches, I used T-Cut. Then I clayed it, followed by polishing with Turtle Wax. After a day of that, my shoulders ached bad, but the truck paintwork looks good; well, as good as an 11 year old, well-used, stone-chipped and scratched truck can. The clearcoat has actually held up exceedingly well over the years.
I haven't tried clay on our 3 year old, garaged minivan yet. It will be interesting to see if it removes minor swirl marks. I don't expect it to make the paint look any shinier after polishing. It looks great as it is.
I did buy an extra bottle of detailing spray (I bought the kit locally at Autozone) in case one wasn't enough. But one was enough for one clay bar / one vehicle treatment. Since there are two clay bars in the kit, then the extra bottle will be used with the second bar.
I found the claying to be easy and quite quick. I split the bar in two, then pressed it flat into a disc about 2" in diameter. Then I sprayed the surface and rubbed the clay back and forth over the paint in my palm. Knead it regularly back into the 2" disc, as it gets thinner and splits. It was actually very straightforward and no big deal. Avoid rubber parts, like the windshield surround, as the clay picked up black "soot" from those. Make sure you polish it dry as the spray leaves streaks if you don't remove it with the supplied towel
I suggest clay bars are really for the guys and gals that want the ultimate care for their newer vehicles. It may not be noticed by anyone else, but it's the satisfaction of a job well done that always matters to the perfectionist! I know 'cos I am one!
Sept 26 2009 UPDATE: This evening, I tried claying half the hood of my minivan then waxing it all to see if I could tell any difference. The clearcoat on the van is in great condition. I washed the hood and dried it. Then I clayed the left half (LH as seated in the van). I did notice that even with plenty of spray lubricant there were a few faint straight line, light scratches visible in the clearcoat after I wiped the surface dry that weren't there before claying. I could not feel any real difference in the surface smoothness from the clayed to the unclayed side. The clay appeared to have no visible dirt in it. I then Turtle Wax'd the whole hood. After that, the straight line scratches were gone and there was no VISUAL difference from clayed to unclayed even with the reflected overhead flourescent light from my garage as a guide. I then applied my dry finger tips to the hood; left hand on the unclayed side and right hand on the clayed side. Applying a light pressure and sliding back and forth, I think I detected a slight reduction in friction as the fingers change direction on the clayed side. Even swapping hands over, the result seemed the same, ruling out differences in my finger tips! However, the effect was so slight that it was almost imperceptible.
CONCLUSION: Claying may help with a contaminated paint surface to remove those last little imperfections and revive the paint, but with a clean and regularly-waxed paint surface, claying probably isn't worth the cost nor the effort.
The clay bar could not remove any of the hard tree sap marks. It does not remove scratches (and can actually apply some if you do not keep the clay lubricated. It does make the paint seem smoother to the touch, but I cannot tell the difference between a final normally waxed and polished surface and a clayed waxed and polished surface. The surface feel of unpolished paint Vs clayed paint does exhibit a noticeable benefit from claying, as the makers claim. However, applying a good polish achieves the same results on a washed and clean paint surface, in my opinion. Even on my truck, after cleaning it first, the clay stayed pretty clean and only after doing the whole vehicle paint surface did the clay feel faintly gritty and appear slightly darker in color - ready for trashing.
To remove the sap, I resorted to a rag soaked in mineral spirits and plenty of elbow grease. To eliminate any light scratches, I used T-Cut. Then I clayed it, followed by polishing with Turtle Wax. After a day of that, my shoulders ached bad, but the truck paintwork looks good; well, as good as an 11 year old, well-used, stone-chipped and scratched truck can. The clearcoat has actually held up exceedingly well over the years.
I haven't tried clay on our 3 year old, garaged minivan yet. It will be interesting to see if it removes minor swirl marks. I don't expect it to make the paint look any shinier after polishing. It looks great as it is.
I did buy an extra bottle of detailing spray (I bought the kit locally at Autozone) in case one wasn't enough. But one was enough for one clay bar / one vehicle treatment. Since there are two clay bars in the kit, then the extra bottle will be used with the second bar.
I found the claying to be easy and quite quick. I split the bar in two, then pressed it flat into a disc about 2" in diameter. Then I sprayed the surface and rubbed the clay back and forth over the paint in my palm. Knead it regularly back into the 2" disc, as it gets thinner and splits. It was actually very straightforward and no big deal. Avoid rubber parts, like the windshield surround, as the clay picked up black "soot" from those. Make sure you polish it dry as the spray leaves streaks if you don't remove it with the supplied towel
I suggest clay bars are really for the guys and gals that want the ultimate care for their newer vehicles. It may not be noticed by anyone else, but it's the satisfaction of a job well done that always matters to the perfectionist! I know 'cos I am one!
Sept 26 2009 UPDATE: This evening, I tried claying half the hood of my minivan then waxing it all to see if I could tell any difference. The clearcoat on the van is in great condition. I washed the hood and dried it. Then I clayed the left half (LH as seated in the van). I did notice that even with plenty of spray lubricant there were a few faint straight line, light scratches visible in the clearcoat after I wiped the surface dry that weren't there before claying. I could not feel any real difference in the surface smoothness from the clayed to the unclayed side. The clay appeared to have no visible dirt in it. I then Turtle Wax'd the whole hood. After that, the straight line scratches were gone and there was no VISUAL difference from clayed to unclayed even with the reflected overhead flourescent light from my garage as a guide. I then applied my dry finger tips to the hood; left hand on the unclayed side and right hand on the clayed side. Applying a light pressure and sliding back and forth, I think I detected a slight reduction in friction as the fingers change direction on the clayed side. Even swapping hands over, the result seemed the same, ruling out differences in my finger tips! However, the effect was so slight that it was almost imperceptible.
CONCLUSION: Claying may help with a contaminated paint surface to remove those last little imperfections and revive the paint, but with a clean and regularly-waxed paint surface, claying probably isn't worth the cost nor the effort.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
clay bar is needed arsenol
I hope this product works as well as everyone says it does. I won't be using it anytime soon as I have a new truck but its for the near future
Published 2 days ago by M. Munas
EXCELLENT PRODUCT!
For the first time I figured how to get rid of the layer of tiny dust and stones over the paint. I just to love how it feels when you touch it! Excellent!
Published 2 days ago by N. Rierson
Just like new!
This clay bar system by mother's worked absolute wonders on my 2001 bmw 540i. The paint was not in a bad condition, but had that rough feel that comes with an older paint job. Read more
Published 10 days ago by portugal795
Worked Wonders on an Older Truck
I had never used a clay bar product before but based on reviews here I decided to give it a try. I purchased at a local auto parts store because I wanted to try it that day and it... Read more
Published 11 days ago by K. Goode
it works, but you need to develop a proper technique...
When a neighbor doing some spray painting got some paint spots on my car, I first tried removing them using a razor scraper and water. Read more
Published 1 month ago by trebe
Cleans paint really well
I've used the Meguiars clay kit and liked it a lot but I think the Mothers kit is easier. The clay didn't stick to the clear coat as often as with the Meguirars and didn't require... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Brandon
Horrible
Griots clay is much better. Mothers clay leaves streaks even when heavily lubricated making the whole process very difficult. Mothers products are not all that good in my opinion. Read more
Published 1 month ago by American Express
Good Bar
This one is cheaper than zaino for more clay so I thought I would jump in. No problems with it and I feel that it is as good as zaino.
Published 1 month ago by Adam
Better than I ever imagined!
I had never used this product or any other clay bar cleaning system before. It is simply incredible and easy to use. It pulled up tar, tree sap and other blemishes as described. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Jeffrey A. Rycus
perfect to eliminate over spray on the paint
This product is perfect to eliminate over spray on the paint however is very hard to eliminate tree stains. it did not work for me easily, i had to use other products.
Published 1 month ago by Jose A Hernandez D
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