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Old 05-29-2011, 08:07 PM   #24
Adam's Polishes
 
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Originally Posted by Ricamaro View Post
"Detailing Clay Bars were invented in Japan in the late 1980s to remove overspray and minor flaws from freshly painted vehicles at body shops"

http://www.davesautodetail.com/clay.html

Sometimes ya just gotta go with the original.
Taking that a step further, clay shares a lot in common with Silly Putty... the inspiration (reportedly) for detail clay was the fact that silly putty will take newspaper transfers up so easily and if it will do that it should lift things bonded from paint right?

Those of us old enough to remember used to spend sunday mornings smashing a piece of silly putty flat onto the comic pages, then taking the image transfer and stretching the image.

I haven't tried to clay my vehicles with silly putty, but I'd imagine it actually might make a half decent substitute for clay LOL
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