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    Re: 1969 Corvette Stingray - Cobra Clay Mitt Review

    Wow that thing was an absolute mess of holograms and swirls. Glad to see you brought it back to the condition it deserves to be in.

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    Re: 1969 Corvette Stingray - Cobra Clay Mitt Review

    Quote Originally Posted by MMcIntire View Post
    Awesome work Mike.

    I recently picked up this clay mitt for my daily and used it for the first time last weekend. Would highly recommend it. Saves a ton of time versus a traditional clay bar and the results were great.

    It's a time saver, a step saver and it does a more effective job than clay.



    Quote Originally Posted by haris300 View Post

    Wow that thing was an absolute mess of holograms and swirls. Glad to see you brought it back to the condition it deserves to be in.

    Just a lot of hard, fast work.



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    Re: 1969 Corvette Stingray - Cobra Clay Mitt Review

    I sent the link to this thread to the Rich, the owner of the car.

    Here's what he wrote back...


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    Mike,

    Thanks so much for this work.

    It has truly changed the character of the car for me. It has always been "Just an old car" but is now is a real show car.

    Rich Gilbert

    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



    Thanks Rich and thank you for trusting Autogeek with your killer Corvette!



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    Re: 1969 Corvette Stingray - Cobra Clay Mitt Review

    Quote Originally Posted by Mike.Phillips@Autogeek View Post
    Basecoat/clearcoat.

    This Corvette actually has a different paint on it from different stages of it's life but all of it is basecoat/clearcoat.

    I met the owner at our local Tuesday night car show. He watched me demonstrate how to use detailing clay and asked me to look at his Corvette. He told me the paint felt rough and that he had tried clay but to no avail.

    I felt the paint and then showed him the baggie test but the baggie test wasn't needed as the paint felt like #40 grit sandpaper. The problem was years of contamination and overspray paint from multiple paint jobs.

    Somewhere I have an article that explains the MOST common place to get overspray paint on a car is at a body shop. They are always spraying paint and not always inside the paint booth so it's pretty easy to get air-borne overspray paint on your car while it's at a body shop. In fact real common.




    Knocked it out by myself. I'd say about 95 percent correction.





    Flex 3401

    I used all the same techniques I teach in my 3-day Competition Ready Training Academy classes. Next class in in January.

    Compound = BLACKFIRE SRC Compound with LC 6.5" Orange Hybrid Cutting Pad
    Polish = BLACKFIRE SRC Finishing Polish with LC 6.5" White Hybrid Polishing Pad
    Wax = BLACKFIRE All Paint Protection machine applied using LC 6.5" Red Hybrid Waxing Pad






    Thank you. Appreciate the compliment and this was a fun project.

    The night before I knocked out this old car, did it in 5.5 hours too... I don't take breaks when I detail except for a drink of water.

    3D HD Adapt and Poxy Review - 1940 Packard Streetrod detailed by Mike Phillips





    sick!!! Excellent job, as always!

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    Re: 1969 Corvette Stingray - Cobra Clay Mitt Review

    Just found out this car is up for sale. The engine is radical, big cam, etc.


    Small Block Crate Blueprint 400 V8 4 Speed Manual - $28,595.00

    1969 Chevrolet Corvette | Gateway Classic Cars | 600-FTL


    It's been 3 years since I detailed it, don't now what it looks like today.

    Nice Vette though...



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    Re: 1969 Corvette Stingray - Cobra Clay Mitt Review

    Any idea on how the Cobra mitt compares to the Griots mitt? My Griots is starting to show some wear and just curious if the Cobra is better or not

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    Re: 1969 Corvette Stingray - Cobra Clay Mitt Review

    Quote Originally Posted by timmy6262 View Post

    Any idea on how the Cobra mitt compares to the Griots mitt? My Griots is starting to show some wear and just curious if the Cobra is better or not


    Just a few weeks ago I was with Jeff Brown from Griot's Garage teaching our Roadshow Car Detailing Class at Griot's in Tacoma, Washington and Jeff explained that when they designed their clay mitt they added EXTRA layers of the polymerized rubber in order to create the diamond grid pattern on the working face of their mitt. The diamond grid pattern also creates channels for any particles removed off the paint to travel into and through instead of being sandwiched between the paint surface and a flat rubber surface, that makes sense.



    So theoretically, the Griot's design would trump any flat surface design.

    The price difference,


    Griots Garage FINE Surface Prep Mitt - $49.99

    Cobra Clay Mitt - $39.99



    Your budget so your choice....


    Hope that helps...



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    Re: 1969 Corvette Stingray - Cobra Clay Mitt Review

    Quote Originally Posted by Mike Phillips View Post
    Just a few weeks ago I was with Jeff Brown from Griot's Garage teaching our Roadshow Car Detailing Class at Griot's in Tacoma, Washington and Jeff explained that when they designed their clay mitt they added EXTRA layers of the polymerized rubber in order to create the diamond grid pattern on the working face of their mitt. The diamond grid pattern also creates channels for any particles removed off the paint to travel into and through instead of being sandwiched between the paint surface and a flat rubber surface, that makes sense.



    So theoretically, the Griot's design would trump any flat surface design.

    The price difference,


    Griots Garage FINE Surface Prep Mitt - $49.99

    Cobra Clay Mitt - $39.99



    Your budget so your choice....


    Hope that helps...


    It does help thanks for the input

    Sent from my PH-1 using Autogeekonline mobile app

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