Nanoskin clay....is it really that good?

[2002mrhill]

I'm a user of the tried and true "traditional" clay bar. Flirting with the idea of trying something that may offer better results. I've read a bunch on Nanskin Autoscrub. Using a polisher to rub "rubber" on your paint...really? Great reviews but hard to believe.

For those who used this, is this product really that good?
Is there anything recommended for better quality results?
Does this leave micro marring like traditional clay bars?

[PaulMys]

I know I'll killed for this reply, but I'm a big boy.

I hate clay marring, and the thought of spinning a "clay" anything over my paint at any RPM is not for me.

[2002mrhill]

Well then...so far we are 2 out of 2 for that.

[zmcgovern45]

We found nanoskin to be extremely helpful in that it was a fantastic time saver, and they last a considerably long time... so for a business that did 99% paint correction work, they were the perfect option. We could "clay" an entire vehicle in 15-20 minutes no problem.

However, for personal use, I would not recommend synthetic clay products unless you are planning to polish after use as they do mar the paint. Take a little extra time and use traditional fine grade clay as there is much less chance of marring. The marring from nanoskin is very easily removed, however if you are not planning on polishing there is NO reason to use one in my opinion of several years of using the nanoskin mitts.

[2002mrhill]

This is a TREMENDOUS help! Thank you, very informative and answered my question perfectly. I'm sticking to the clay bar. Impossible to find some kind of a chart showing competitors clay bar aggression scale. I typically will by something like Meg's Clay Kit or Mother's but I do this blindly not knowing how aggressive the clay is. I clay frequently so a non-aggressive fine would work perfectly.

[Kamakaz1961]

I'm a user of the tried and true "traditional" clay bar. Flirting with the idea of trying something that may offer better results. I've read a bunch on Nanskin Autoscrub. Using a polisher to rub "rubber" on your paint...really? Great reviews but hard to believe.

For those who used this, is this product really that good?
Is there anything recommended for better quality results?
Does this leave micro marring like traditional clay bars?

I no longer use traditional clay. I use the Blue Towel (autoscrub) and use it after washing my ride. It's faster than traditional clay. Additionally, if you drop the Nanoskin all you do is rinse and move on as opposed to throwing the clay bar away or take your chances by using a dropped clay bar.

You do not need to use lube with the Autoscrub towel. Your car wash soap is the lube which is better than any lube that I have used.

The biggets thing I like about the NanoSkin is that you reduce your claying time significantly. I say you can finish in less than 1/2 the time compared to clay. No need to knead and reform the nanoskin like you do clay. Once you use the Nanoskin, you will never go back to clay.

PS: I have not experienced any "marring" issues with Nanoskin. My guess when that happens is when the panel is hot. But using the autoscrub towel I have not experienced any marring issues.

[zmcgovern45]

PS: I have not experienced any "marring" issues with Nanoskin. My guess when that happens is when the panel is hot. But using the autoscrub towel I have not experienced any marring issues.

We washed indoors in a climate controlled shop. The vehicles were not even warm to the touch, so that was not the issue.

On a truly contaminated vehicle, it was almost guaranteed that we would see considerable marring with the nanoskin products... again, this was of NO concern to us whatsoever since we would be correcting every vehicle anyway, so the nanoskin was a tremendous time saver in removing heavy contamination quickly and effectively.

Examples of marring - notice the funny looking hazy spots that highlight the orange peel and sort of look like water spots if you're just glancing at the picture. That is marring caused by the mitt or towel that was used on this soft jet black, heavily contaminated vehicle.



I talked about this in my thread on the Nanoskin back in 2013:
Finally Jumped on the Bandwagon - NanoSkin AutoScrub Mitt (Fine Grade)

[FUNX650]

Impossible to find some kind of a
chart showing competitors clay bar
aggression scale.

Hope this "chart" helps:




Bob

[PaulMys]

Any clay or alternative "clay" mars. Period.

Hell, we all debate on here the way some cheap MF's with QD mar paint.

So a clay won't mar?

[DaveT435]

I had some problems with marring until I started using Glide. I haven't had any problems since.