the cheapest lube other than plain water or plain water with car soap is a rinseless concentrate like ONR or DP wash and Gloss mixed with distilled at clay lube dilution.
Are they all the same? Probably not, some are more slippery than others. I recall a thread where you could use modelling clay from Michaels but you had to use the lube from Dodo or it would grab too much.
I like ONR lube myself. Like Mike says, find something that works for you and use it often...
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Many people like ONR for lube, in my case I found it causing "stiction" after a few passes using 4 different types of clay on 2 different makes/models of vehicles. It would work find for 2-3 rubs, then stick, hard, causing clay to stick and come off the bar and mar the paint. I then tried again and used a ton of lube on the bar and paint, still happened. I tried 2 batches, measured out per bottle instructions for lube ratio, used distilled water, also added a drop or two of car wash shampoo (DG), no help. Using Meguiars regular (red bottle) Quik Detailer, and Mothers quick detailer (comes in their clay lube kit) I do not have that issue (on same vehicles, same sections). Going to use up my ONR for rinseless wash use only.
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