Bilt Hamber Autoclay. Soft or Regular?
Discussion
Soft is good, especially when the cooler climate doesn't affect its malleability, but I still prefer the original more, even if it means splitting the piece into two, and keeping one in a jug of warm water, and alternating between the two every panel.
Tree sap is best handled with hot water, BH's Surfex HD, and a pressurised sprayer, then rinsed off with hot water after 2 mins of dwelling on the panels.
Tree sap is best handled with hot water, BH's Surfex HD, and a pressurised sprayer, then rinsed off with hot water after 2 mins of dwelling on the panels.
Bit of a late reply but it might be still of some use hopefully.
How badly contaminated is the car? Get rid of the sap as mentioned above then check the paintwork.
If there's only light contamination present I'd definitely go with the soft clay, bear in mind though that it is very mild (it's main intention of use is for cars which are clayed regularly and only have minor contamination) and it will struggle to remove any heavy contamination.
If it is heavily contaminated then you are going to have to go with the hard clay which in my opinion is too hard and `Plasticy' you definitely need to have 2 bits on the go with one bit in a tub of warm water softening.
Bilt Hamber have an excellent range of products but for my money I'm not overly impressed by their clays, I've used a fair few different clays and the Bilt Hamber ones are lagging behind a fair few others in my opinion. They are good value though.
Also I haven't found water to be an adequate lube either, it's definitely worth adding a bit car shampoo to the bottle or using a watered down lube such as Dodo's Born Slippy.
How badly contaminated is the car? Get rid of the sap as mentioned above then check the paintwork.
If there's only light contamination present I'd definitely go with the soft clay, bear in mind though that it is very mild (it's main intention of use is for cars which are clayed regularly and only have minor contamination) and it will struggle to remove any heavy contamination.
If it is heavily contaminated then you are going to have to go with the hard clay which in my opinion is too hard and `Plasticy' you definitely need to have 2 bits on the go with one bit in a tub of warm water softening.
Bilt Hamber have an excellent range of products but for my money I'm not overly impressed by their clays, I've used a fair few different clays and the Bilt Hamber ones are lagging behind a fair few others in my opinion. They are good value though.
Also I haven't found water to be an adequate lube either, it's definitely worth adding a bit car shampoo to the bottle or using a watered down lube such as Dodo's Born Slippy.
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