Mother Plucker Clay Bar

• The heavier-grade clay for daily-driven, winter-beaten or just downright more-contaminated cars
• Designed to remove stubborn fallout and grippier or more embedded deposits that lesser clays fail to pluck or abrade
• Always use with clay lubricant, better suited to harder paint types - if in doubt use softer yellow clay

1. Leave the car wet after washing/rinsing - don't dry it
2. Spray Born Slippy onto the area of a panel you are claying
3. Tear off a small amount of clay and roll into a ball before flattening the clay piece into a small pancake, about two or three fingers wide
4. Move the clay over the lubricated surface, you'll feel - and even hear - the embedded contamination in the paint, and the clay will start gliding more freely as this contamination is removed
5. When the clay pad face becomes dirty, fold it in on itself and reflatten
6. After a couple of folds the clay is done, throw it away and grab another piece
7. Repeat the process over whole panels, then the whole car including glass and even wheels (avoid sensitive finishes and fabric roofs etc) - you will only use as much clay as you need to
8. Clay once or twice a year, or before adding a new long term wax or sealant layer (it's a deep clean for your paint); garaged or covered cars need claying less
9. If the paint seems dull or matt afterwards then clay marring may have occurred, a grazing of the paint caused by a harsh clay, lack of clay lubrication, too much pressure or an unsympathetic technique on delicate paint... don't panic, it polishes out really easily by hand or machine; try Critical Finish with a Blue Roo applicator pad if you don't have a machine polisher and your glossy paintwork should return a few passes later.

Note: Not recommended for softer paints or delicate finishes – use Easy Glider instead if in doubt.

Is this too aggressive for newer cars?
It could be - and there's potentially no real need to clay a brand new car as it may not be contaminated too much. Perhaps opt for the gentler Easy Glider clay in these scenarios.

When would you choose this over fine clay?
When fine clay isn’t budging contaminants, this one has more bite. Or when you are machine polishing anyway, so a little clay marring can be easily removed at the next stage.

Can I use it every wash?
No, only use it when the paint feels rough and if you're sure the paint can take it (hard German paint should be fine, and use Born Slippy, too). Every 6-12 months or when recoating a wax or sealant is a good interval.

What’s it best at removing?
Mother Plucker will tackle iron fallout, tar specks, tree sap and even light overspray spots. It's potentially a deeper, faster decontamination for the paint compared to using Easy Glider.

Will it remove swirls?
Not at all. It is a deep cleanse of the paint, plucking and shearing contaminants that are stuck into the paint surface and cannot clean 'sub-surface' contamination deep within the paint or polish out swirls. You will need a polish (or ideally machine polisher kit) to remove swirls.

What is the point of claying?
Claying removes the particles stuck into paint that feel rough to the touch; these not only prevent your paint shining fully but they also attract further contaminants - and if you don't remove them they can be pushed deeper and deeper into the paint and become more embedded. So pluck and shear them out with clay, it's effectively a deep clean of your paint. Your paint will feel silky and smooth after, repelling dirt better and shining harder than before.

What if I want a less aggressive clay?
Reach for Easy Glider, our ywllow fine grade clay. This is made from gentler polishing media, so whilst it may not remove as much contamination there will be less chance of inadvertent clay marring. Our Shear Genius kit has both grades of clay in one pack.

What if I see a matt or mottled appearance to the gloss paint after claying?
This is clay marring, a minor paint defect that normally looks far worse than it really is. In effect, it is a grazing of the paint caused by a harsh clay, lack of clay lubrication, too much pressure or an unsympathetic technique on delicate paint... don't panic, it polishes out really easily by hand or machine; try Critical Finish with a Blue Roo applicator pad if you don't have a machine polisher and your glossy paintwork should return a few passes later.