CarPro ClayLube

Yes. The Amazon feature bullet on both the 500 ml and 1 Liter listings states 'Formerly known as Immolube' — the rename from Immolube to ClayLube appears to be a brand-strategy decision rather than a reformulation. Community discussion across Detailing World and r/AutoDetailing treats the two names as interchangeable, and the SKU continuity in the CarPro catalog supports that. No reformulation cutoff has been documented in community sources.

CarPro does not publish an SDS for ClayLube in any channel the page author could locate — not the in-repo CarPro SDS archive maintained on this project (98 PDFs covering roughly 60 other CarPro products), not the annual CARPRO_SDS_2026.zip bundle from the Canadian distributor Carzilla, not the carpro.global manufacturer site, and not the carpro-us.com US distributor site. A direct request to Carzilla for the ClayLube SDS as a separate document is the pending follow-up. Until an SDS is published the safety panel above shows conservative situational PPE tiers for the dedicated-clay-lube format itself, not chemistry-derived tiers — and the health score is held at 3.0 under the no-SDS policy. The score will be revised when the SDS is available.

CarPro markets ClayLube as having 'no gloss agents or protective polymers,' explicitly positioned as safe to use before CQUARTZ application. Community evidence from CQUARTZ-installer YouTube channels (Pan The Organizer, ESOTERIC, and others) corroborates clean coating bonding after ClayLube-based clay sessions, with no reports of contamination or coating fisheye failure attributable to ClayLube residue. The typical pro-detailer workflow also follows the clay session with a panel wipe such as CarPro Eraser before the coating step — that step exists to remove polish oils, not ClayLube residue.

The CarPro product copy claims compatibility across painted surfaces, glass, plastic, and rubber, including paint protection film and vinyl. No named third-party PPF or vinyl manufacturer endorsement and no 4+ week wrapped-vehicle community test has been located, so the surface-safety score here is held at the brand-claim ceiling (Score 6) rather than the independently-validated tier. No damage reports on PPF or vinyl have surfaced in mainstream community sources, but absence of complaint is not the same as named third-party confirmation. Use the brand claim as a hypothesis and test on an inconspicuous area first on wrapped vehicles.

A diluted rinseless wash (Optimum No Rinse at roughly 1:16, for example) does work as a clay lubricant and is the well-documented home-detailer alternative — community evidence supports both paths. Where ClayLube earns its enthusiast-tier reputation is the viscosity profile: the dedicated formula is thicker than a rinseless-wash dilution, which means clay glide is maintained longer between sprays and the product covers more area per pump. For a once-or-twice-a-year clay session on a single vehicle, the dedicated product is convenience over capability. For someone already using a rinseless wash regularly, the diluted-rinseless route reaches similar functional results at lower per-session cost. The two are not equivalent in coverage per ounce — but the safety outcome on paint is comparable when either is used with correct technique.