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    shmedley reacted to RayS in Sharing some good family news - Non-Detailing   
    The good family news is that the family is growing.   This weekend, plus a couple of days, was a fun filled event for my oldest daughter and her husband who had their baby shower.   This will be our first grandchild and we are most certainly looking forward to the family growing.  We'll be expecting our grandchild around Christmas and with any luck our son-in-law won't get deployed between now and the arrival.   In celebration we hosted about 30 guests for an extended weekend and everyone had a great time with the family and friends that hadn't all been together since their wedding about 10 years go.
     
     

     
     
    Along with the daughter being spoiled, the wife's new custom shed arrived on Saturday.  We did have to ask our daughter if the child was going to look like her, since the wife's shed looks like a child of my garage.  Hard to believe the wife's new shed is a 10x12 and could fit through my door since it is only 8' 9"  high.   It will end up being a true She Shed, fully insulated, plywood walls and whatever else she wants for her storage and plant stuff.  I'm not sure if it will get heat and air, but it is already wired, so I know it will have power.
     
    I need to get the interior completed, skirting put on, flower boxes under the windows and whatever else the wife wants, so it will make for a nice winter project in addition to spoiling the first grandchild.

     
     
     

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    shmedley reacted to Norton in Revive   
    Looks like the never-ending rename, relabel, repackage merry-go-round replaced Revive Hand Polish with "Adam's Hand Polish."  (Notably, its URL still includes "revive-fine-hand-car-polish.")  It shows as available in 12oz and 4oz bottles directly from Adam's site.
     
    I suppose it makes me a dinosaur, but I miss the good old days of simple and stable product offerings that lasted more than the current sale.
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    shmedley reacted to RayS in Preparing for Spring 2020   
    I have finally completed enough of the ceiling and trim plus hung up some art that it is time for an updated picture.  The flag on the right has the USCG logo for the stars and was hand crafted by a local veteran.   I probably have another 2 or 3 weekends on the ladder and then it will be on to the cabinets, workbench, metal pegboard and remaining wall mounted stainless steel shelves.   
     
    I'm sure hoping that I can have all my equipment and chemicals moved out of the wife's garage and in place before the spring shining season starts.
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    shmedley reacted to mc2hill in What Did You Wash, Shine, and or Polish Today   
    A little of 'detail something different' today.  My wife's niece has 'brittle bone' disease, and and was not supposed to live past about 2 years old - well she is now 32 and is getting married on Halloween! 
    I have detailed her mobility van several times, but she wanted her motorized wheelchair detailed for the big day.
    I was not sure how to tackle this or what I would need, so I packed the small polishers, Interior stuff, pump bottles of Rinseless and Waterless Wash, APC in several strengths, lots of brushes, and of course Detail Spray.
    It ended up that is was like cleaning an engine bay - lots of grimy/greasy bits, some plastic and chrome, plus a little bit of an interior cleanup thrown in.
    I took off the seat cushions (they were Alcantara) and cleaned them with Carpet & Upholstery Cleaner using the soft bristle Cockpit Brush.
    Next I sprayed down the chair with Rinseless Wash to loosen up the grimey stuff, then worked a section at a time with Waterless Wash & a work MF towel.  I went thru several towels before applying Interior Detailer to the plastic fender, and Detail Spray to the plastics.
    Finally I scrubbed the tires with Tire & Rubber Cleaner and a small scrub brush, and applied VRT to finish.
    Lots of nooks and crannies on this, and I wished I had brought all my Wheel Woolies to get to some of the hard to reach spots.  But my most used tool was a Popsicle stick wrapped around a MF cloth!  
     
    Before:

     
     
    Before and Afters




     
    And the full After shot:


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    shmedley reacted to Norton in Blast from the past Quick Sealant   
    IIRC, they stopped making it because EPA regulations became too onerous.
     
    It works well and I prefer it over just about anything else for certain jobs.  Glad I picked-up a case before it was gone.
     

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    shmedley reacted to mc2hill in Graphene Coating: Shelf Life   
    I have been keeping my opened bottles of coatings in canning jars.  It seems to help the 'active' life of these products.
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    shmedley reacted to Islander in Greetings to All   
    Thanks Rich...a shiny new 2021 Ram Big Horn Night Edition, 4x4 inspired me to discover detailing, along with my freshly painted Toyota 4Runner. Looking forward to my first wash this weekend using my new Adam's Pressure Washer and Foam Cannon!
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    shmedley got a reaction from Kyle.E.Woyote in Turbo Buicks love Adams!   
    Welcome, beautiful car! Glad to see another 80's turbo car fan here.
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    shmedley reacted to Kyle.E.Woyote in Turbo Buicks love Adams!   
    Hello from Canada!
     
    Here's my baby, (can't wait for the next shipment of goodies from ya!) and 2 of my friends Turbo Buicks.
     
    Whether cruising, or at the track we are loving Adam's on our cars!
     
     

     

     
     
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    shmedley reacted to Norton in No Social Media   
    Which is one of the reasons I pay no attention to swag.  I'm here for the detailing products and long for the good old days when that's about all that was sold by Adam's.
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    shmedley reacted to RayS in What did you do today?   
    The pressure washer fun continues, this last weekend was doing the driveway.  While it may not look great, it does not look bad for being 49 year old concrete.  The driveway was poured in 1972, so it is hard to complain about the condition overall.  Fortunately I had some help in doing the driveway, but I still managed to spend about 12 hours of the weekend on it and got sunburned.  
     
    If you look at my truck you might see the edge of something lurking behind it.  We don't know if it is a project car or donor car yet, but something will happen with it.

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    shmedley reacted to RayS in Metal polishing with Micro Polisher   
    Hi Steve,
    I have a battery operated variable speed Dremel that allows me to use tiny felt pads to go around the bolts and other tiny parts on the motorcycles.   I buy them in bulk since it is not unusual to shred one or two on a single bolt.  There is no way to go around the bolts by hand, so you have to use some type of machine.   For the larger parts, like side covers, I do them entirely by hand.  
     
    Based on the experience with the Demel for the bolts and other hard to reach areas, I don't see any reason why you couldn't use one of the Adam's polishers.  The one thing that I would recommend is to use a soft pad.  This is based from my use of borderless gray or felt pads when I'm using the metal polishes.  My biggest concern is a scratch on the chrome since the only fix is a re-chrome and that gets expensive quickly.
     
    I have not looked into ultra soft or felt based pads for the polishers, so hopefully some others will respond with their experiences. 
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    shmedley reacted to Rb1274 in Subaru Outback Graphene ceramic spray coating   
    I updated again... love these results.




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    shmedley reacted to kaj41354 in Forum Issues Fixed and Contest Giveaway!   
    Congratulations @shmedley!
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    shmedley reacted to stalebreadjr in Forum Issues Fixed and Contest Giveaway!   
    Congrats @shmedley !  Thanks to @Dan@Adamsand all the Adams team for the work on the forum and the giveaway! 
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    shmedley reacted to Chris@Adams in Forum Issues Fixed and Contest Giveaway!   
    Congrats  @Shmedley!
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    shmedley reacted to falcaineer in Forum Issues Fixed and Contest Giveaway!   
    Congrats, @shmedley! 🤟
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    shmedley got a reaction from Dan@Adams in Forum Issues Fixed and Contest Giveaway!   
    Wow, I'm humbled. Thanks @Dan@Adamsand the rest of the Adams team for everything you do
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    shmedley got a reaction from kaj41354 in Forum Issues Fixed and Contest Giveaway!   
    Wow, I'm humbled. Thanks @Dan@Adamsand the rest of the Adams team for everything you do
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    shmedley got a reaction from falcaineer in Forum Issues Fixed and Contest Giveaway!   
    Wow, I'm humbled. Thanks @Dan@Adamsand the rest of the Adams team for everything you do
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    shmedley got a reaction from RayS in Forum Issues Fixed and Contest Giveaway!   
    Wow, I'm humbled. Thanks @Dan@Adamsand the rest of the Adams team for everything you do
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    shmedley got a reaction from Nickfire20 in Forum Issues Fixed and Contest Giveaway!   
    Wow, I'm humbled. Thanks @Dan@Adamsand the rest of the Adams team for everything you do
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    shmedley got a reaction from YaTwice in Forum Issues Fixed and Contest Giveaway!   
    Wow, I'm humbled. Thanks @Dan@Adamsand the rest of the Adams team for everything you do
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    shmedley reacted to Dan@Adams in Forum Issues Fixed and Contest Giveaway!   
    All screen names were entered into a spreadsheet and then google chose a random number.
     
    The winner of this contest is: @shmedley! I'll send you a PM now 👍

    Thank you everyone for participating, and Happy New Year!
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    shmedley got a reaction from Dan@Adams in Forum Issues Fixed and Contest Giveaway!   
    Great news and Thank you guys for all your hard work!  
     
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