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I guess I'm in the minority here. I do have a three bucket system like the previous poster, but I don't do two-bucket washes very often. I typically use a foam gun and wash pad. I pre-soak the car with foam, then rather than using a soap bucket, I just spray foam into the pad as I'm washing the car. It takes a little coordination, but I feel like I get a better wash that way.

I use both. I like the feel of clay alternatives, but I think that Adam's clay does a good job with less marring.

I sometimes use an aerosol trim dressing on the deeper lugs on my tires rather than trying to spread the tire shine.

The fact that I can get free shipping for two gallons of product, plus 15% off is pretty amazing. It would probably cost me about as much just to ship two gallons of liquid as I paid for my last two gallon order.

I really like the new tire and rubber cleaner, but I noticed something when I used it on my truck tires that have white letters. It looked like the white letters were being dissolved. It was dripping white around the letter area when I scrubbed the tires. Is this cleaner supposed to be safe for white letters?

Including polishing, 7 hours isn't much. When I did my 1999 Chevy truck, it was the first time it had ever been done and I probably spent18 hours on it. That's a lot of neglected sheet metal though.

One other thing you can do to make white pop is to make sure that anything black (trim, tires, etc.) is very black.

Waterless wash in a Colad 32-oz sprayer with about 4 microfibers (I use the edgeless). This is what I use 90% of the time when maintaining my car. I have a dark blue Mazda 6 that has very soft paint, and I have no swirling after 8 months of this method of cleaning. The trick is to not drag dirt across the surface. As you wipe a panel, curl the towel backwards so that the dirt is pulled away and you are only dragging a clean surface on the paint.

I like H20 G&G on my white Z4 as well. I wasn't a fan of white cars for a long time, but it really depends on the lines of the car. If a car has good lines, it can pull off white. But if it's a boring body shape, the white just makes it even more bland.

I just got a bottle of that and tried it today too. I haven't been happy with any of the tire cleaners I've tried, but this stuff seems to work quite well. It's also the first time I tried the Tire Shine. It goes on a bit shinier than I like for my Mazda 6 (I like how VRT looks initially), but I'll give it a day or two and I bet it will dull down. However, on my white Z4, I prefer more shine, so I think it will work great there. I do like the fact that it is a spray. I very much prefer using towels to apply products than foam applicators.

I find that blow drying alone just isn't fast enough to stop spotting and streaking most of the time. What I do is quickly blot the whole car dry, then blow out cracks and crevices, then a quick wipe down with spray wax or detail spray to get the spots.

I second that on the Mazda 6. I just bought a 2016 and the metal seems really thin compared to the 2004 Mazda 6 I trade in.

If you're truly paranoid, use a two bucket wash. Slightly less paranoid, use rinse-less. I just bought a 2016 Mazda 6 in February and I use waterless wash on it a couple of times a week, even after driving in the rain. It really boils down more to technique than anything. With good quality microfibers and good technique (rolling the towels away from the leading edge as you wipe), you can water-less wash without marring the paint. The paint on my Mazda (which is known to be quite soft) has no marring on it yet (knock on wood).

APC and waterless wash in mine. I do get tempted to get more from time to time. They are really great quality bottles, but a bit overkill for most product applications. But doing a waterless wash is so much easier with these.

I think this may be what you are referring to. http://www.adamsforums.com/topic/29828-new-product-idea-emergency-roadside-kit/