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Two days later, she parks at the bank, comes out a half hour later and finds this. down to the white meat, so awesome

Wiped it down with alcohol and broke out the Adam's seal. For this car a applied the sealant with a microfiber square sponge thing. My thinking was that with winter coming up i wanted to lay a thick layer of sealant down. Not sure if im wrong about this as it seems like what sticks might be the same if done with machine or by hand. Then glazed, always impressed with the Adam's glaze, goes on easy and super easy to buff off and looks awesome. Finished off with some extra seal/carabuna wax. 6 hours and a sore back but i think it was worth it P.S. No idea why the pictures are upside down.

Just got the wife a 2017 Corrolla LE, we decided to purchase this instead of her usual lease, so i really wanted to get it polished and sealed cause we need like 10 years outta this thing. Pretty sure the dealership detailed it by throwing a bucket of water at it, it was in bad shape or a new car.

i tried, i ran right to a drive through car wash, then to a pressure washer one, then went at it with plastic razor blades. Road paint dries fast, real fast and its no joke.

So to give and update and ask for advise, I scrapped and scrapped and scrapped. I made progress but there is sooo much more to do. I finally gave up, bought new plastics for my wheel wells and am now trying to get the county responsible to pay for the damage. I made a police report the day it happened and also called the county office. County seemed like he heard about the guy spilling the paint without directly saying it and sent me a packet of paper work to fill out for their insurance company. Filled out the paper work and today received a letter saying that they are not liable for damages and denied my entire claim. I called the agent at the bottom of the denial and asked why, he then started to grill me. He said asked me stuff like what was the truck number, how do I know it was spilled from a bucket, etc. Pretty much acted like i made the entire thing up. I basically said im not trying to get one over I just want the damage fixed. After a little back and forth he finally asked that i email him the pictures of the road and my truck and said he will have to investigate further. My question is has anyone ever gone down the road before? Trying to get someone or the local government to fix the damages. I have never done this before and im flying blind against an insurance company that doesn't want to help. I forgot to mention that i bought the plastic wheel wells and submitted the receipt with the claim as well as a quote for a detail, two tires, and running boards (all of which were damaged) for a total of about $1700.

Glad i asked, never thought of the counter tops

Just got my Pumpkin scented Detail Spray and love the smell, cant get enough. Made me wonder what else i can use it on? So far I have used it on my guitar and laptop. Any other suggestions or uses? Kinda wanna spray it everwhere

Nice job man. Reminds me how much i love polished/waxed black!

Mods - i apologize if i put this in the wrong thread, please move if possible

Ive seen some detailing videos on YouTube where they would sub the car was soap for detail spray when using the clay bar. Most would wash car regularly with mitt but not rinse, instead would leave all the suds on and start claying as usual. When i did mine i used this method and also shot some detail spray when needed. I feel this save a lot of detail spray but wanted you guys thoughts on it.

i was skeptical at first too. Until spring came and pollen started piling up. Now its one of my most used items. I usually do a two bucket wash weekly or every other weekend, but break out the rinseless, (actually dilute it to make waterless) in between. Its great to use as a touch up if your going out with the car or after it rains.

For the plastics? WD then clay?

thank you all, will clay next weekend Any suggestions for the plastic wheel wells?

So they have been repainting all the streets around my town this summer. Today i was driving into work and apparently there was a bucket of the paint spilled in the middle of the road and i didn't notice it until i was driving right through. I ran to the nearest car wash (i know its wrong but i was desperate) but not much came off. I was able though to hit it with waterless wash and lightly go over with a plastic razor blade. This, thankfully got the majority off the flat parts of the truck but i am struggling with the plastic wheel wells and trim as well as the smaller parts of the bottom. Before i destroy my paint, i wanted to come to you guys for some suggestions. Also a big Thank you to Adams's as i just washed my truck a few days ago with H2O wash and gloss, as well as a layer of paint seal three months ago. Without Adams i would have been in a lot more trouble.

no i did not this time, hmmmm good call

its paste wax over sealant. Now that i think of it, i did use detail spray over the whole thing as a quick wash after a heavy rain.

I cant agree more with the posts above about striping, clay bar, polish, seal and protect. Dealers, no matter what they claim, only do what they can to make the car look good for the day your looking at it on the lot. As an detailing/Adams's junky we go the extra to make sure the car looks great for years to come. I love that color, it is really sharp looking, and i can tell that car is gonna send you into the Adam's foxhole most of us are in. Not sure if its allowed (please remove this if it isnt) but I watched RPproductions videos on detailing on youtube on both exterior and interior his scatpack https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oAQy5C6EVw. I recommend his video as well as all the Adams videos.

After cleaning polishing and waxing, a few days later i noticed on both my black cars that there is what i thing is hazing. Its almost like when the wax dries and is ready to be buffed off. I am fairly certain that i got off all the wax. Could this be a result of improper polishing ? ( i used Adam's white finishing on the all the paint with spot treatments of blue and orange as needed) Or would you say i need to take my time with the microfiber towel removing wax? Also both were done in direct sunlight, i know its bad but i have no choice with no garage. P.S. i tried 100 time to get a picture but i could not capture the haze look that im talking about.

i checked youtube and watched the old videos a bunch. Thank you wolf, that makes sense, I will seal bare paint when i do my winter prep

So, i got the new paint sealant when it first came out a few months ago. i used it on my first major truck detail. Since then i did another strip, polish, wax but this time did not use the sealant. To be honest, i did not notice any difference in look or longevity of the paint. It is a black truck and i know swirls will happen, often. but i am just having a hard time finding any value in using the sealant. Before winter i will strip and seal and wax again just to try to help against the snow/salt fun. When i the sealant is used this layer - strip wash, clay, 2 step polish, alcohol wipe down, glaze, sealant, wax (all Adams but the wax) P.S. a little disappointing that there has been now new video on the sealant to show the advances of the the new sealant.

yep, i agree lol it also sucks when you accidentally hit it on your car and get the lines in the windshield. I would drain it completely but there are times when bird doo or mud flies up and you need to wet it down to see.

Just kinda curious as to what you all use for wiper fluid? Thought about putting some Adams glass cleaner in there but seems like it'd be a waste. Would the store bought cleaner hurt the sealant at all?

Thanks for the reply Dan. I had polished it using the Swirl Killer with orange pad - orange polish, and then with white pad- white finishing polish. The glaze was put on over paint seal but under wax. For the wash i used one bucket with grit guard and Adams wash mitt. Dried it with H2O gloss and guard and the corresponding micro fiber towels. It seems like a few of the old scratches had resurfaced, one around the driver door that i noticed everyday prior to attempting a correction. When i did the polish, i was very hesitant as it was my first time with a polisher, i barley put any pressure on it. So most likely the scratches were just filled in and not polished out. Could this make it way easier to wash out the product? I guess my next question is will strip wash remove the new paint seal so i can start over?

So i have a black Ram, just spent 9 hours on my first full detail - strip wash, clay, polish, paint seal, glaze, sealant wax in that order (all Adams products except LPS). Looked great when it was done, no more swirls and most of the scratches looked very light, you had to look for them to see it. Week goes by, and I wanna give it a quick wash. Take to to the local car wash that has those pressure washer bays. I take some Adams shampoo, i spray down the truck, wash with shampoo and then rinse with the pressure washers. Now, all those light scratches are again very visible and it feels like all that work detailing is gone. As i am using them i notice that they use heated water, not sure that has any effect but wanted to mention it. I also didnt have the nozzle up close to the paint, maybe at least a foot away at the most. Is it possible that i washed away the glaze and wax, and what about the paint seal? Think my best option is to just start all over? I was planning on breaking out the polisher during the fall and trying to get a better correction and possible ceramic coat for the winter but was also hoping to have a great looking truck for more then a week.

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