ZMAN024

Congrats JIm.  My addiction started with a bottle of Wheel Cleaner.  We all had to start somewhere.

Welcome to the group, Brandon.  .  Be sure to post some pics of your Adam's arsenal.

Funny,  you don't look at all like your Avatar image.  Maybe it's the beard that's throwing me off. 

As long as Marquis pre-games (elctrolytes and a good meal) and gets a good night sleep, I'm in for 3:35.    I've seem "The Man" in action. 

surely different opinions at play. he didn’t tell me you COULDNT or even SHOULDNT do it but more that he recommends not to and that he never would because there’s no benefit to applying LPS as your last step. 
 
and yes, as enthusiasts we do layer a lot of products on our cars without issue. however i think the game changes when you’re talking 2 powerful chemical sealants that compete over bonding to the paint.
quite a bit different than layering wax over sealant.
 
im sure as CPW gets used more widely a lot of these questions will be answered through experience. 

^^^Agreed^^

Polishing some panels from a Harley Davidson. Here is one panel. Lots of boot scuffs and marring on the paint. In good shape now.

Washed the wife’s Beast using old (DVK autographed the 36 oz. bottle!) pink Car Shampoo and my modified one bucket method.
Would like to know whose bright idea it was to come up with GLOSS black wheels...   At least I keep them clean enough that I can see my lawn reflected off of the barrel but the faces are scratched to h***.

Did a quick foam and wash on my 01 topped with my favorite sio2 product. It has been quite rainy the last few days. Also got a new tire/wheel mounted, but need to purchase 3 more tires. 
 
Real dirty

 
After a well deserved bath


 

My wife and I said goodbye to our son for a while this afternoon.  We dropped him off where he is being staged for the night to start the next chapter in his life.  He is headed to Fort Benning tomorrow.  He is going to do airborne infantry.  Extremely proud of him, but will miss him too.  ??

Good luck with the new ride Nick !!

Thanks ZMAN024.   This is a true statement, quality of water changes soap performance substantially.  Our house has harder water than our shop, and therefore, the suds are substantially different!
 
As for quantity of soap, I typically use 2-3oz, as water spotting is an issue where we live/ work. (I also wash at least two cars at a time, so really, the soap used per car is in the 1-1.5oz/ car range.  Our soaps neutralize the minerals in the water, and the extra $ in soap used makes my life easier.   If your water isn't hard, and your need for suds is low, then use what works, by all means!
 
I'm just grateful to earn your soap business, and certainly, using more is good for business, and the kids love it!

At least your hat and pants were different.

It's both really lol. It's called Ceramic Metallic. It's a pearly white/silver/grey finish depending on the light. I think you guys will get this on the CX3 and MX5/Miata. Very true UK also ? 

Nice collection Ross !  
 
Can't tell if the Mazda is White or light Silver.  If it's White, you have the American trifecta.......Red, White, and Blue

Welcome aboard, Ross.  Post up some pics of those rides when you get a chance.  We loves us some pictures on this here forum.

Understood.  OK, how about this one.  I've also used ID to clean my desk at work. 

Swung by the warehouse on Monday and they had a couple of the metal signs on top of the water cooler. Still had the plastic on them. Asked if they were for sale as I hadn't seen them on the web site recently. Was told "everything is for sale" with a smile. Got it at a very discounted price. Extremely happy with the purchase.
 
Love going to the warehouse.

#moparornocar   I looooooove white vehicles ❤️ imo nothing looks cleaner when it's just been washed. So far the water spots are coming off easily when I wash it. I just have to wash it more often. I have the ceramic paste wax and ceramic boost that I've been putting on and I've been having good luck so far! Fingers crossed
 
 
 
Ohhh yes, the old cloud cars! Barely any around anymore totally have a soft spot for those cars as well as the old Avengers and Sebrings! We used to meet up with a couple of the Stratusphere guys back in the day in the midwest region. Only one showed up last time, made me kind of sad
 
 
 
First year of the WK, best year   I have had such weird luck with this Jeep. Can't blame the Jeep for any of them, it's old (relatively speaking) and has 150k miles on it. I had a loose wire on the fuel pump that left me sitting one day on my way home from work. It acted just like a bad fuel pump. Luckily didn't order one until we did more troubleshooting! And my Jeep wouldn't start last month, I thought it could've been a few things (disclaimer for all of this: I'm not a mechanic, nor do I pretend to be) it turned out that there was some corrosion near the starter. Now it seems like I have a bad coil. The plan was to swap some of them out from my parent's 07 Hemi Jeep but guess what? Different design. Ended up swapping from their 2500 pickup. Through it all, I love my Jeep, just something about it that makes winters fun when paired with some snow tires. And that deep Hemi exhaust tone ❤️ it hasn't made me spend much on repairs aside from routine maintenance so I've been spending it on some aftermarket goodies instead (including the Adam's treatment)
 
 
 
I get the look from my boyfriend when I tell him that I ordered more   sorry, can't help it! And thanks!!
 
 
 
Thank you all for the warm welcome!  

To all my coastal friends, I wish you and your property safety during the storm. 
 
For anyone who is evacuating the coast and coming to Columbia, SC - I have space for multiple cars and/or an RV or two at my house.  If you are coming to Columbia, SC for your evacuation location and want to have your vehicle parked someplace other than a hotel or shelter (school) parking lot, please send me a PM.
 
Be safe.

Welcome aboard Blackbird.   Glad you came to your senses and made the switch to Adams. 

I washed and installed Adams ceramic paint coating yesterday and buffedwith adams 2.0 ceramic boost

Dropped my son off at the University of Delaware on Wednesday.  Gave his 2010 Rubicon some Adam's love today.   
 
Tire & Rubber Cleaner
Ultra Foam Shampoo
H2O Guard & Gloss
Ceramic Boost (Wheels)
Odor Neutralizer 
 
 

My Grandfathers old truck left to my Uncle after he passed. The recent respray done on it was god awful but i was able to bring out the shine. Fun stuff




 

I had the opportunity this past weekend to do a full detail on a previous customers new, to her, 2017 BMW X3 in Alpine White. I'd detailed her 2007 Acura MDX several years ago. Since then she's graduated college with a degree in Athletic Training, I believe, and bought this that need a little love.
 
She'd been looking for one of these for several months and finally located one at a dealership in NJ at a price she was willing to pay. The vehicle had been a rental with 15,000 miles on it, she's now put on another 5,000+ on it before turning it over to me for the weekend.
 
I picked the SUV up Thursday afternoon and brought it back to my place where the work would be done. It was raining Thursday, raining hard. We got over 5" of rain that day.

Yup, I started in the rain. Put on a hat, my Bean Boots and a gore tex jacket and sucked it up. Broke out the pressure washer and using Adam's new Pressure Washer Swivel Extension Wand cleaned all the debris from the felt lined inner fenders and took care of the wheels and tires. The 20* bend and shorter length is nice to really get up in where I wanted. Eco All Purpose Cleaner on the fender liners, Wheel Cleaner on the wheels and scrubbed the gunk that was on the tires twice with Tire and Rubber Cleaner to get them thoroughly cleaned.
 
The rain stopped overnight and the rest of the weekend looked like it was going to be great weather.
 
At first light Saturday morning I was outside. Didn't want to bother the neighbors with the pressure washer yet, so I did a few of the more quiet activities first
 
 Chrome exhaust tips polished with Metal Polish #1 using a piece of 0000 Steal Wool
Before:

 
After:

 
I removed the rubber floor mats and cleaned them

 
I vacuumed the interior, and here's where things started to get weird. I was finding shattered pieced of tempered glass in the carpet, along the gas pedal on the hump side, under the front passenger's seat,  between that seats bottom and back, and in the outside seat rail track of that seat.

 
A quick look at all the vehicles glass...
All windows have the BMW logo in them

 
except the front passenger's side door glass

 
The B-pillar on that door

It appears this vehicle had been broken into at some point. I contacted the owner. She said before she purchased it she saw the vehicle had a clean Car Fax, and that she had noticed all the glass shards sometime after she's gotten it home. She contacted the dealer she'd bought it from and was told they knew nothing about it.
 
Engine and engine bay tidied up

Eco All Purpose Cleaner a Fender Brush and Trim & Lug Nut Brush. I dried it with the 4hp setting of my Master Blaster Revolution, shut the hood and let her run for five minutes to dry the rest of the water off. While it was running I sprayed Odor Neutralizer inside the vehicle and into the recirculating intake with the fan on high to take care of any odors.
 
It was now late enough in the morning to get the pressure washer back out again. Adam's Snub Nose Pressure Washer Attachment and my Foam Cannon filled with 2oz of Strip Wash and warm water.

I let that dwell for a few minutes then proceeded to give her a two bucket wash with another 2oz of Strip Wash in my wash bucket and used the Red Microfiber mitt. Rinsed her down well and hit everything below the glass, including the C-pillars with Iron Remover to decontaminate.

 

 

Thoroughly rinsed the Iron Remover off the vehicle and clayed using the Clay Mitt and Detail Spray as the lubricant. Black specks all over the SUV. Worse on the rear panel and right quarter panel, but everywhere on the vehicle. The clay mitt wasn't getting it off.

My guess? The window glass was replaced at a Body Shop and the vehicle was sitting uncovered too close to the paint booth and over-spray made its way to the BMW. There were black paint specks even in the jamb of the rear hatch. They must have had the hatch open when the over-spray made its way onto the Alpine White.
Adam's Visco Elastic Clay was able to remove the over-spray, but it was a lot of work and about three hours of time I wasn't expecting! One last rinse from my Reverse Osmosis Spot Free system, and a quick blow dry with my Master Blaster Revolution, this time on the full 8hp setting..
Before:

 
After:

My right shoulder felt numb when I finished for the day from all the rubbing and pressure I had to exert to remove all of this.
 
Before the day ended, the paint was thoroughly cleaned and decontaminated and I began polishing. I was able to finish the front and rear bumpers, and most everywhere else I had to use my Swirl Killer 12mm mini and Nano ibird. Lots of curves, contours and angles required the smaller machines. Heavy Correcting Compound and a Blue Microfiber Pad, that's it on this one. This vehicle is washed at drive through car washes. Most of the marks in the paint are straight line marks from the car wash brushes. The combo I used got 75% of them out and left the paint with a nice high luster.

My GTO was pulled out onto the driveway for the next two nights and the BMW was put in the garage.
 
First thing Sunday morning I put the plugs into the front bumper she'd provided me. NJ runs a front plate while PA doesn't. She didn't like the holes. Can't say I blame her.

 

In & Out Spray to all the black Honey Comb up front too.
 
Completely Polished, including the headlights.

Also used my Swirl killer 15mm LT machine on the larger flatter panels, again Heavy Correcting Compound and a Blue Microfiber Pad.
 
Paint protected with H2O Guard & Gloss, wheels protected with Ceramic Boost, tires dressed with Tire Shine, Glass Sealant on the windshield. I even hit the little rubber splash guard in front of the rear tires with VRT.

My method for using the Guard & Gloss was one I watched Adam do at Corvettes at Carlisle the previous weekend. I'd never thought of it before. Go one panel at a time, spray the one panel with water from a water bottle, then spray the Guard & Gloss on that wet panel. Use a wet microfiber towel to even it out/level it off and a second to buff the panel dry, then onto the next. In the past I'd been pulling polished vehicles back out onto the driveway and wetting them with the hose again. Adam's method I was able to do while still in the garage.
Sunday was done...
 
Monday morning had three hours spent on the interior. Interior Detailer mostly, Leather & Interior cleaner on the soiled Steering Wheel

In & Out Spray in the vents, inside of the windshield and back glass got Brilliant Glaze, all other glass was wiped clean with Adam's Glass Cleaner. My McCulloch 1385 Steamer was needed to get the crud from inside the cup holders, the tracks in the floor of the cargo area, and a few spots on the drivers compartment floor. The interior came as nice as the outside, I thought.