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Osok

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  • Birthday 07/13/1969

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    Nashville, TN
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    2009
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    Dodge
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    Charger SXT Brilliant Black
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    Paul

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  1. Wouldn't putting the ceramic coating on a vinyl car wrap remove the inherent "self healling" properties of the wrap itself when heated? I know most of the quality wraps when exposed to sunlight or a mild heat gun can heal light scratches on their surface. I'd think coating over the top of that ends that option. I guess if it's ceramic coated though it's less prone to getting the light scratches anyways at that point. Just wonder. Thanks
  2. While I've never tried it I'd suggest NOT using liquid paint sealant on your windows. It's made for paint not glass and I suspect will A) Leave a bit of a streaky mess on your windows it's made to bond with paint. Glass is not paint so won't really have any sealing effect on glass.
  3. To answer your question...yes your steps look good. Only possible things some folks will swap is they'll put the glaze down first then the Americana wax over top of the glaze. Welcome aboard!
  4. If you're content on putting glaze down first to fill in imperfections don't bother with the sealant. It'd be a waste as it won't bond correctly (as others have stated). Just do glaze/wax if that's your path. For longest protection though sealant then wax. The glaze + wax is a good combo for car show/garage cars. Sealant + wax is great for daily drivers.
  5. I had actually read a thread about folks putting some rinseless wash into the wash bucket with shampoo right before I headed out to do my wash and I agree..it did seem a bit less sudsy but more slick. I'm a bit handcuffed here. We recently left the awful state of NY and moved to Tennessee. But for now we're in an apartment complex so I don't have all of my stuff with me and only have a supplied hose here. I will give them props here though as they actually have a designated car wash bay for everyone to use. It's covered, has an over head hose, drain, and spigot. Sure beats having to wash in the parking lot.
  6. Well look at that. I guess I self discovered the GDWM. After my first attempt at this method it does save water. I'm a little on the fence about how well each towel can retain enough water during the wash to be effective after a couple of flips. This means just using more towels really, or doing like Gary did in his video, take your and and put more suds on the towel. I'm wondreing how it holds up over time with cars that are pretty dirty. I tend to think the wash mitts do a better job getting the tougher stuck on dirt to free up and they definitely hold more suds/water while using them. I'm going to do this method for awhile and see what I think after 4-6 times. In the end I'm not sure it was really faster or used less product. I still had two buckets. The second bucket was just empty and used to hold my used towels until I was done so I'm still lugging the same stuff out it seemed. Time will tell. RickyB..thanks for sharing the GD video.
  7. I'm about to try out a new wash approach to try to accomplish two things: 1) Less water - for those in water conservation areas 2) Avoid stuck on dirt/bugs that I miss in the wash mitt Let me preface all of this with the fact that I've been an Adam addict for a lot of years now and have always been a two bucket, two grit guard, two wash mitt guy. With the fairly recent release of Adam's rinseless wash (which I love for the lightly dusted car wipe down) and the technique there for having a bucket of the rinseless wash and water, using multiple double softs soaked in the water to do a section of the car at a time with constant folding/turning to a clean side...it dawned on me a hybrid of this approach might be good for my full washes. One thing I've always struggled with be it the merlino mitt or the regular Adams wash mitts even though I use the grit guard in both buckets when I go to clean the mitt in the rinse water rubbing it on the grit guard and all I still often can't seem to get all of the bugs, dirt out of the fibers. And I think this has led to light marring I always see at the end of summer fall when I do my bi annual polish. So anyways my thought is to use one bucket..filled with soapy Adams car shampoo and instead of using the two wash mitts I'll just use 4-5 double soft/single softs as if I was using the rinseless wash method. This way I get the soapy goodness of the shampoo and avoid any missed contamination in the mitt by only ever wiping with a clean spot on the double softs. Once a spot is used i fold and turn until that towel is used up. Once used up I pull out the next towel already soaking in the sudsy shampoo water. And in the end it's one less 5 gallons of water I'm using since I don't need a rinse bucket. Anyone use this approach? Does it work well? We'll see how it goes.
  8. Good to see I'm not the only knucklehead here on figuring this one out
  9. I've had the Adams foam gun now for quite some time but wasn't until recently something dawned on me when it comes to filling it up. In the past I used to squirt an ounce or two of Adams shampoo into the empty container then use the hose and fill it up with water. This usually resulted in bubbles forming inside the container and flowing out or filling up before it filled with water. A week or two back while starting a wash I put the shampoo in the container and said hmm..why dont i just submerge it in the rinse bucket which has just plain water in it prior to the wash. And bam....full container no bubbles no mess. The other obvious thing that came to mind after this was.."hey ya idiot..you could've just put the water in the container first all along" Just sharing..what has probably been very obvious to most already. Keep Calm and Wash On!
  10. Same with me....(except for the GTO part).
  11. I also finally got out for a 2 bucket wash this weekend. The temps went up to 43 and the sun was out so it was out there. Had to get some ice out of the hose first but all went well. As expected (related to my earlier post about the auto car was horrors) once washed I can now see the damage that awaits me for spring that the auto washer put on my car
  12. Who's this Dylan guy everyone's going on about?...........just kidding As all have said here already you will be missed and your assistance through the past few years has meant a lot to us shine addicts. Best of luck with the next chapter in life and to your family and you!
  13. Last week we had a stretch of two days in the mid 30s. Seemed like everyone and their brother was out at the coin ops. Over two days I had checked at varying times 5 different car washes and each time they all had 4-5 cars waiting in line so I was not up for waiting that long. Day two I ran over to a Sunoco couple miles away to see what their line was like. All the self washes were lined up but their two auto wash bays only had one car in line. I said SWEET! my lucky day. So I pulled around the curve, got up to the machine, put my money in and as I look up from the dash to see what's up with the car in front of me currently being washed...I see it. This auto wash is one of the dreaded big spinning brush washes. Now mind you two of the other Sunocos I had been to are both laser wash touchless so it hadn't even crossed my mind. Here I was...trapped. Money paid, can't back up nowhere to pull out I'm next in line. Doors open up and I pull in and start praying (literally..started praying). The wash goes on for what seems like 20 minutes (I know it was probably 3 minutes tops) and as each minute is passing I'm getting nauseus...how messed up is that. As panic is taking me over cringing every time those damn spinners go up and back I being talking to myself.....ok..no sweat..you know how to fix any of this damage. It's ok..it'll be ok you do a spring correction every year anyways... True story...messed up...I know. Finally the misery ends and I drive away. Oddly enough though when I got home and took a walk around I didn't see anything too awful, but I didn't really do a nose close inspection. I got my head around knowing I was going to correct it come spring anyways so better not to know too much now and have 3 more months to think about it. I told my wife the story later that night and she just spent the whole time laughing and wishing she had been there to see it. I know..we all know...it truly is a sickness. Thanks for listening.
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