Hot_Wheel

I'm in for a large. Truth be told, with a hoody the back graphic is not very effective (typically mostly hidden). I think front-only is fine.

I added it up once, and vowed I would never do that again.... And I'm still very new at this...

That looks like the exact 1964 -- color, two tops and all -- that my dad had when I was in high school. Brings back lots of memories to see the same there. His never looked that good, but great memories.....

Welcome! Good luck with the paint correction.

Mine gets pretty hot while blow-drying, but I just see it as a better way to dry the car. In my owner's manual it told me to remove the basket and front-plate while blowing, so I do.

I'm with Fierce 5. I decided a LONG time ago that I like new cars and I was always going to have a car payment. Several cars back I started leasing. GREAT decision. For me. For what I want, it was a good thing. Now the bad part... When I got my Camaro, I wanted to buy, not lease. That meant getting out of a lease that wasn't yet to term. What a horrible, expensive thing that was. I love my Camaro, but wow. Short version: I love leasing, as long as you are not getting a "legacy" vehicle or one that you will mod.

Most of the work was my wife and me while he was getting ready to leave for his lesson. I was doing the last bits of drying as he was pulling out of the driveway. My wife said "it's our fault for leaving them on the street overnight." But I got a bit tight and told her I wasn't about to get into "victim blaming." It's the fault of the sorry excuses for humans that did the deed. If a car full of guys jumps out and thumps someone who was walking down the street, we shouldn't say "well, he shouldn't have been walking alone". Or, if a woman has a few too many drinks and someone takes advantage of her, they shouldn't say "well, she shouldn't have been drinking... it's her fault for getting drunk." NOPE. It the asshat's fault. [/rant]

Well.... It happened on Saturday morning, and I didn't post until Monday night, so I had some time to decompress... I think we caught it soon enough. There is one spot on the driver door of the Mini Cooper that looks like some shell embedded itself into the clear-coat, but after the foaming (I actually forgot that I foamed & rinsed and then foamed again) and washing, it looked pretty good. As for LSP, both cars had been treated with Quick Sealant. I also always Detail Spray every time I try the car, and I think that helped.

I got up Saturday morning getting ready to head out to an event and found that both my wife's Mini Countryman and my Hot Wheels Camaro had been egged during the night. Needless to say (but I'm saying it anyway), I was NOT happy. But my son did a quick Adam's Forum search while I broke out my products and we got to work... I used APC on the (now largely dry) eggs and agitated the goo with my boar's hair brush. It wasn't my favorite choice, but it wasn't coming off with just hard water spray and APC. It seemed like there was at least a half-dozen eggs on the two cars (that were parked nose to tail along the curb). It was obviously a "drive-by" situation. We're between two High Schools and a College is right down the road, so it's anyone's guess who the culprits were. After the APC and the boar's hair seemed to get the visible stuff, I used the foam gun (4 pumps and some WW added in) and coated the cars. Then my wife and I 2-bucket washed both cars. We finished with Detail Spray drying. I was super late to my event, and my son needed one of the cars to get to his horn lesson, so I didn't take the time to metro-vac blow-dry the cars. .....and, of course about 5 minutes after I finished cleaning up my stuff, it started to rain... HARD.... Overall I think it worked well, and I'm convinced that my regular use of Adam's products put the cars in a good position to be resistant to the corrosive effects of the eggs. I'm going to need to re-seal and wax both cars due to all of the APC we used on them. Thanks to the community for posting threads in the past about eggings and THANKS to Adam's for the fantastic products.

This is what I typically do before each wash. A couple of squirts and no problems.

The Waterless Wash bottle has a black sprayer on it. The Car Shampoo has the squirt cap. I would also include the unused sprayer. Send me a PM...

Great news!! Dang it! I just placed an order when the special came out... Maybe I can get this added...

Lack of time for me is the biggest. Sure, interior glass and some of these other things are a pain, but if I had TIME they wouldn't be a huge issue. I bought one of those 10x10 sunshade pop-ups at the hardware store. It has helped quite a bit with the sun (I don't have a garage I can work in).

For me it was just like Masaharu above: the sampler kit. Adam's Polishes is a sponsor of the Camaro5.com forums, so that got me interested. I had never owned a car that I wanted to detail -- the local car wash w/dudes that dry it off was good enough before. I tried the sampler kit and the DVD hooked me. I bought some off-brand buckets/guards and tried out a 2BW with the Adam's Car Shampoo. ..... a couple of grand later and I've been detailing all three cars, not just the Camaro....

Since you have the experience, any links to the best "wool cards" to consider?

I was just sitting there with my mouth hanging open... UNBELIEVABLE!!! Just amazing. Is there a write-up on the results of the auction?

The CD test?

Thanks. I put it in the middle and started with that. I had 4 squirts in the quart bottle filled with water. It was pretty good. I moved it to the heaviest and WOW. That was a ton of suds, but as stated, the mixture went fast. I'm going to use 3 squirts next time and see how it goes... It stuck well enough, so I'm not thinking the WCW additive is worth it. I typically wash the cars once a week or every 2 weeks, so they don't get too grimy.

Ok.... I have the Gilmour and don't have a pressure washer. I done some searching through threads and I'm going to use 4oz of car shampoo with water in the bottle. The gun has an adjustable ratio thing -- so what is the best ratio? I didn't think I picked that up in any of the posts.

You aren't worried about putting the water into the leather? Sorry, I'm not a pro, so I wonder about it.

Hmmm.... I like the one on the left better. The "gloss" of the other product seem fake to me and I don't prefer it.

FIRST TIME!!! I washed, clayed, Revive polished, Quick Sealed, Brilliant Glazed and Buttery Waxed the WRX today. I have never done this before, and it worked out ok. It's not perfect, but it looks great to me! (Pics in the "What Did You Polish Today" thread).

FIRST TIME!!! I washed, clayed, Revive polished, Quick Sealed, Brilliant Glazed and Buttery Waxed the WRX today. I have never done this before, and it worked out ok. It's not perfect, but it looks great to me! (That's a reflection of trees on the hood...)

And, it's great for putting the pads out on to "debrief" them when you're finishing everything up after the wash.

I've been shopping for one of those. Which one did you get and how to you like it?