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Ever look at your grill and wish there was a way to get the dirt and water spots out of that honey combing without it being a pain? Want to get some plastic care product in there to keep it looking new? Try this nice little simple trick! Grab your favorite plastic care product (I prefer Adam's VRT), and a couple $0.85 foam staining brushes from a hardware store, and go to town! Works great not only for applying the plastic care product, but for scrubbing out the hole when washing too! And, here is a shot of one of them done, with the surrounding ones still having water spots in them.

Once again, awesome job! Wet sanding is dangerous work, but an effective means to fix some serious damage. Don't try this at home!

Use this method for wheel cleaning. Also, spritz the wheels down, let it soak for a minute, then use the boars hair brush to scrub them down gently and then rinse.

Great car, two of my friends have them and love them. Lot of power for the engine in it, actually has some get up and go! Very comfortable, controls are easily reached and not in strange places, and the layout is clean looking. I was really impressed by them. Very good look to them as well!

Hey bud, so sorry to hear about your Grandfather. I hope all is well with your family, and I hope that when he is laid to rest that he finds peace. You have my number, if you need anything just give me a call.

This thing works great. It gets in between the brakes on my Shelby nicely, we actually did a small test run with the Green Wheel cleaner this last weekend and I was pretty impressed. I won't lie, when I first saw it I thought to myself, "What the hell is that!? Gimmick!?" Then Jason put it in the drill chuck, handed it to me and said, "Doooo iiiitt..." Needless to say, I was a believer! Getting the inside of my wheels clean is a royal pain in the butt, and this thing made it really easy.

Revive polish works well, but for deep, aggressive cleaning power (especially if your windows have pitting), use swirl and haze remover with either the orange or white pad and detail spray for good coverage and lubrication.

I'm testing a method to do my grille, which is very similar to yours, which involves VRT and one of those small width foam paint brushes. Try it out

Our pleasure! Just remember, we fully expect pictures of the finished product, so you better get a camera handy!

Well, probably part of the reason its flammable is the carrier solution it is suspended in to enable it to be sprayed. Some people that use it on their engine say that after they spray, they wipe it down to remove the excess, and let it dry for a while with no problems. Dunno. Better safe then sorry in my book!

Be careful doing that. It's flammable! Adam suggests mixing VRT and water in a 1 part VRT 2 parts water mix in a spray bottle for awesome engine bay detailing!

Wrap all electrical that you are worried about with aluminum foil really tight and good, cover any cold air intakes you have with a plastic trash bag, and go to town. Dry out your spark plug wells afterwards. That's what I do, works flawless for me!

I'll quote this bit here now that the thread has a few pages on it, in case someone didn't catch it hehe. No sense in risking our babies!!!

Trust me, follow the video, use aluminum foil wrapped tight around anything you are afraid is sensitive electrical, if you have a CAI cover it with a trash bag, and go to town. I've yet to have a problem using this method on my GT500. The only advice I have, is to use a waffle weave towel to soak up the pools of water that collect in the spark plug wells. I don't know why I do it, but something makes me uneasy to have that much water in there. Plus, if you leave it in there it dries and leaves ugly hard water deposits!

All those essential peanut oils hydrate the paint, keeping it sexy smooth!

Congrats on the new Vette! It truly is a wonderful feeling to get your dream car, I was in that same boat around this time last year. Give that Vette plenty of love from the start, and she will shine and take care of you years from now. Here's what you can do: 1) Grab your bucket with grit guard, wash mitt, Adam's car wash, a waffle weave dry towel or two, and detail spray. Give her a bath! 2) Once you have her purty, clean, and dry, clay bar everything, and I mean everything...glass, headlights/brakelights, paint, ect. Pretty much all cars are stored in open lots before leaving the manufacturing plants, which are close to rail yards and trains and such. All those trains spew diesel, metal, carbon, you name it into the air, which settles on your unprotected, new paint and bonds to it witha vengeance! Also, being transported by either train or truck adds even more crud. Then, it sits on a dealership lot or showroom, and we all know how well they detail cars....not well at ALL! Claybaring will remove as much as that crud as possible before you start tackling the paint with some Swirl and Haze Remover. 3) Swirl and Haze remover + Orange Pad. Some may think this may be unnescessary on new paint, but I beg to differ. Getting rid of all the crud, and getting all of the swirls that you most certainly have on that paint is paramount to getting a flawless detail to base the rest of your work on. Hit everything, the glass, paint, and headlights/brakelights. 4) Revive polish, or Fine Machine polish + White pad. Get the paint even slicker and perfect! Once you go over the car with these, your paint will have depth, shine, and a flawless look that will blow most competitors WAXES out of the water, and you haven't even hit it with Buttery Wax or Super Machine Wax! 5) Super Machine Wax + Black Pad. I would use the Super Machine Wax over the Buttery Wax on new paint for the first time simply because it is superior in terms of protection and gloss. Give your paint some hydration and resistance to crud! 6) Brilliant Spray Glaze everything except your black plastics. At this point, your paint is good to go. 7) VRT your tires, plastic moldings, interior (clean the interior with the Leather Cleaner first...see #8 below), ect. All that time in the sun in those lots and such will dry the plastic out. Hydrate it, and get it looking like it should! 8) Leather Cleaner/Conditioner. Get your leather squeaky clean before getting it supple and smelling great with the leather conditioner. Again, all that time in the sun and lack of attention dries out the leather. The Leather Cleaner actually also works awesome on other interior parts like plastics and vinyls. Just be sure to spot test it first to make sure it isn't rubbing off the color of the material. If it does, dilute it by 50% with water, then try again. I doubt that you will have that problem though, I have only seen it on cheaper cars. 9) Metal Polish if you choose! Get those exhaust tips looking beautiful and shiny! I didn't include the engine bay in this, but really in all honestly just watch all of the videos Adam has done, and you won't go wrong. I just mainly spoke about the paint and leather because those are the two things that get abused the most in the sun during storage and such. I'm sure others here will give you great tips and advice as well, so don't take everything I say as the only way to do it. Find what works best for you, and keep that beast looking beautiful.

Great writeup Junkman! I learned a thing or two, which is rare... I have some wet sanding to do on a friend's truck, I was going to go the conventional route, but I think I will give this a try instead. Thanks!

Not sure if you were referring to me bud, I did post about that a while back. I don't have matte stripes though, I have gloss black. Worked great though! For flat black, I honestly have no idea...hopefully Adam or someone will chime in here with a good tip.

Use aluminum foil wrapped tight around everything electical to help protect it when washing it down. Works great and is cheap!

I've yet to have a product go bad, honestly. I'm sure it is possible, as stated by Adam himself, but in reality I would suspect that product breakdown would be due to outside influences such as temperature, sunlight, ect.

Nice! I might have to pick that up myself!

Hrmm, I seem to remember Adam mentioning something about a new metal polish being in the works that would work great on chrome...hopefully he will see this and chime in. (And not smack me Italiano style for spilling the beans!)

WHOA! That turned out BEAUTIFUL! Well done! Can't wait to see those babies shining on the street! :bow:

Tell your son THANK YOU! I will keep him in my thoughts and hope for a safe return home. My little brother is joining the Marines and I worry about him just like you worry about your son, but in the end I am proud.

Now THAT is help you won't get from the other guys! Adam, you truly are a stand up guy who is here to help! I feel your pain Jeff, and I am sorry your car was damaged like that, it truly is a horrible feeling. I had my Shelby for just over a month when someone keyed it down to the bare metal. I was sick to my stomach.