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It works great on polished aluminum, no cloudiness like some other cleaners leave. It takes the gunk off the inside of wheels like no other, I did my moms car that had 80,000 miles of brake dust caked inside. The backsides are really noticable when they aren't clean, but too hard to reach from the outside without a powerstick. And it works great on tires too, white letters and all. I don't even look at other wheel/tire cleaners anymore. These are on our beater 95 ford van that hardly ever gets washed anymore. It's been 3+ months since the last wash, with several trips towing a trailer full of ATVs through the hills to the dunes. Between sea salt, road grime, and brake dust, it was way overdue. Spray GWC, let soak for a minute while I go get the hose, scrub with a stiff tire brush for a few seconds, and hose off. Almost brand new again. And it doesn't really take much if you do a little bit of scrubbing, I've done 5 nasty sets of wheels/tires and only used about half a bottle. Its when you try to go for the "spray on, hose off" method that it uses a ton.

We have nasty hard water at my house, so all our cars would get water spots. Every summer they would get worse, because I could never get all the water off before some of it dried and left spots. No more with detail spray when I dry. Stuff works great, the towel moves over the surface easier, and the water still beads right off if it happens to rain right after I wash (happens a lot in the NW).

Same situation here. There are a few crazies, like myself, but most go with an easier color. I see a lot of that light tan/champagne color. My neighbor and best friend's dad both have a similar color, and even after months of not washing, you can barely tell their rides are dirty unless you find a clean spot.

Oh it is! Got some of the best dunes anywhere here in Oregon. Miles and miles of em! Yeah! There's a good reason I was willing to sacrifice a ton of detail work for a weekend of playtime. Nothin like having camp set up in the middle of the riding area. Makes lunch/gas stops more of a quick pit stop instead of having to ride some long access road back to a campground. Now that I know I can clean it up fairly easily, I'm gonna be back out there more often.

Oooooh....Shiny I still need to get started on mine. Time to go clean out the garage.

I bought my truck for a DD, knowing it needed painted. I could have done it any color, but I still went with black. Looks way good when its all clean, but its hard to keep it that way for long with all the rain here, especially living on a gravel road with no indoor parking. I washed it before I left for spring break, and had to wash it again when I got back because it got so dirty just sitting in the driveway. Any tiny dents stick out like a sore thumb too. You just have to be nice to it, not treat it like your old beater garbage-hauler truck. Besides, black is good practice because it's so easy to see every little defect.

Pressure washer was the ticket here. Blasted it off, then washed and dryed with the method in the videos. The water spotting even came off with the wash because it was mainly just salty residue from the air. I have a little spotting left because of hard water from our well, and sometimes I get lazy and don't dry, and the only scratches left were already there. It will be perfect by the end of the week after clay, polish, and wax. And now my hands smell good from the car wash and detail spray. I recognize the scent of the car wash shampoo, I just can't place it.

Here's a crappy cell phone pic of it half buried in the campsite. And some good closeups of the hood. There is some salty water spotting because I was less than a mile from the beach all weekend, but thats not a problem. It's due for the full detail treatment this week before a show Saturday. We had all kinds of weather, from wind and hail to sunshine and everything in between, so it's kind of salt-glued to the surface. I'm not about to start wiping at it with anything, I already have enough scratches to polish out. Looks like the pressure washer is the way to go then.

I know it's not embedded enough for clay, I'm just afraid to start washing away because I know that as soon as I touch it it will scratch (and get all stuck in the mitt and/or towels). I'm not ready to buy a foam gun yet, but I think the pressure washer may be the way to go here.

I took my truck camping at the dunes this last weekend, and we had a gnarly windstorm that blew wet sand everywhere. Now there is sand still stuck to the paint, even after 100 miles of freeway driving. How can I get it off without scratching too much? I'm going to have to polish it anyway, but I don't want to make my job any harder than it has to be.

That would be the cause. In low lighting it slows the shutter speed, and I just can't seem to hold still. Turning the flash on speeds it back up, so the picture is clear, but it ends up way too dark. My camera has image stabilization, so it's a little more forgiving on movement, but it's not functioning right now. I'm hoping to hit some more shows this year, mainly outdoor ones, so I should get better pics of those.

I just got back from the local show, and there were quite a few sweet rides there, though considerably less than I expected. It took less than an hour to see them all. Surprisingly, I didn't see one perfect detail in the whole building. Not the ones covered in detailers' business cards, not even the ones from the best wild kustom shops in town. I would be embarrased to show a few of the rides there, they looked like they were polished by hand with a napkin and some rubbing compound, and left that way. Excuse the blur on some, I had to use moms camera, and we don't get along. Especially with the lighting in some spots.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com<o:p></o:p></SPAN> </o:p><o:p></o:p> This one had a lot of trick details in the paint, no surprise that it got a trophy. Too bad the pic didn't turn out better. <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> 08 Harley F350, tons of money in this build. I wish I had better pics, but the camera wouldn't cooperate.<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> This was mostly built by the instructor for the paint class I took. I got to see all the fabrication work done on the bed. Amazing just to walk by it in the shop every day. One of the best things I learned there was wetsanding and compounding with a high speed rotary to get paint smooth as glass before the final polishing steps. <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> This one has a 460 with over 750 hp, and it doesn't look like it ever runs. Not what I would do with that much power. <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p>

After only doing two wheels, I was surprised when I looked at the bottle and it was over a quarter gone. It sure works good though. If I can get some other cars to do to pay for it, I'll be ordering a gallon.

Hey, my name's Josh, and I happen to be yet another from the rainy Pacific Northwest. I live just a bit south of Eugene; Cottage Grove to be exact. With the stack of projects at my house, there is going to be a ton of detail work to do over the next few years. Plenty of classic cars and trucks to go around, on top of having a black truck for a daily. Rich is right: black cars are not a hobby, they're a career. Good thing I like it, so much so that I'm at the top of the list when a detail spot opens up at the local Chevy dealer. I always find stuff the current guys missed whenever I go for a test drive. After the Vancouver clinic, and seeing how easy Adam's products are to use, I know what will be restocking my shelves as my current supplies run low.

I also scored a bottle at the Vancouver clinic, and I got to try it out yesterday. I must say it works pretty good. No harsh acids killing the finish on my aluminum like the last cleaner I tried, and it works 110% better than scrubbing with plain old car wash soap. Just a light brushing and all the road gunk was gone from the wonderfully foul weather on my drive home. I know I'll be buying more when this bottle runs out.