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I had thought about that too. But it was a brand new applicator. The sewn corners are not very soft and since it was not squared up with the flat side of the block it drug across the paint and since it's black if you look at it funny it'll scratch. Also had I just tossed this applicator without finding what caused it we wouldn't ever solve the issue if it happened again to me or anyone else. I feel that's a part of being a dealer is to help figure these situations out to help the others here and help Adams have the best products they can offer.

There not that deep. More like heavy wash marks. It was just disappointing because I had just finished 2 stepping it for the second time for about 12 hours total on this little SLK280 and need to finish it by Wednesday.

Rich, I'll get an email written up for them. I have 2 extra applicators I had already bought so I'm going to check and try that. I hope I can just buff that area and reapply. Not redo the whole hood and fender. Gabhart. Nothing was deleted. Once it dries, I applied it today so on Monday looks like I'll need to try using the blue cutting compound and try to buff it off and start over.

Finished buffing a customer's Mercedes and started to apply paint coating. Everything was starting well like the other 2 cars did. Then I noticed that I was getting scratches as I was applying the coating. (They were going in an H pattern like I did to apply the coating). So first I thought it was my single soft polish towel. Grabbed a new one and it was still doing it. It was caused by the corner of the little blue applicator. Once I bent the applicator block so the corner wouldn't touch it went on perfect. How should I correct this?? The rough corner of the new block that got me. Notice how the corner is not square with the flat side of the block. Scratches that it caused.

Thanks. Yours looks good too. I leveled mine. If I didn't need all the ground clearance for all the places I've driven mine. I would have lowered it like yours. One day I hope to make it to the headquarters and check it out.

Thanks. He has new headlights he's going to be putting in so I didn't have to worry about them.

Thanks again guys. Both the customer and I are still amazed at how well it turned out. I have been showing new potential customers these pics so they can see what their vehicle could look like with some extra love and paint protection. I'm pretty sure that paint is even better looking now then when it was new sitting on the dealer's lot.

When I work near edges or body lines I make sure to use a lower speed to help prevent this.

I've been happy with mine used it a lot on my last big buffing job I did.

Thanks guys. I didn't realize how much this color popped until I did this one. Dan. These are fun trucks. I have an 07 silver TBSS and love it. Spent 2 years looking for a Red one, (looked up and down the west coast) Didn't find one, then found a local older couple that had a very low mile Silver one they bought new with exceptional service records and grabbed it up. I had bought that plate and forgot I had it until I opened and moved into my shop. I try to put it on every car I take a picture of. But the later pics I took here I was rushing to take because he was on his way to pick it up and I had to have finished pics of this big job. The trio. My silver, a black, and the blue one on the right. As a dealer for Adams I wish you'd offer things like that to dealers first before they get sold out to the public. We dealers need some cool attention grabbing signage for our waiting rooms and sales displays. This is what I've done. I double stick taped the banner to my wall. But a metal sign would look even better.

Yes. I have been going by buffing the excess until the rainbow is gone also. No problems with that.

Last week I buffed and coated my friends 08 TBSS. Took about 20 hours to complete the job with around 16 or so hours of correction. I spent 4 hours on the hood alone to get it back. I strip washed, Clayed, 2 step w/ the new blue heavy cut compound on the hood and finished it with the orange correcting compound. Did 1 step orange correcting compound on the roof and sides. Then did the coating prep, coating, let it sit over night and boosted it the next morning. This blue just pops and looks awesome now and the water runs right off when we washed it the first time. Here are a couple before pics. After Buffed with the 2 step Heavy cut and finished with Correcting polish. Yes the white specks are from rock chips. Normal in Alaska if you drive anywhere. With coating in the sun.

Two of my favorite pictures. This was the view at 3500' altitude.

G&G is easiest to apply with the wet method. If my panel got too dry before I got to it, I just quickly rewetted it and sprayed G&G

Man I'd enjoy having it. It would make a fun summer shop truck for me.

Looks like the Adams suburban is up for sale. Very nice hotrod. https://www.ebay.com/itm/292049517412 1963 Chevrolet Suburban

I just did this SS trailblazer this weekend for a customer. I did a couple inches of overlap and buffed off with the supplied microfiber. You won't beable to see anything when you buff it in.

It would be rare you could do that up here. Since they are extremely dirty and your lucky if you can get a wheelwell 75% clean enough (since no one cleans them, but me) to use anything to wipe with. The dirt and mud would just be a nasty paste if you tried to wipe them.

I use waterless wash to do my door jambs on all the cars.

Nice, mine are not very stock anymore. I hear you about how they get smaller. After my boy was born I picked up a very low mile Trailblazer SS to be my daily kid hauler. Now that he's 5 he'll get to experience the fun of them. Lol. Tell my girlfriend that it's ok to have this addiction. She doesn't understand yet.

I clayed my TBSS and followed it with liquid paint sealant and it looked great. The clay is cleaning the surface of the paint so you will want to put some protection back on it when your done. Just depends on the paint if you need to polish it after claying. If it's a black car you may need to polish. Yes you can potentially add scratches if you let the clay get dirty by not flipping it or using enough detail spray for lube.

^^ nice I've got the same problem.

The paint coating kit comes with pretty good instructions. It is very simple to use. Just note some lighter colors you may not beable to see the coating flash and turn rainbow color so I kept watching my watch and timed it. I was able to use one side of the applicator block because I did the whole car in one day. Also you just need one coat. Then once dried top it with the Boost and your good to go. You should not have to do much more then wash it for 2 years. I attached a link to the discussion post for it, and a post in made of my own experience. http://www.adamsforums.com/topic/32028-ceramic-paint-coating/ http://www.adamsforums.com/topic/31807-paint-coating-faqs-discussion/

This is the last decent before and after on my second detail I did. They turned out ok but not as good as I'd like.

I tried TID on this last set and still had to go back over it with VRT to hide the dirt. That's interesting they have there own cleaners. I did wipe the VRT with a microfiber after I applied it and you could see the dirt again. So I had to apply more to cover it back up. The best way to describe it is almost like it's getting stained. I didn't think to get a step by step picture of my process but I'll try to do it with the next suv. Thanks again. I will try these ideas to see if I can get them clean enough to my liking.