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Soooo... are you calling Chip a woman or a child?

Guess Im going to have to put that order thru then.. Def getting a stock of towels, needed another color for the bins to keep things separate anyways. 

who needs no shave November....Just stop shaving, think of all the money you save on blades! 

Welcome to the forums, as you can see, its an addiction to which there is no known cure, sorry to inform you of that bad news. However the bright side is the great feeling of satisfaction that you get from looking at your nice shiny vehicle and wanting to do more. 
 
What I would do:
Decide how much you can spend (or want to spend) 
Start looking around
Realize you need to triple your budget because you want more
Look around more and start adding things to the cart
Love the fact that the cart remembers your items when you quickly close out of the window to hide it from the wife 
Decide that you will start small
Decide that starting small wont work 
Plan a HUGE order of just about one of everything 
Decide that wont work and you only need a few things like you said in the first place
Order just enough to get the free shipping 
click the order button, happy that you are within budget and ready to go. 
Come on the forums, happily discussing your recent purchase 
Realize you missed ONE thing
Repeat process. 

Yes I know and your right Jason, this is why I will forever be an amateur detailer. I only do it on the side, and I don't do a lot of full corrections, maybe 1 per month. When I do this on a car, for some reason I grow attached to it, for ever how many hours I'm working on it, it becomes "mine" during that time frame. If I think I can get a 5% better look by adding a concours type wax, I'm going to do it. Because if it was actually my car, I would do the same.
 
I'm not interested in making a lot of money detailing. If I was doing it for a living and had a family to support it might be different. I just love taking a car and making it look the best I possibly can. Whatever money I make is put back into detailing polishers/products. Just how many polishers does 1 person need? LOL!!
 
I just found out Rupes is coming out with a new version of the 21, 30% more power! You know I have to have one!!! I saw a video Kevin Brown made with Larry Kosilla, they have 20 polishers, using backing plates ranging from 30mm to 6", I might be happy when I have the same!
 
Profitability wise I come out much better doing wash, speedy prep, HGG, and interior vacuum and interior wipedown jobs. 
 
I always laugh to myself when someone says $300 is too much for the "works". They just don't realize how many hours I'm going to spend on their car. 6am to 9pm is usual for me. I have gone 6am to 1 am too! This includes leaving for a few hours and returning after the sealant has cured. Maybe with the extra time I have now using Adams, I can clean, seal and wax the paint under the trunk lid!!!!
 
I'll get all the sleep I need when I'm dead, let's polish something!

Wolf, you are correct that calcium does contribute but not as a pure source, it needs to be bound with another mineral such as magnesium. 
 
The remainder will not pertain to the discussion at hand of keeping away water spots so for that point ill drop it all. 
 
Di water as mentioned by Dave is the way to go to solve the problem permanently. Soft, hard it wont matter, it will take care of it either way. 

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I gotta say, you have me thinking about it, I looked at it and kinda cringed with the "really they made that ....thing" but your starting to convince me of it. 

Lets make the money make sense for ya lol
 
its a 37 hour round trip lets call it 38 with gas and food and "other" stops. 
 
$400 is probably round trip lets assume it is. 
 
So if you drive the cost is food, fuel, and wear on the vehicle. Translated out via the airfare it would cost you round about $10.53 and hour to drive out there for the cost of the airfare. 
 
Assuming you get say 25mpg and drive at an average speed of 60mph (for the sake of math) That is 1140 miles or there abouts meaning you will need 45.6 gallons of fuel at 25mpg figure about $2 per gallon and it will cost you round about $92 in fuel ONE WAY, so that is $184 in fuel plus your time and any food you eat, not to mention the wear on the vehicle. 
 
Id say take the flight and have fun. 
 
Sorry felt like doing math tonight. 

Currently I am aware of 
 
Single Soft
Double Soft
Utility Towels
Borderless Grey 
Great White Drying towels
Waterless wash towels 
 
What I know of (and please someone correct me here) 
 
Waterless of course goes for the waterless wash. 
Great white drying towels, well for drying 
Utility Towels, for your dirtier jobs that do not require the plush microfiber 
Borderless grey, Your dirty jobs that need a soft towel for, such as door jambs or other painted surfaces 
Single softs, your high quality microfiber for just about everything
Double Softs, when you want the ultimate plush towel. 

Lets make the money make sense for ya lol
 
its a 37 hour round trip lets call it 38 with gas and food and "other" stops. 
 
$400 is probably round trip lets assume it is. 
 
So if you drive the cost is food, fuel, and wear on the vehicle. Translated out via the airfare it would cost you round about $10.53 and hour to drive out there for the cost of the airfare. 
 
Assuming you get say 25mpg and drive at an average speed of 60mph (for the sake of math) That is 1140 miles or there abouts meaning you will need 45.6 gallons of fuel at 25mpg figure about $2 per gallon and it will cost you round about $92 in fuel ONE WAY, so that is $184 in fuel plus your time and any food you eat, not to mention the wear on the vehicle. 
 
Id say take the flight and have fun. 
 
Sorry felt like doing math tonight. 

Lets make the money make sense for ya lol
 
its a 37 hour round trip lets call it 38 with gas and food and "other" stops. 
 
$400 is probably round trip lets assume it is. 
 
So if you drive the cost is food, fuel, and wear on the vehicle. Translated out via the airfare it would cost you round about $10.53 and hour to drive out there for the cost of the airfare. 
 
Assuming you get say 25mpg and drive at an average speed of 60mph (for the sake of math) That is 1140 miles or there abouts meaning you will need 45.6 gallons of fuel at 25mpg figure about $2 per gallon and it will cost you round about $92 in fuel ONE WAY, so that is $184 in fuel plus your time and any food you eat, not to mention the wear on the vehicle. 
 
Id say take the flight and have fun. 
 
Sorry felt like doing math tonight. 

The other guys already kinda beat me to it, but as promised, here are some detailed descriptions and uses for each towel. Let me know if you have any other questions
 
Adam's Single Soft Towel
The Adam's Single Soft Towel is a premium 16"x16" microfiber towel that is excellent for many exterior uses on your vehicle. It works great for wiping down a vehicle with Detail Spray, you can use it to remove polish, sealant, and wax residue, and you can use them for Rinseless Washes and for applying H2O Guard & Gloss. It is half the thickness of the Double Soft Towel, which allows you to better feel the surface underneath your hand as you are buffing away wax and polish. It also has a black stitched border to help distinguish it from the Double Soft.
 
Adam's Double Soft Towel
The Double Soft Towel is the thickest and softest towel offered by Adam's. It is twice the thickness of the Single Soft Towel and also the same 16"x16" size. It can be used for all of the same applications as the Single Soft Towel, but I especially like them for a Detail Spray wipe-down at a car show or for using them with Rinseless Wash in the 5 gallon Wash Bucket - because they are twice as thick, they will hold more Rinseless solution and provide a safe and effective way to perform a rinseless wash of your vehicle. These towels are seriously soft, to truly pamper your pride and joy show cars, and every time I show one to someone new at an event, they are amazed at the quality and softness of the towel.
 
Adam's Borderless Gray Towel
The Borderless Gray Towel is a super plush microfiber towel similar to the Single Soft Towel, except that it has no satin or stitched border - just nice soft microfiber from edge to edge. It can be used for all of the same applications as the Single Soft and Double Soft Towels, but I like to use them with H2O Guard & Gloss. Since they are dyed gray, they are color-coded to HGG and help me to keep my towels organized. Plus, since H2O Guard & Gloss can cause some slight staining to the white Single Soft and Double Soft Towels, this is a way to keep those towels from staining if that bothers you (the staining does not decrease their effectiveness in any way).
 
Adam's Edgeless Utility Towel
The Edgeless Utility Towels are a great all purpose microfiber detailing towel. They're designed for the dirtier jobs that you wouldn't want to use your nice plush towels on. They're great for use with Total Interior Detailer to clean plastic and vinyl door panels, dashboards, door jambs, door sill plates, and seats, and they can be used to clean up the engine bay, polish chrome exhaust tips, and so on. They are an edgeless design similar to the Borderless Gray Towel, but rather than being a plush microfiber, they have a tight weave, short fiber design that is great for scrubbing carpets as well.
 
Adam's Great White Drying Towel
As the name implies, this towel is designed specifically for drying your vehicle in a safe and effortless manner. The waffle weave pattern is soft and absorbent and will not scratch or leave any swirl marks or streaks while you dry. I love these towels. They make drying a vehicle much more enjoyable and less of a stressful situation worrying about marking up that perfect finish.
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Adam's Waterless Wash Towel
The Waterless Wash Towel is a waffle weave towel similar to the Great White Drying Towel, but in a smaller 16"x24" size designed specifically to be used with Adam's Waterless Wash. The waffle weave texture allows you to clean a slightly dirty vehicle without introducing new scratches or swirls, and the towels are color-coded blue to match all of our other car washing products. Some of our forum members even prefer to use them with Detail Spray as well.
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Adam's Glass Cleaning Towel
The Glass Cleaning Towel is a tight, flat microfiber ​weave with a nap designed to clean and buff windows and other glass to give streak free results when used with Adam's Glass Cleaner. These towels really do work great for me and much better than other options I've used in the past. They are 16"x16" in size like many of our other towels, which allows you to fold them up into quarter sections for plenty of cleaning surfaces before they get completely soiled and need to be washed.
 
Hope that wasn't too much to read and I hope it helps  ​

Gotta admit jaw dropped when I saw the title and had to find out what was wrong. 
 
Yall are right thou, its great at lightening the wallet but man how good does it feel to have a shiny ride or whatever you polished.

Well, there are worse addictions!!  

Great job, she looks good all shined up.

I was referring to the two step paint correction, As Adam and others have mentioned they can take a beating from the factory to you, and you will probably need it. You might be able to get by with revive hand polish and be able to move on but it will be a close call I think. 

Hey now no picking on Daily Drivers....I spend all my time detailing my DD, and shes a ford F-250. So go give your DD some love. 

I put my Liquid paint sealant down first and have a bunch of buttery on top of it right now but moving over to try some G & G soon. 
 
So for me I would do both, Put down the LPS and then do the G & G on top of it, will help the LPS last longer and keep a nice layer on top for you for the protection. 

Sounds awesome and for a great cause, looking forward to the update pics. 

Well that is a great start to the addiction. 

Congrats on the new garage. Sure was worth the money when you get the house for free! 

Congrats on the new garage. Sure was worth the money when you get the house for free! 

Ive had great success with Jif peanut butter

I hate to break it to you, but that's the way it works with a lot of guys and their cars too.