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After I turn the truck in, I won’t be leasing another. I’m going to look for an older Tahoe so I don’t have a payment. We had a baby in November so it will help with bills 

Gotcha, definitely makes sense then! 👍

Ah that makes sense... Good luck! FWIW I always wipe my truck down as I clay it...

Is you cant use it every wash!
 
 

Perfect 👌🏼
 
Thanks guys

My grandfather recently let me borrow his Camaro to use for the trip to and from prom. It hadn't really been driven in a few months and as a result it had accumulated a layer of dust and grime that needed to be removed before my OCD would allow me to take it out in public. I began by attempting to remove as much of the tire browning that I could by spraying an ungodly amount of TRC on them and then scrubbing the faces with the tire brush and the white lettering with a nylon brush, which left them presentable but not perfect. I followed by washing the car and subsequently claying some areas that had noticeable contamination. I brought the Camaro inside and prepped and went around most of the car doing a one step polish with a DA and topped with LPS and Americana Wax. Next it was time for the interior which was vacuumed and cleaned with the interior scrubbing mitt and a leather and interior cleaner followed with leather conditioner. (I apologize in advance for the lack of photo documentation)






 
 

Me and the wife on our wedding day in the middle of the Caribbean on a cruise

Hey guys and girls! 
 
Earlier this year we hosted a detail clinic at my home/shop. It was well received and I’ve been talking to my guys about having another one. We decided that rather than cramming one in this year when we have a bunch of work lined up, we would do it next spring.
 
We wanted to pick a date early for two reasons. First is so everyone has ample time to plan and manipulate their schedules for a good turnout. Second was so that we could do the planning portion and make it even better than last years. 
 
So right now it looks like April 27, 2019 is the date of the clinic. We may shift gears a little bit and instead of traditional last step products, we may focus on one of our entry level coatings for a lucky attendee. 
 
For the interior portion, we will go through how we handle interiors. Well, Marquis will go over how he handles them. But this year we will add some interior protection as well. 
 
We will also install a full car glass package on an attendees car!
 
As the date gets closer, I’ll reach out to our vendors and see if we can get some sample product for people to go home with. We will have new shirts available and sweatshirts can be ordered before or after. 
 
Just like this year, we will make this a hands on clinic. So our tools become yours for the day. Our products are all available to sample and ask questions about. And most of the work we do will be performed by the attendees. 
 
We welcome and encourage questions and try to make this a very friendly event where everyone leaves with some bit of knowledge. We had members from this forum attend this year so they can share their experiences.
 
The clinic is held in Colchester, CT!  Since I forgot to add that!
 
We are open to suggestions and questions!

Got mine today. Smells really good!! For St. Patrick's Day?   Probably green and smells like the Chicago river.  

I have a couple extra on the way, should be here in a few days.  I will let you know when it arrives.

Thought you all would enjoy this! I decided to steer away from a normal gingerbread house and make it into a shop! I went a little crazy and made some cabinets and a bench in there as well as some racedeck flooring like my actual garage 😂 had to add the final touch and throw a Adams sticker in there as a banner lol. Enjoy and merry Christmas everyone! 26 years old and I had way too much fun doing this haha. 

It’s not much, but it’s a start lol. I have a ways to go until I catch up to you guys.
 

Looks like a good start to me! You've got to start somewhere and you've got some good ones! I dont even have the one to the right of the valentines "A" with the grey backdrop and red ring!

It’s not much, but it’s a start lol. I have a ways to go until I catch up to you guys.
 

Congrats, Why are you the only one who doesnt look tired?
 
 

Congratulations Brandon! What a blessing.

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!

Congratulations on your new addition.

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!

There's a very active racetrack near where I stay, so every weekend the place is full of Porsches, BMWs, Corvettes and the occasional Ferrari, but this is the first time I've seen anything so legitimately rare.  Hell, I think this might be the first time I've actually seen an R34 in real life.....

Post a photo featuring one or more of the Adam's products you used for you during detailing.  Let's see those artistic photos!  I'll start, Huckleberry thought he should be in the photshoot.
 

I picked this car up, Friday afternoon, two weeks ago. Perfect time to work on it, as my garage is currently empty. I knew this was going to be a long job. It's a 37 year old, rust free, Mercedes that spent the first 20 years of its life in the south; North Carolina, then into Florida before residing in Pennsylvania becoming a weekend fun car. The car is all original, single stage, paint except for the center section of the driver's side door, between the pin stripes and door belt line trim, that's base coat/clear coat.

She's a decent 20 footer

 

The main reason I got my hands on her was that the owner's husband had let something he was washing the car with dry on the paint, in the direct sun. Most of the damage was to the flat surfaces, but some was down the sides too, especially under the belt line trim.

These marks ended up being more than water spots, whatever had dried on the paint had actually removed pigment. It left the obvious spots, but also left a haze on the surface. Some of the haze was oxidation of the single stage red paint, and some was from the cleaner. Here's a before and after of some of the paint damage:
Before

After

Got started Saturday morning

Rinsed, foamed, washed, and clayed. Clay mitt to the entire car, then back over the glass and flat surfaces with Visco Clay. Rinsed again and dried with my Master Blaster Revolution.
No change to the paint damage

A thorough inspection showed paint missing on most sharp edges and thin spots on the tops of the front fenders, the top of the passenger's side door, and a spot on the hood
 
 

 

I left the engine bay alone on this one, other than cleaning up the radiator core support and cowl.

21 hours were spent just polishing. I cut in most panels with my Rupes iBrid Longneck Nano after taping off the edges of the surrounding panels (I went through 2 full rolls, 55'/roll, of low tack Detailing Tape). After cutting in with the Nano I'd move to the Swirl Killer Mini, and follow that with the 15mm Swirl Killer on the larger panels. Most areas were worked with Paint Correction Polish on an Orange Pad, and then followed  up with Paint Finishing Polish on a White Foam Pad. The Trunk lid seemed to have the most paint, and was in the worst shape. There I started with a Blue Foam Pad using Heavy Correction Compound before moving on to the PCP.
The scratches seen in the video were deep. It appeared the car had been parked for some time with the sun baking the passenger side of the trunk lid. The driver's side of the deck lid corrected pretty well, and didn't have the same amount of damage.
I got most of the spots out of the paint:

The above pic was taken from the same location as the other two above showing the spotting.
 

Once done with the hood I realized there was no possibility of perfection, I was going for a decent 5 footer.

 

 

 

 

The single stage paint didn't take long to clog up pads.

I went through three sets

They cleaned up well with Eco All Purpose Cleaner for a while, but eventually were too full of pigment to use again.

 

The interior was fully detailed too

 

 

 

Black Trim Restore was applied to the faded pieces of trim before all the trim was covered with Ceramic Trim Coating.

All chrome and stainless trim was worked with Adam's Metal Polishes #'s 1 & 2 and topped with Brilliant Glaze. The paint received Liquid Paint Sealant,  wiped down with Detail Spray and then a coat of Patriot 24 hours later.

 

 

 

I believe I accomplished the car as a decent 5 footer.

 
 
Follow me on Instagram to see more pics of the progress @ brzndave.