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Hmm, I never thought about the master blaster. However I have done what Chris suggested and driven VERY fast in the wife’s camaro and the pollen sticks like glue, even on the coated surface. I don’t see the master blaster doing any better, especially since I don’t have one ?

I’ve been told a full wash is the only safe way to get it off. Just be careful, especially with darker colors.

The only safe answer is a full wash, whether that be 2 or 3 bucket, foam cannon wash, foam gun wash, etc. I live in Florida so I feel your pain, but pollen is VERY abrasive, and waterless and maybe even rinseless could do damage. 

Pm me. I know I have a spare applicator block I can send you. I can also tell you where to get the suede patches too to go over it if I can’t find any spares.

15 minutes ago, zw470 said:

 

Well yeah, how else are they going to buy the cleaning products they'll never use to take pictures next to shoes/hats they'll never wear?

Hahahaha well I wasn’t going to say it, but I’m glad you did!

8 hours ago, Rich said:

 

Where the heck are you driving???   Man,  that just sucks.  I had Toyo tires on my 02 Z and they were GREAT tires.  Wore better than the Michelins, great tread wear.  If you have to replace them, check into them and save yourself a couple of bucks.  So sorry for your troubles buddy. 

Luckily I did buy the tire and wheel hazard warranty so I just dropped it off at the dealership and they’ll throw a new rubber on it. This was on a main road! Both my flats were! I just have some crappy luck I guess. 

Also, Camaros don’t carry spare tires.... 

2 hours ago, BHarris23 said:

I understand a need or want to make a profit. But some of these people are getting ridiculous on asking prices and re-sell prices. 

Yet people still buy them...

For anyone that misses the actual release, no worries. People will be reselling on eBay for 500% profit before the day is over ??

I don’t reuse towels either til they’ve been washed. Just a habit, not sure why.

First my tire, then hers. Somebody hates me ???

2 hours ago, mc2hill said:

 

Nice write up Dustin.  In the second pic it looked like the dog was clipped to the cart, and I was thinking 'this may not end well'!

 

BTW, I was thru your 'burg last Thursday evening on the way back from Marco Island.

 

Now THAT would have been hilarious ? 

I was happy when they came out with a cart that wasn’t $200. So I picked one up on sale to try it out.

From an engineering standpoint, solid. I like the friction fit of the posts, but the screws that self tap into the post, stupid idea. First thing I did after drilling all the screws was notice the cart was crooked. When it says pound in the posts with a rubber mallet, make sure you make them wish they never existed because they stick. So naturally, I have several triple drilled posts.  No biggie in the end, it’s not visible anyways. Merely a nuisance in design. With all that said, I had it fully built in less than 10 minutes. 

Now to what people care about, functionality. It looks small, as in short. I’m a smaller dude, and I thought no way will tall people like this. I’m curious to their thoughts. But as far as space on the cart, it nails it. I’m not a person huge on image, and I don’t pose my products merely to show people I have $7000 worth of Adams stuff that’ll take 30 years to use. This cart holds all my bottles, my Bose speaker, and some brushes. 

**Forgot to add, the wheels are solid, sturdy, and roll easily. They also lock. With one lock on it’ll hold in my slanted driveway. 

All in all, it works, and the price fit. Thanks for reading.

It is #NationalPetDay so naturally I included my girls.

Oh man Cedric you have got to change your font lol it seriously gives me a headache trying to read it. 

I hope your detail went well!

It’s like Christmas with all the attachments 

59 minutes ago, falcaineer said:

 

That's one FLAT tire, Dustin. Happy you got all squared away...first responders are awesome. But the real question...did you go straight home and apply TRC and TS to the spare?!

Lol funny thing is recently I had pulled out the tire from my undercarriage and mounted it on top of my bajarack. But before I did that, I did actually clean it with T&RC. That’s why the spare looks so clean ? 

I was fortunate to have a tow truck driver also go out of his way and stop to lend his speed jack and impact wrench... with my 2.5” front lift, the bottle jack I had would have been questionable at best. 

All together it was a successful and quick tire change. I’m glad the deputy stopped and threw on the lights because the road I was on is busy as hell about this time, and people aren’t always too considerate to fellas on the side of the road. 

Honestly I’m glad I took that screw in my tire instead of someone less capable of changing a tire.

Now the the question is, patch the tire, or upgrade with bigger tires.... 

No words needed lol. On the flip side, my county has one of the best and most respected Sheriff’s Departments in the country. 

A paint pen is the only thing that I imagine will mask the spots. If you do get them concealed, you should consider a coating or ppf. 

If you want low budget, sunlight works too lol.

32 minutes ago, Flexhorn said:

I'm not sure why but I had some streaks on one of my doors I noticed a week after my coating. I tried washing and ceramic boost but could get them to go away. I know you're not supposed to but I used the buttery wax on the door and it was the only thing to get the streaks out. Should I reapply a ceramic coat to this door?

I’m not sure why Buttery would have worked. It sounds like high spots in the coating that you may have missed when wiping off the haze. When I did my 4Runner I learned the hard way that garage lighting doesn’t show everything, and ended up repolishing and recoating several panels that exhibited streaks. When I did the wife’s Camaro, I kept backing it out into the sun and looking at all angles for the streaks. 

Once the coating has cured, the only thing you can do (if the streaks are indeed high spots) is to polish that panel (or spot I guess) and reapply coating. 

Okay now today actually was wash day! ? 

The brilliant glaze does a great job of clearing the haze, but I feel it comes back quicker after using it. Maybe it’s just my dogs heavy breathing ?

No full washes for me today, but did get quite a bit of soft road tar sprayed down the passenger side of the wife’s Camaro today. She noticed it as soon as we got home, and I hit it with some Eco APC and an old double soft, followed up with quick detailer of another brand to help smooth over the coating. 

The tar was still soft but I couldn’t believe how easily it wiped off the coated car. Yet another reason for the investment.

Sell it on eBay. Somebody I know made mad money doing that.

None of my microfibers have ever curled.

Interestingly enough and contrary to the official Adams video posted above, their latest Instagram video has them using the longer nap side on the car. 

Just a a reminder that there’s many ways to do the same job, and the videos aren’t gospel.

Unimpressed how? Did you test hydrophobic qualities or anything? Or are you judging based on shine alone?