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Got the Camaro out this weekend...finally.. still looked good after sitting under a cover for 5 months.. and sounded nice on startup too.. here is a vid of the cold start...

12 hours ago, LSX Maestro said:

Yes it would be "safe".  But probably would just be better to wash with Strip or regular blue Car Shampoo and then top it with Ceramic Boost every 1-3 months.  

Yep, plan on doing the strip and light clay periodically followed by Boost.. just my normal maintenance wash (weekly) wasn't sure if I should use Wash and Wax in the foam gun or just use regular blue Car Shampoo.  Thanks

On ‎4‎/‎16‎/‎2018 at 9:40 PM, falcaineer said:

 

 

 

Yep... @Kyle@Adams announced it. Here's the link:

 

So, knowing this, is it safe to use the regular car shampoo in a foam gun to presoak your coated car then complete a two bucket wash with wash and wax after?

15 hours ago, PacificNWBuckeye said:

Ok, this is one of my favorite beading pics I've taken, it is from this past winter on the glass top of the wife's Veloster.

 

This would make for a really nice canvas print on the wall in a rec room.

1 hour ago, Rich said:

For future reference:  

 

Hey Rich, that's good info for the folks that live in the USA... problem is the toll free line doesn't work from Canada and we have to call direct.     Not a big deal as I have only had to call in once and as always, the folks there are great to work with.  Being north of the 49th, I'm very used to US based toll free numbers not working for me, but that is life in the Great White North.

I had to call their local number to get them in the past and told them that their toll free line doesn't work from Canada... they were going to look to put their local number on the site, but doesn't look like it's there yet.  Here is the number I found when searching for them:

+1 720-473-7100

None of the orders I have placed recently have had duty on them.. Adam's picks up the duty and brokerage fees.

5 hours ago, Rich said:

Wondering what that is sticking out of his grill. 

Most likely a Tow Hook.  There is a spot on those cars to take a plastic cover off and screw in a tow hook recovery point..

Congratulations on your endeavors, I really feel you nailed this concept and have been trying to impart this on my managers where I work:

" clients and customers are different people. A customer is a one time transaction. A client is multiple times. They come back. They talk to people. They engage with you. These are who you want to be your clients. It’s a mutually beneficial relationship. Customers are still good revenue, but don’t provide the continued returns that a client does. "

I work for a fortune 100 company and they keep calling our clients, customers.  Do people that spend multiples of millions of dollars on your products and services customers???? 

8 hours ago, Naylor649 said:

Looks great but 4 buckets!? I understand 3(1 for wheels then the traditional 2 bucket) but why 4.

Two of the buckets were clear water for the HydroShot.. All my outside faucets are shut off for winter, so that was my water source.  The other two were for a normal 2 bucket wash, didn't bother with the wheels since it's winter time, so they didn't get a lot of attention, just took an old wash mit and after done washing the car, just gave them a quick once over with the remaining water.

2 minutes ago, Black Bowtie said:

How do you like your Worx Hydroshot? I'm going to pick one up for my applying my pre-wash before doing a rinseless wash.

It works pretty good, more pressure than a hose, but not a lot of pressure behind it.  For my Venza, the battery was done by the time I finished rinsing off the car after soap, think for a larger vehicle, I may need two batteries.  It sure did beat waiting an hour in line at the local pay and spray to just rinse off the car.

Had a day above freezing here in Canada, so broke out the new Worx HydroShot and gave it a whirl.  All my outside faucets are shut off for winter, so this system kinda made sense...only issue I ran into is battery longevity, might look into getting a second battery to ensure I can also wash my wife's truck in one shot.... car is white, so hard to tell how dirty it was, but there was a fair amount of salt on it and with just the HydroShot most came off before breaking out the car shampoo and finishing it off with a detail spray dry.  Car had LPS applied to it in Sept. and still beads ups, so still working...maybe next time I'll top it off with some G&G.

I haven't been to the store front yet.. 4hr drive for me to go there, but I can concur with the above sentiment.. Don has been great to work with in getting orders placed and prompt shipping.. now to just get our CDN government to stop putting duties on some of the other products that are cost prohibitive to bring into Canada so we can get things like clothing at a reasonable price.. again.. not a Don, Adam's or Show and Shine issue.. just our stupid gvnt up here... and as I type this I have a beverage in my Show & Shine coolie that was a nice thank-you in one of my orders.

As an added comment.. I did try the CG top protectant and didn't like how it didn't shed water like they showed in the video.  I even applied it as directed in the vid, used 3/4 of a bottle on my Camaro and very minimal beading of water...I did allow for proper cure times between coats too... Hence I moved on to the 303 products

I agree with Shane, on my top, I've used a competitors product to clean if there is something nasty on it, like sap or bird droppings.. using a cockpit brush to work it... Lint roller to get minor dust and stuff off as maintenance and 303 fabric guard to seal it up.  Now as Dan states, if and when Adam's comes up with something.. my products will change. 

Hi Shane,

Good site, the only thing I would suggest is to not load all the info on your home page and to have the tabs at the top open new pages.  This will allow for your site to load faster for people with slower links and aide in caching the site on a proxy or local browser cache.   Only other thing I would make sure of, is you can see some people license plates and for some reason.. some peeps get pretty anal about that, not sure why, but would hate to see someone freak out on you over that if you didn't have their thumbs up for putting their car on your site.

On 11/6/2017 at 8:17 PM, falcaineer said:

Ok, ok. Black cars should be suspended from entry this month. 

But what if you only own black cars polished with Adams products ????  LOL.....

Nice setup.. I have the D3200, not FF but a good DSLR.. would love to know what settings you are using to get good pixel depth etc as  I know shooting cars can be challenging at times.. Be nice to hear what others are doing when getting off the auto settings on cameras.

I like to use this URL to see if it's me or the site that has issues:

http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/

Now to correct GM orange peel on the 2011 Avalanche...

14 minutes ago, Beemer said:

Or - do the trim restore now and the trim coating in the spring.

I'm thinking with the Avalanche if I did it now and didn't do the ceramic on top to protect it, the winter snow, ice and salt would make me have to do it all again in the spring.  Not like we have good washing days up here in the winter very often and where I live, its a 20min drive to the pay and spray.

Awesome input as always Dan!  Now I guess I'll have to wait for the spring to do this as my garage is not heated and it gets close to freezing here at night....

40 minutes ago, Red Rambler said:

Per Adams "The trim restorer takes 6 hours to dry, and you can apply ceramic at that time without damaging anything, however it is recommended to allow trim restorer a 12-24 hour period before applying ceramic" 

Interesting... Sounds like a full weekend or more of the truck being parked in the garage to allow it all to cure....12hrs for trim restorer and another 48hrs for the ceramic to fully cure before being exposed to weather...

Hi Everyone,

I have read a few posts in different threads where people have said they called into Adam's and was given a thumbs up on layering the Trim Coating over the Trim Restorer.... now the million dollar question.... Timing of this...

If I was to use the Trim Restorer on my Avalanche, how long do I have to wait for it to cure before applying the ceramic coating?  Also, would I follow the preparation steps the same when applying the coating or would the Rubber and Tire Cleaner remove the pigment that the Restorer put down?

Anyone from Adam's have a stance on this, would love to hear from someone or see a video on this before I attack the volume of faded plastic on the truck.

Here is a "pre" pic for my base line of what I'm starting with.  Typical fading plastic on an Avalanche...

Thanks

Greg

I asked this question too in this thread specifically around layering with the Ceramic coating on my wife's Avalanche:

Also, not to sound too nerdy... ugh.. what I do for work.. but if you are behind a proxy or another application firewall, you will see that the pic's are hosted off another server (OCS) such as this:

GET http://adamsforums.invisionzone.com/uploads/monthly_10_2017/post-13717-0-23659900-1506914622.png

If you have any URL filtering or controls in place you will need to allow referrers or access to that host to get the pic's to load when you click on them.  My proxy has that OCS listed as Tech/Internet and Suspicious as that host has had some "issues" in the past and needed to put in an override to allow access.  If you have some AV or other URL scanner installed, check the logs as it could be trying to "protect" you from harm.  If you are behind a corporate network that is protected by the products that my company sells, we are in like 98% of the fortune 1000 that could also be the problem.... enough nerd stuff.. back to looking at shiny cars....