Captain Slow

Adam’s blue shampoo and also Adam’s Rinseless washes are my primary wash chemicals of choice for my wife and families Adam’s Graphene Spray Coating coated vehicles. I also use the Graphene Shampoo but prefer the blue. I have about a quart of Ceramic Boost 1.0, so that is my topper of choice. Graphene Detail Spray is also an excellent drying aid/topper. Hint: a little goes a long way.

Well welcome back Ed! So what ride are you now keeping clean? While you were gone I went from my beloved 2009 Sport Red Metallic G8 GT to a 2014 Cadillac ATS4 (should have kept it but the midlife crisis mobile beckoned…) to a 2017 Chevy SS (midlife crisis mobile) to a 2024 Subaru Forester Touring (twins started driving.)

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With my lovely teenage twin daughters turning 16 AND beginning to drive it was time for the midlife crisis mobile to go to another owner. In its place is a sensible AWD compact SUV. Do I miss the SS? Not really. $80 for premium gas every week vs. regular gas about every 10 days at $50 a tank, hmmm. Yeah, that makes the change quite a bit easier. I spent a Saturday a few weeks ago in the garage: Adam’s strip wash X2, clay barred with Adam’s Visco Clay followed by finish polish on a MF pad on the Swirl Killer. I had a competitor’s ceramic coating I had bought to use on a side hustle that fell through,🙄so I used that topped with their SiO2 spray on sealant. I also had to nuke the tires X2 with APC to remove the shiny tire 💩the dealership put on the tires. So I went from this: to this: I’m loving it! I find myself being the driver on errands, shopping, going to church, etc. I have a bunch of Adam’s Ceramic Boost so that’ll be the topper or drying aid for all future washes.

Requiescat in pace, Rich. This forum won’t be the same without him.

Welcome to the forum!

Quoting myself: “ I’m not worried about our vehicles as they’ve both sporting Advanced Graphene Spray Coating.” After three days of driving in freezing rain and then just rain, most of the caked on salt is off the SS. Beading is back. Extended forecast is calling for temps in the upper 40’s to low 50’s next week. I CANT WAIT!!! I just noticed the wheels and exhaust pipes look clean. Dang, that coating is the shizz!

Looking forward to warmer weather. This is the SS after I got home from the office Friday night. We’ve had a blizzard and two additional snow events since January 12. Here’s a pic from the ride into the office in the blizzard. This is in town. Visibility in the country on the way in was greatly reduced compared to this view. I was all by my lonesome in the office that day. The following Sunday morning was -14*F (-26*C). If I wasn’t ushering 8 AM service I’d have stayed home. Attendance was half of the usual attendance. I’m not worried about our vehicles as they’ve both sporting Advanced Graphene Spray Coating topped with Ceramic Boost under all that salt. BTW: winter tires are fantastic! No matter what I drive next I will have winter tires for it.

Black? Why? I feel for you. My Black SS is my punishment, curse and joy. Moments later that same day it got covered in harvest dust from the local fields. 😢 it was clean for the picture, oh well. My next vehicle will be silver, white or light grey. Black? Never again! Congratulations on your new ride and “crippling anxiety.”

Congratulations Ray!

After Church the family came by our house for coffee, donuts and conversation. My older brother came by shortly after. I had promised him to get his daily transportation ready for winter some time this past summer. Fast forward to today and his 24/7/365 parked outside 2016 Toyota Corolla finally got some attention. It hadn’t been touched by me in almost two years. I foamed the car with Adam’s Strip Wash and let it dwell while we gabbed in the garage. I rinsed it and re-foamed, this time with Adam’s Car Shampoo. I washed the car, rinsed it and re-foamed. At this point he headed into the house and left me to my business. I used the Adam’s clay mitt and “ clayed” the paint. After this, I rinsed it, then dried it off. Since it is his commuter car I wiped the car down with Adam’s Surface Prep then coated the entire car with Adam’s Graphene Ceramic Spray Coating Advanced. Glass, paint and trim all got coated. Yes, no polishing was done after claying the paint. He wanted it protected and he was tickled pink with the results. When he got home he texted me “I really appreciate the mirror finish on my car!” That compliment was all the “pay” I needed for the work.

Welcome to the forum, James. Love, love, love that black Cherry! 😍 My daily driver at the office:

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Stuck at work on a Saturday when a lone shower passes through and rains on my pollen covered SS. IMG_2872.MOV Adam’s Graphene Detail Spray doing its beading thing quite well.

Now that winter has buggered off and spring has sprung I decided to turn my grey Chevy SS back to black. I used Adam’s Rinseless Wash in an iK sprayer for a foaming presoak then Rinseless washed with multiple MF towels in a bucket. Each panel was dried then given a spritz of Adam’s Graphene Detail Spray. All exterior glass also was treated to the Graphene Detail Spray. Tires and wheels cleaned with Adam’s Wheel and Tire cleaner, rinsed then dried. Again I used Adam’s Graphene Detail Spray for the wheels and Adam’s Graphene Tire Dressing on the Pilot Sports. Door jambs and WeatherTech mats were also cleaned with Adam’s Rinseless Wash. We really didn’t have much of a winter here. We had a snowstorm in December and that was pretty much it for the season so the door jambs and mats weren’t too soiled as they would have been if we’d had a typical winter. Tomorrow I’m ushering the early Easter Service, attending the 8 o’clock service then listening to my wife and youngest daughter sing with the choir at the 9:30 Service. After dinner with mom, my brother and my family I’ll clean the wife’s Beast. Busy weekend for me, so much for a restful weekend. 😀