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Adam's has great tools for getting the job done like blowers, vacuums, polishers, the foam cannon gun, seats, sprayers, carts but I feel there is one very important multi-use tool missing from the arsenal. A portable steam cleaner would be the cherry on top. It serves many purposes and I consider it to be an essential for almost any detailer. I'm not sure if Adams has a R&D team but I believe it's definitely something to like in to. I believe there is a good market for it and with the amazing sales and marketing team you guys have it would be no problem getting these off the shelf. Just to give you an idea, Griots offers one from their site and while I've been dying to get my hands on one and I've yet to place an order. Why? because they don't have the same level of customer service as Adams and don't offer anything to loyal or frequent customer who shop them.

Sorry for such a late response and update on things with my first attempt at paint correction.  I was able to finally get started on this and give this a try, words can't even begin to describe how nervous I was to do this.  I've heard sooo many horror stories of burning through paint.  That alone has had me kinda finding excuses to put this off one more day lol.  Well this morning I woke up and put my big kid pants on and set out to try as well as learn this process.  My goal today was not to do a whole car, it was to focus on the hood, try different techniques, and learn the process in general.  I started this morning by doing a strip wash on the entire vehicle, followed that by visco claying the entire vehicle, and then just to be anal I strip washed the car again.  With the help of my sidekick blaster I got the car completely dry and got started.  I pulled up the video yet again on the paint correction process and watched it one more time to build some confidence lol.  I started small with just the correcting compound and the orange foam pad, it didn't really seem to do much.  I stepped up to the heavy correcting compound and blue foam, this didn't do much.  I was getting a little discouraged and then the light bulb went off, this car had a generic ceramic coating applied at the dealership. 
I moved to the microfiber cutting pad and the heavy correcting compound and worked slow constantly checking my work and progress to see what different sweep speeds did for me.  I used speed setting 5 on the 15mm swirl killer initially and bumped up to 6.  After getting into a groove with things I was starting to get it dialed in and things started progressing nicely.  Once I got done with the microfiber cutting pad I moved to the blue foam and gave it another quicker pass.  From there I moved to the orange foam and correcting compound and was REALLY starting to see some great results!!!  Once I was satisfied with how things looked after the orange pad and correcting compound I decided to go for the gusto and use the finishing polish.  The orange correcting compound and orange pad had the paint looking pretty damn good, especially considering how the paint looked before I started.  After the polishing compound and white foam pad, all I can say is HOLY CRAP!!!!  This hood looks amazing and I couldn't be happier with the results!!!  The paint looks sooo smooth and clear and a foot deep, almost like you could stick your hand into it. 
I want to thank everyone who provided tips and input for my first time at paint correcting, I'm VERY happy with the results even though it's just the hood at this point!!!  Here are some before and after pics to show off the results.  The only bad thing with the pics is they really don't give you a true sense of just how fugly the paint was prior.
Again, thank you all for your help, tips, and input!!!
Tony

Wow! That’s awesome. Wonder how much that would go for on eBay. ? Congrats on winning.

I honestly just wash it regularly. If I had to nail down one product that makes it shine, it would be the spray detailer. I have a bottle of the Mystery Spray Detailer that I use after every wash. I haven't used wax or any special ceramic coatings. My routine right now is: rinse, foam cannon with car shampoo, rinse, blow off excess water, detail spray during the drying process, glass cleaner, and waterless wash for any areas that need extra help. 

Welcome to the forum!

New member here. Kind of new to detailing cars. Have a new GMC Yukon Denali and want to keep it protected forever the right way. Really like what I see with Adams Polishes compared to other products. All the videos are super helpful. Really looking forward to detailing. 

Hello y’all not a pro detailer just a guy that finally broke down and bought his dream car.Pretty inpressed with adams products.Just did a clay job and ceramic wax on this baby.Got to say it came out pretty nice.Got to tip my hat to you guys that do this for a living.Its a butt kicking and a back breaker.But I enjoyed every minute of it.Thanks Adams nice products.Even had a bottle that leaked out during shipping.They made it right and shipped a new one right out

Took advantage of one of the last warmish days in VT and got the "company ride" done up.  Of course, I had to touch up the CTS as well.  Sunshine, Adams' and a couple of cars.....great way to get some "therapy".  haha!!  Have a great weekend, all.

Welcome to the forum

Welcome!!

Welcome man!

Welcome to the forum, hopefully your business continues to grow. 

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Welcome, glad your here!

What’s up everyone?!
 
New to the forum..
 
Bay Area Auto Detailing from Coos Bay OR.
 
Thanks for having me.

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