SouthernSteve

Congratulations to @Adam ,his family, and staff!
 
Two of my favorite memories...
 
1.  My neighbor came back from Carlisle, PA with a bottle of VRT and said, “I thought you might like to try this.”
2.  When Dan, @lawson4450 , hosted an Adam’s event, way back when in N.J., and I was able to be a part of it.  The Junkman came to town and it was a great time!

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Congratulations to @Adam ,his family, and staff!
 
Two of my favorite memories...
 
1.  My neighbor came back from Carlisle, PA with a bottle of VRT and said, “I thought you might like to try this.”
2.  When Dan, @lawson4450 , hosted an Adam’s event, way back when in N.J., and I was able to be a part of it.  The Junkman came to town and it was a great time!

Placed order for 20th Anniversary Detail Spray and ceramic trim wipes for me & Almond Interior Detail Spray for Mrs. Captain Slow.
 
Congratulations to Adam & the entire Adam’s family on a quick twenty years. May you have many many more.

I have so many great memories with Adam's Polishes it would take forever to list them all here, but here's a few that stand out in my mind right now:
 
- Being introduced to the brand back in 2007 with my very first use of Leather Conditioner on my GTO seats. I was simply amazed, and then quickly started buying up everything I could at Grabiak Chevrolet!
- Helping out at Detail Clinics and Shows with Adam, Dave @BRZN, Chris @Chris@Adams, Rich @Rich, Brother Greg, and so many others (I'm sorry if I'm leaving you out!) 
- After a few years of helping, to then have Adam offer to fly me out to Colorado for a weekend for a job interview - my job interview consisted of working the GoodGuys Loveland Show with him, getting to drive a brand-new beautiful blue C7 Stingray to the show for us to detail (with Adam joking that I lost the job since the Vette may or may not have had better launch control than his SRT8 Jeep!), and staying at his house with his family for the weekend to talk about life, detailing, and anything else we could think of..that's just how true of a person he is, and I am extremely proud to be a part of his vision.
- Flying out to Scottsdale to attend my first ever Barrett-Jackson Event and filming the Volume 10 Video Series at a beautiful house that we rented for the week - it was the perfect backdrop and I can't even count how many customers asked throughout the years if it was Adam's house - it was not! I will never forget Adam telling @Calvin A and I that we had 60 minutes to polish out the remainder of the black CTS-V so that we could do some drone shots with it...every 2-3 minutes he would walk by and smile and say "Are you done yet!?!"
- Many nights at the cabin in Carlisle with Adam, Dave, Holly, Nicole, Bob, Kyle N, Travis, Paul, and others sitting at the river after a long days work and enjoying some campfire and good stories.
- Many long days and nights working with @Joe@Adams on dozens and dozens of projects throughout the years, barely meeting deadlines but still having fun in the process!
- Surviving Black Friday and Cyber Monday phone calls each year - losing my voice twice on Cyber Monday from taking so many calls!
- A big downpour at Scottsdale Barrett-Jackson where Sydney assembled the entire Adam's A Team of 15+ people and dried a car every 60 seconds or so from 11PM - 1AM as they drove off of the auction block and back into their tent location! I think we used at least 50 Great White Drying Towels, wringing them out too (Ultra Plush didn't exist yet!)
- More recently, getting to meet so many amazing students and hear their stories at our new Shine Academy Classes since November of last year.
- Successfully completing my biggest and most difficult task with the company thus far this January - being responsible for scheduling all of the over 435 vehicles that we detailed in some manner at the Barrett-Jackson auction...from talking to the owners, taking payments, and figuring out where to fit them in on the schedule. It was one of the most stressful but most rewarding things I've ever done with the company, and I can't wait to do it again next year!

Congrats to the whole Adams team! You guys do some great work.  
 Quick story..few years ago i was looking for new car care products.   I had not heard of Adams and specifically decided against Adams because i didnt like the old style car on its label...fast forward a year or so later and now its the bottles (and product inside) that keeps me coming back!  Love the bottle designs!
 The market team and design team are unreal! You guys get me every time! I have a large wall full of the Limited bottles.  I have only missed one in the past 2+ years (CO bottle). 
 Keep up the hard work! Congrats!

The time has finally come - our 20th Anniversary!!! Everyone at Adam's Polishes cannot begin to say how thankful we are to all of you for supporting us now for 20 YEARS in this detailing industry.
 
I would encourage everyone to use this thread to share at least one fun Adam's Polishes memory you have from throughout the years. I am very honored to work for this company, and to see what it has grown to be in just the last 4 1/2 years or so since I started in 2015. Please enjoy this special look at the history of this company and the amazing man behind it all:
 
 
We have a limited edition 20th Anniversary Detail Spray bottle (limit 4 per customer), and 8 new hat designs to celebrate 20 years. You can check them out below. Use code 20TH for 20% off storewide* until Wednesday at Midnight.
*Some restrictions apply
 
CLICK HERE TO SHOP NOW
 

 


 
Thank you to Adam, our amazing customers, and the rest of our awesome team for providing shine therapy to all of us enthusiasts out there!
-Dan@Adams

Spent the last couple of days detailing a 2013 Infiniti.  Topped with Adams Ceramic Spray coating after washing, chemical and mechanical decon, 2 Step correction, wipe down, etc...  I really love the Adams 2 part Metal polishes...😎
 

Time sure flies! Tried my hand at another cake for a friends birthday...it is a Sandworm from a Nightmare Before Christmas!  Even the big open mouth is cake covered in modeling chocolate...the "sand" is crushed up biscoff cookies! The bottom is three layers of vanilla butter cake & homemade swiss meringue vanilla buttercream.

I had been using a tire dressing, from England, that has Si02 in it.  It has been my favorite for longevity and looks even after a cleaning.  Just a pain to get.
 
I’m stoked that Adams has added some to VRT!  Can’t wait to try it.

Ok, I found this one...this is a fresh picture of the NEW VRT

The tire shine is about an 8 on a gloss scale,  it gives my  Bridgestones a nice very even glow.  Here is a picture of a tire that had tire shine on it, and what it looks like after i cleaned it.  The bottom 2 are VRT on my 2001 Silverado.  Sorry I dont have a pic on hand of fresh tire shine

The updated TS is excellent, I really like it and it does indeed hold up very well!  It looks very similar to the older version but will hold up better in rain driving and even against the pressure washer and fender brush.  In fact even after scrubbing with the above and T&R cleaner, my tires still have a deep dark black matte look to them.  Of course every tire will be different.  The updated VRT is very similar and has blown me away with its water beading and longevity!  I think you will be very happy with both of these within your business.  Best of luck! 👍

Today while my wife’s Beast was hogging up the garage getting its mid winter spa treatment I snapped a pic or two of the clean SS.
 
Her Durango was first foamed with Adam’s Wash & Wax because why not? Tires and wheels cleaned with an OTC tire & wheel cleaner. Wheels each got a spritz of Ceramic Boost and tires got Gyeon Tire. Finish got cleaned with several MF wash pads in a bucket of warm water. After drying I gave each panel a spritz of Ceramic Boost but by the insane beading it was unnecessary. Thinking I may get her the Adam’s two part glass coating wipes  as she sees a lot more driving than I do.

Cleaned about a month’s worth of road chemicals, grime and grit off of the SS. I used Adam’s Wash & Wax for foaming and washing. Wheels came clean with just the foam from the iK sprayer, a boars hair brush and a wheel brush on the barrels.  Coat your wheels folks, it makes them SO easy to clean. I hit them up with a spritz of Ceramic Boost after I dried them.  I used several MF wash pads in a bucket of warm water then rinsed. I used no drying aid but did treat the finish to one spray per panel of Ceramic Boost, two for the hood and roof. No sun today so just inside pics. 

 
 
 
She’s staying put (and clean) until Monday morning.

Spent the last couple of days detailing a 2013 Infiniti.  Topped with Adams Ceramic Spray coating after washing, chemical and mechanical decon, 2 Step correction, wipe down, etc...  I really love the Adams 2 part Metal polishes...😎
 

I'm sticking with my original Spray Coating till it's gone, skipping the UV, and have the CS3 ordered.  

Spent the last couple of days detailing a 2013 Infiniti.  Topped with Adams Ceramic Spray coating after washing, chemical and mechanical decon, 2 Step correction, wipe down, etc...  I really love the Adams 2 part Metal polishes...😎
 

Looks great!
 
I'll be honest, waxes work great on dark and bright colors. But I haven't found a better combo on white than Paint Sealant and H2O Guard and Gloss (HGG, about once a month/every 3-4 washes). I don't know what it is, it simply looks better and makes the paint pop more, and it'll last longer than the Americana. I've also used Ceramic Paste Wax, Ceramic Waterless, Ceramic Boost, and Ceramic Spray Coating, and still think PS and HGG takes the cake for appearance. When you get a chance, try it. I think you'll love it.

Thanks!  Finally knocked it out.  Americana does pretty well, just difficult to see Applied on this paint. 

Rinsed a weeks worth of salt off the SS.  Then I foamed it with Griots Garage Surface Prep Wash, rinsed it again. I then washed it using many MF wash mitts in a bucket of warm water and Adam’s Wash n Wax. Dried it using Adam’s Spray Wax as a drying aid. Adam’s Tire Shine on the winters then out in the sun for a quick pic.

With some nice mild temps and no rain for a few days, it was time to rid myself of the various dirt and aerosolized tar (paving a road .5 miles from me).
 

 

 
I ended up using the W&W soap today on the rest of the car, but for the wheels, it was still a multi-step process of using: T&R Cleaner, Eco APC and WC. 

Spent the last couple of days detailing a 2013 Infiniti.  Topped with Adams Ceramic Spray coating after washing, chemical and mechanical decon, 2 Step correction, wipe down, etc...  I really love the Adams 2 part Metal polishes...😎
 

Spent the last couple of days detailing a 2013 Infiniti.  Topped with Adams Ceramic Spray coating after washing, chemical and mechanical decon, 2 Step correction, wipe down, etc...  I really love the Adams 2 part Metal polishes...😎
 

If you guys recall the really red Mustang a few posts back, we picked up these late model PP1 wheels to go on his car.  They look amazing.  Got them cleaned and polished.  Too cold to ceramic coat them yet.  Will re-do in the spring.  But they still cleaned up amazing!