Dan@Adams

Adam's Hawaii is similar to Adam's Polishes Canada in that we ship products out to them from Colorado in larger quantities to sell at their locations so that their customers don't have to pay even higher shipping costs buying direct from adamspolishes.com. If they have older products listed on the website, it's probably just because they still have them in stock

Boom! Excellent response Robert, thanks!

I will talk to Matt about this, I think he said our developers are working on this again, but I need to confirm.

Well I did just size-up of one of my Borderless Gray towels to one of the borderless orange microfiber towels, and the Borderless Gray is actually about a quarter-inch longer than the orange towel on one side, so there's another difference in addition to the color They are both the same 480GSM rating, same thickness, and have the same borderless design. You guys are correct, we brought in the orange towels as a limited run to go along with the Pumpkin Spice Detail Spray because we thought they would be a nice fun addition to the fall theme, and we wanted to pass along a little savings to our customers during the limited time promotion. I'm not sure when they are going away or if the price will increase to match the Borderless Gray Towels, so take advantage and stock up now if you like them! I know I do. It's also worth mentioning the note on the product page again. For the first few washes, you may want to wash colored towels like these separate from your white and other light colored towels to avoid risk of color bleed onto the lighter colored towels.

Thanks for the info! I've been meaning to pick one of these up for working on tall vehicles...hard to pass up that sale price.

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone! Right there with you JIm, I'm so very grateful for everything in my life and that I will get to see my whole family tomorrow...something that we don't do nearly enough of anymore!

You will want #0000 ultra fine steel wool. You can pick it up a pack at a local home improvement store for a few dollars. Any other grades of steel wool I cannot comment on or recommend, but I do know that #0000 will not scratch exterior glass. Dave (BRZN) gave me this tip about 2 years ago and it is safe, just do NOT bump it into any paint, plastic, or rubber surfaces, as it could scratch those! And as Darryl said, use Glass Cleaner as the lubricant for the Steel Wool.

Hi Joel, I think you may have messaged me about this on chat a day or two ago. I'm sorry I wasn't familiar with the Cyclo ProGuard backing plates then, but I started to research them after that conversation The Velcro diameter of our new Gen5 4" foam pad is right at 3.25", with the pad face being 4", and the ProGuard backing plates have a 3.75" overall diameter from everything I've read online, with the Velcro attaching surface being smaller than that overall diameter; so our pads should attach to them no problem since the new 5th generation pads did away with the plastic ring around the Velcro surface. The most recent Adam's 4" orange microfiber pads I have are actually a little bit larger than my older ones. They have a 4" Velcro diameter and about a 4.25" microfiber pad face diameter. Hope that helps, and let us know if you have any other questions!

Hi Carter, I just spoke with Kourtney and she is looking into this for you. She'll hopefully respond here after a bit! Thanks.

Excellent write-up Charlie, very informative and great job of breaking it up into logical steps and sections Between Charlie doing details at HQ and me doing them on the east coast, expect to start seeing a lot more thorough write-ups like this one on here, especially as we get closer to Spring!

Great job Daniel! I'm glad you liked the HGG, it's quickly becoming one of my favorite products that we offer

I own and use both the Cyclo and Flex, both were purchased through Adam's before I started working here. I respect Jason's opinion and consider him a good detailing friend from talking to him over the past year. I do not want to turn this into an argument or make it seem like I'm attacking him because that is not my intention at all - I simply want to state my honest opinion of how I feel about the Cyclo compared to his assessment I personally feel that both machines serve their purpose for different audiences and I do not feel that the Cyclo is a novelty. For a person new to polishing, I always start by recommending the Cyclo or the Rupes 15 over the Porter Cable, because they are both better machines than the PC to me. I realize not everyone has that budget price-wise, so then I will recommend the PC, as it's still a good machine, but it does fatigue me more than other options. Again, that is my personal opinion on the machines. I've done some excellent correcting with the Cyclo with the orange microfiber pads and orange foam pads, and at least for me, it will finish down better with the orange pads than the Flex will. On a lot of cars that I use the Flex on, I will almost always have to do a 2-step polish and go to the white foam pad with Paint Finishing Polish, because the Flex can sometimes leave slight hologram marks for me just like a rotary polisher can, due to the forced rotation and if I am applying too much pressure at one section of the orange pad. A perfect example of this is on the black 2002 Z06 I'm working on right now - I polished the hood with the Flex and immediately saw some odd holograms in the curves and bulges of the hood. The white foam pad took care of them no problem, but on the front fenders where I used the Cyclo, I only needed the orange foam pad with Paint Correcting Polish to get them back to 95% perfect. I will add some pictures in the post after this. With the Cyclo, the orange pads with Paint Correcting Polish finish down so nice, that I can sometimes do a 1-step polish and I don't always have to step down to the white foam pad with Paint Finishing Polish. I have pulled out 1500 grit wetsanding marks with the Cyclo on several spots on my 130,000+ mile 2002 Sonoma frankenstein truck with original paint. Yes, it would take longer than the Flex to do this, but the Cyclo to me is the most comfortable machine I've used. If I ran a detailing business for money, where time was more valuable, I would choose the Flex, but since I do most paint correction as a hobby or to improve my skillset or do a technical write-up, the Cyclo is the more enjoyable experience. The opposite oscillations of the dual pad setup makes it have near zero vibration, it maintains low pad temperatures due to the slightly slower oscillating speeds, and your assumption was correct Derek, in that the big red handle gives a nice stable grip to keep the pads flat against the surface while still letting the machine be easy to maneuver around complex curves in body panels. The only spot I may ever seem to have difficult maneuvering it would be immediately below a side mirror, but if the side mirrors fold in that isn't really an issue either. I love using it on plastic front and rear bumpers with tight areas, because it doesn't cause nearly as much vibration on those panels as a PC or Flex would, which means less stress on bumper clips and other delicate areas on a bumper. The 4" pads to me clean up easy and last quite a while. The Cyclo is also excellent at laying down a perfect, even, and thin layer of Brilliant Glaze, Liquid Paint Sealant, or Buttery Wax as well - I can apply any of those 3 products one-handed with the machine set to around 3 or 4 on the speed setting and still feel totally in control of the machine, which comes in handy if you are trying to stretch across a long hood or trunk. Certainly give it a shot before you discard it, and if it's not for you or you aren't impressed with it, we will work with you to get a return and find the right polisher for you

I have also put my pads in a plastic bag overnight and they're still somewhat usable the next day. You might need to give them an extra spray or two of Detail Spray to prime them though.

Thank you for the kind words gentlemen, we appreciate it! Our awesome customers like you are the reason we are in business, and we will never lose sight of that

Applying it 3 weekends in a row might be a bit much, as it should easily last through a handful of car washes, but wow that truck looks great.

Rich, that is an excellent suggestion and on my short-list of tasks to start on. I've already discussed it with Adam and Matt about 2 weeks ago, and I hope to start working on it before the end of the week

As with almost anything, there is always a chance to cause damage, but with random orbital polishers that chance is severely reduced. I'm not ashamed to admit that last month, I was working on a Hyundai Genesis for a friend and had my first little mistake with a car. She fully admits that she neglected the car, never waxed it once since the day she bought it several years ago, and always let it sit outside. There were very severe swirl marks and scratches all over the car. I was working on a very nasty spot on the front bumper, with some rock chips and a bad stain from a bird bomb that had etched into the clear. I was using the Rupes Mini and a 4" orange microfiber pad with Paint Correcting Polish and worked the polish just a bit too much...I struck through the clear coat in a spot less than a centimeter...the first time I have ever done that on any car So then that spot appeared as a more dull blue paint than the rest of the bumper. I apologized endlessly and she said it was no big deal because she was going to have the whole front bumper resprayed anyway to fix all of the other rock chips. Yes, the bird bomb most likely fatigued the clear coat there from it sitting so long and I probably could have done the same thing with an Orange Hex Grip Applicator and Paint Correcting Polish by hand, but the lesson of this story is that different cars are going to react differently depending on the type of clear coat, whether it is a factory paint job, how neglected or maintained the finish has been, and many other factors. So you always want to exercise caution and try the least aggressive paint correction method as possible, such as Paint Finishing Polish with a white foam pad like Jason said, and then step up to the more aggressive Paint Correcting Polish with an orange foam or orange microfiber pad if the white pad is not pulling out the scratches and swirls. After that small mishap, and now that I am going to have some opportunities to work on a few $700,000 - $2 million vehicles from a private collection near my town, I definitely plan on investing in a paint thickness gauge to improve my detailing skills even further.

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Yep, I thought so too! ^^^^^ If it's still out of budget for some, the Blaster Sidekick is a great little machine for smaller areas like around headlights, tails, wiper cowls, wheels, and engine bay, at a much more friendly price!

Oh man that stinks! I'm just seeing this now Mat, but give me a call in the next hour or so or any time tomorrow I will get either a replacement Yellow Hex Grip Applicator out to you, or a product of equal-ish or lesser value of your choice, sent out to you ASAP. Good lesson learned for me though, I've always used our blue/black microfiber applicators to apply Glass Sealant...at least now I know not to use any foam applicators for that!

Yeah, I like the borderless towels for polish removal, as well as for Rinseless washes.

Just make sure it is #0000 ultra fine steel wool as Dave said and you should be fine. You local home improvement stores should carry it, that is where I buy mine.

Jon Shirin out in California will be putting on a Detail Clinic and Toy Drive on December 19th, but I don't have all of the information on the event just yet

Hey Jeff! How 'bout a 30 foot hose with the 4hp model? http://adamspolishes.com/new-air-force-blaster-b3-cd-with-30-foot-hose.html

I needs this. The precious. Haha.