Dan@Adams

With graphene, durability and hydrophobic behavior are improved, and it handles water spotting better as well. Gloss and shine levels are awesome with both, but they are going to be difficult to discern with the naked eye.

Just for clarification, the old orange Correcting Polish is more aggressive than our current One Step Polish.

Ideal would be in the 65-75 F range for comfort and ease of application, but as Ray mentioned, it can be applied in higher temperature conditions. Humidity plays a factor in how the coating flashes and wipes away from the surface, so I use a window A/C unit to bring down the temperature and pull some of the humidity out of my garage, especially during these very hot summer months.

Edit: Clarification from our chemist. The Vivid Detail Spray is indeed a color and scent change. The website description was most likely a copy and paste mistake from a previous limited edition bottle like the 20th Anniversary Detail Spray, which was an updated formula. Our regular pink Detail Spray is still the same formula that we have had for the past 7+ years. Apologies for the confusion.

Shine and depth are going to be very comparable, but I can say it is incredibly glossy! The majority of the shine/depth/gloss is going to come from properly correcting and polishing the surface first, but the Graphene Ceramic Coating and our UV Paint Coating are both going to make the surface look even that much better! Here's a few shots of the Tundra I corrected and coated last weekend:

Update: We do have 4 Swirl Killer Micros in stock for the Ford Nationals show at Carlisle this weekend, @brihvac We cannot ship from the show though, so you would need to purchase it in person.

Bump! Setup begins tomorrow, this should be a great show. We hope some of you can make it out Friday, Saturday, or Sunday!

As far as I know, this would be the same updated test formula that was in the 20th Anniversary bottles and a few other limited releases this year.

We have more on order but I do not have an ETA at this time. Items unfortunately have longer lead times from overseas now. I will post an update when I know anything new. I believe we have some at Carlisle, and we'll be there for the Ford show this weekend if you would want to make the drive out. I will confirm with Dave to make sure we have a few.

I do exactly as Chris states here, two uses per applicator and then I throw it out. I'll use each side perpendicular to the stitched seam. Using two adjacent sides is too risky - after using a side, those two edges will become hard and crystallize, and can and will scratch if you try to use the adjacent side for the next application. I would recommend factoring the applicators into the cost of coating a vehicle and have several spares on hand. This weekend, I even found that the 4-5 hours (had multiple pauses during application) that I spent applying Graphene Ceramic Coating to my neighbor's new Tundra, the applicator began to harden during that time frame, so I did have to move to a new side about 3/4 of the way through coating the truck.

What's The Difference Between Graphene And Traditional Ceramic Coatings? Adam’s Graphene Ceramic Coatings What are they and Why are they different? Description: In the simplest terms, Adam’s Graphene Ceramic Coating™ and Adam’s Graphene Ceramic Spray Coating™ are best described as evolutions on “traditional” ceramic coating technologies – the term traditional, as of this writing, referring to currently marketed ceramic coating offerings comprised of primarily quartz (SiO2), metal-oxides like titanium-dioxide (TiO2), silicon-carbide (SiC) and many others. The R&D Process: When we began formulating our Graphene Ceramic Coatings, we were seeking to improve upon the physical characteristics of our own ceramic coating offerings by providing them with additional hydrophobicity, chemical durability, scratch and mar resistance, gloss, slickness, and ease of application. We were interested in consolidating feedback into advancements in our coating technologies that would yield an even better experience for our customers. What we determined was that the next frontier was likely to be utilizing technologies around graphene and incorporating this tech into our coatings and process. To get very technical for a moment, what we’ve developed is a ceramic coating that has been modified via a reduced graphene-oxide (RGO). Graphene, a monolayer of graphite, is able to be oxidatively processed into graphene-oxide (GO) which makes the material vastly easier to process and formulate around. We can then combine this technology with some of the more traditional ceramic coating technologies to further retrofit them with additional properties while utilizing the ceramic coating’s ability to bond this matrix to the surface. Figure 1. Example of a Graphene-Oxide Matrix. What we saw in quantitative and qualitative testing, in and out of the lab, was dramatically improved hydrophobic character, increased gloss, higher tensile strength yielding more scratch and mar resistance, and further improved resistivity to water spot etching and detergent washes – often taking in the hundreds of traditional car washes or even thousands of scrubs on our Elcometer Abrasion-Washability tester – See Figure 2. Figure 2. Adam’s Graphene Ceramic Coating after 5000 back-and-forth scrubs with a sponge exerting 500g of pressure and a 5% Dawn Ultra Dish Soap solution. Hydrophobicity and its Relation to the Self-Cleaning Effect: The improved hydrophobic character can best be described as a dynamic hydrophobicity. That is to say the contact angle was improved, but only marginally, but the sliding angle of the coating was dramatically lowered – that is the degree of tilt was found to be much less to get movement of water. This has huge ramifications on the effectiveness of the Lotus-Leaf Type “self-cleaning effect” offered by the coating, a primary attribute. The water will be observed to get off the surface much more dramatically than what’s seen on our current coating offerings. Figure 3. Adam’s Graphene Ceramic Coating contact angle with Deionized Water. Compare & Contrast: The application of Adam’s Graphene Ceramic Coating™ and Adam’s Graphene Ceramic Spray Coating™ are similar to what you’d expect from our current ceramic coating offerings, with a few key differences. An individual would find that the graphene offerings tend to cure more rapidly, so it some ways it may be found to be less user friendly – particularly in hot and humid climates which will accelerate the cure as well. However, the graphene offerings will also be found to be more highly slick and produce a higher level of gloss as the coating film is thicker due to a higher overall activity level compared to the quartz coatings – some of our highest actives coatings yet! Despite the higher activity, individuals will be surprised to note that the graphene coatings don’t have as harsh of an odor as the quartz coatings too. One special characteristic we found in development of the graphene coatings were that they have a strong affinity for practically any external automotive surface. We’ve presented the Adam’s Graphene Ceramic Coating™ and Adam’s Graphene Ceramic Spray Coating™ as multi-surface coatings because they truly were appropriate for all manner of substrates be it paint, wheels, plastic trim, chrome, glass, rubber or metal. This provides additional ease of use to the end user because they are able to coat more surfaces utilizing a single bottle. Maintenance: Maintenance for the two types of coating technologies is very similar and the use of SiO2 based protection is still perfectly valid and acceptable as the Adam’s Graphene Ceramic Coating™ and Adam’s Graphene Ceramic Spray Coating™ still contain SiO2 based ingredients and will interact well to bolster and maintain the finish produced by the coatings. Adam’s UV Ceramic Glow Technology™: Thankfully, we were also able to formulate the coatings such that all Adam’s Polishes’ offerings of ceramic coatings have our patent-pending UV Ceramic Glow Technology™ which aids in the application of the coatings and allows visualization of the film post cure to ensure high spots are leveled properly and all surface area is properly coated. Figure 4. Demonstrations of UV Ceramic Glow Technology™. Summary: Again, it’s best to view Adam’s Graphene Ceramic Coating™ and Adam’s Graphene Ceramic Spray Coating™ as a necessary evolutionary step to ceramic coating technologies and not as simply a “carbon coating”. This is a reduced graphene-oxide system and it’s intended to retrofit traditional quartz-based ceramic coatings with additional functionality and improved physical characteristics.

Adam's Graphene Ceramic Coating | Durable Long-Lasting Multi-Surface Protection Published 7/27/2020 With the inclusion of Graphene, Adam’s UV Ceramic Coating has evolved! Compared to the original Ceramic Coating, the Graphene variant has improved characteristics. This is our longest lasting coating yet, lasting 7+ years in lab tested wash cycles. Graphene allows for the coating to be less prone to water spotting, in part due to a lower sliding angle for water droplets, with water evacuating at angles less than 10-15°. It also provides a higher contact angle for water droplets, averaging 110-118° - what this means is that the greater the contact angle, the more the water will form into droplets in a tighter circle, which makes the droplets have less chance of being taken up quickly and drying onto the surface, and greater chance of them rolling off of the surface. Adam's Graphene Ceramic Coating has a hardness greater than 9H, so this means it has a higher resistance to scratching during the wash process and also better resistance to staining from bug guts, tree sap, and bird droppings. It provides excellent depth and clarity to all surfaces - including paint, glass, headlights, chrome, plastic trim, wheels, vinyl graphics, and bed liners. Just like our previous coatings, the Graphene Ceramic Coating gives incredible depth, color, and clarity to paint, and utilized our Patent Pending, UV Tracing Technology™. FAQ's 1. “Can I layer this product to make it last longer?” Yes, of course, but that doesn’t mean layering this product 10 times will make it 10x longer - any application after 2 rounds will render the product redundant and still provide the same hydrophobic effects. 2. “What is Ceramic Glow Technology?” Ceramic Glow Technology™ is Adam’s Polishes Patent-Pending chemistry. It’s a crystalline form of an optical brightener that absorbs energy and emits light as it relaxes back down to a lower energy state. 3. “What’s the difference between fluorescence and phosphorescence?” Length of time that the light is emitted. Said another way, the amount of time it takes for the electrons to relax and quit releasing energy in the form of photons or light. 4. “Does the UV Coating act as a durability indicator?” No, it doesn’t. It’s currently offered as an application aid and utility for visualizing the coating. Lack of glow does not indicate lack of coating. 5. “Why does the product glow more intensely on some substrates than others?” Differences in porosity and the ability of the coating to penetrate and bond to different surfaces will cause different levels of film thickness. The thicker the film, the more intense the glow typically. 6. “Will my car glow blue in the sunlight?” No, because this coating is completely invisible and clear under standard light, the coating will only glow a bluish hue under the 395 NM UV light. 7. “Will this coating glow after being “charged” with the UV light?” No, since this coating is fluorescent and not phosphorescent, it will excite and glow only when the light is shone. Contrarily, “glow in the dark” items have a yellow/greenish hue from phosphorescent dyes-- these slowly become excited under any light and will diminish over the course of a few minutes. 8. “What can I use this on? Can I just use this on the whole car?” Adam’s Graphene Ceramic Coating™ provides protection to an extreme range of areas on your vehicle including Painted surfaces, Trim, Bed Rail Covers, Plastic Engine Bay Components, Headlights, Bed liners, - all are safe to be protected. 9. “What happens if I forget a spot or end up with a high-spot?” If you forget a spot and you catch it in time (10-20 minutes after removal) simply reapply to that area and wipe off after 1-2 minutes. Reactivating the product will allow for easier removal. If left on for longer, we recommend Brilliant Glaze and a microfiber applicator, or machine polishing with Polish to fully remove the imperfection. How To Video: Instructions for Paint & Glass: Prepare your painted surface or glass by using the supplied 4oz bottle of Adam’s Surface Prep and Surface Prep towel to clean and degrease the surface of any existing protection or residual films. For optimal results, users must Wash, Clay/Decontaminate, and Polish their paint prior to application. Open the coating bottle and begin by dispensing numerous drops of the liquid onto the supplied Micro Silk applicator to sufficiently wet it. Work the product into the surface, ensuring full coverage over the desired area, using cross hatching motions and overlapping your previous pass by 25-50%. During your time between passes, utilize Adam’s UV Flashlight for inspections. Take note of between the body lines, bumper areas, mirror caps, and commonly missed areas on your vehicle. To ensure a thorough application, the light should shine and reveal an even and consistent bluish hue of light. If you notice streaking in the surfaces, level out with additional product and the used Micro Silk applicator. Once the recently applied product begins to characteristically flash and sweat into beads, begin wiping the coating off, applying minimal pressure to the towel in the process. Wipe down in a similar cross hatch pattern as applied, switching/flipping the towel periodically to use a new face to fully level the coating. Once fully leveled, allow the coating to fully cure for 24 hours, free from water, elements, or weathering. Instructions for Plastic Trim & Headlights: Prepare your plastic trim or headlights by using the supplied 4oz bottle of Adam’s Surface Prep and Edgeless Utility Towel to clean and degrease the surface of any existing protection or residual films. For heavily contaminated plastic trim or headlights, we recommend a deep cleanse with Tire & Rubber Cleaner and an Edgeless Utility Towel. Open the coating bottle and begin by dispensing numerous drops of the liquid onto the supplied Micro Silk applicator to sufficiently wet it. Work the product into the surface, ensuring full coverage over the desired area, using cross hatching motions and overlapping your previous pass by 25-50%. Since the product is being applied to a porous surface, you will not see a rainbow/ flashing effect - the immediate color change of the plastic or trim will reveal where the product has been applied. However, you are also able to utilize the Adam’s UV Flashlight for inspections where desired. Once the recently applied product has penetrated, begin leveling the coating, applying minimal pressure to the towel in the process. Wipe down in a similar cross hatch pattern as applied, switching/flipping the towel periodically to use a new face to fully level the coating. Once fully leveled, allow the coating to fully cure for 24 hours, free from water, elements, or weathering. Instructions for Wheels: Prepare your wheels by using the supplied 4oz bottle of Adam’s Surface Prep and Edgeless Utility Towel to clean and degrease the surface of any existing protection or residual films. For heavily contaminated wheels, we recommend a thorough cleaning with Adam’s Wheel Cleaner, or Eco Wheel Cleaner. In addition, claying with a Fine Grade Clay Bar and Detail Spray may also be necessary to initially remove stubborn contamination from the barrels and/or wheel faces. Open the coating bottle and begin by dispensing numerous drops of the liquid onto the supplied Micro Silk applicator to sufficiently wet it. Work the product into the surface, ensuring full coverage over the desired area, using cross hatching motions and overlapping your previous pass by 25-50%. During your time between passes, utilize Adam’s UV Flashlight for inspections. Take note of behind the spokes, in between the crevices of the wheel design, around the valve stem and center cap areas. To ensure a thorough application, the light should shine and reveal an even and consistent bluish hue of light. If you notice streaking in the surfaces, level out with additional product and the used Micro Silk applicator. Once the recently applied product begins to characteristically flash and sweat into beads, begin wiping the coating off, applying minimal pressure to the towel in the process. Wipe down in a similar cross hatch pattern as applied, switching/flipping the towel periodically to use a new face to fully level the coating. Once fully leveled, allow the coating to fully cure for 24 hours, free from water, elements, or weathering. Common Sense Warning: Adam’s Graphene Ceramic Coating™ is a semi-permanent ceramic coating. If installed incorrectly, polishing may be needed. Avoid contact with eyes, nose, and ingestion – always keep away from children! If contact does occur, rinse thoroughly with water and monitor for irritation. If irritation persists, contact a physician. Below is an excellent write-up from our chemist explaining the differences of the new Graphene Ceramic Coating compared to traditional ceramic coatings:

It is polymer-based like Detail Spray, so it doesn't have any actual carnauba or other wax in it. Any type of protection product can eventually build up with too many layers though if you use it often enough. I've had the prototype on my trunk lid for about a month and it's holding up well. It does have up to about 30 days of protection, but it can be used after every wash or every other wash to maintain other protection on the vehicle, as a fast way to get some added protection and self-cleaning properties on the surface 👍

You can think of Slick & Slide as an enhanced Detail Spray with the hydrophobic behavior of H2O Guard; however I don't feel it will be as durable as an application of H2O Guard, since I can typically get 2-3 months of protection out of one application of H2O Guard. Slick & Slide is more like a hyper detail spray to add fast and easy shine and slickness to the paint, whereas H2O Guard & Gloss is a water-activate sealant that requires a little more effort to work into the surface. The product line is always growing and evolving, but that doesn't necessarily mean that someone has to use every product - we like to introduce innovative new products to give customers different options when detailing. For my personal vehicles, H2O Guard & Gloss was my go-to product for many years, but I now find myself using CS3 more often due to its easier application and incredible performance. As far as where Slick & Slide stacks up in our spray product line, I would say it goes something like this in terms of durability and longevity: Detail Spray - Spray Wax - Slick & Slide - Ceramic Waterless - CS3 - Ceramic Boost - H2O Guard & Gloss

Hi Jimmy, Chris nailed it there. Slick & Slide is very much like an enhanced Detail Spray. It's polymer-based, so it works great as a topper for many of our products - waxes, sealants, and ceramic coatings. As a test a few weeks back, I used it on the trunk of my daily driver, which is ceramic coated. I did a quick Waterless Wash of the area and felt a little rough in that area (I'm slowly but surely re-correcting the whole car - clay, compound, polish, protection). The trunk definitely needs to be clayed, but as a test I applied Slick & Slide on passenger side of the clean but slightly rough trunk panel. I was instantly amazed at how crazy the towel was gliding over the surface and then instantly had tension when I moved it over to the driver side of the trunk that was only cleaned with Waterless Wash. It performed exactly how Adam shows the towels moving on glass at the end of this quick product video: I'm very impressed with Slick & Slide. We've been testing this one for several months, and you may have even seen some bottles of it hidden in the background of Adam's barn in some of our recent videos and facebook live sessions

It was a great show for sure, we had a lot of fun! It took a lot to make this show happen in such short notice. A big thanks goes out to Cain, Charles, and the shipping team at HQ for getting things together and shipped out asap. At this show we had Billy, Erin, and Joey from L&M Detail out of Illinois, Jeff, Cole, and Gavin from Speed n Shine out of Indiana, Sydney, our Event Manager, and myself. Thank you everyone for the help, and thank you to all of our amazing customers for stopping by. It was a great event and I'm fairly certain it will be added to our show schedule next year too - no promises yet though!

Hey everyone! We just launched a new small limited collection called the Vivid Collection - the colors and designs are bright and well, vivid This time we have a limited Detail Spray, shirts, stickers, and air fresheners. Supplies are limited. You can check them all out at the link below! SHOP THE NEW COLLECTION HERE!

Some of the product pages for limited Detail Sprays, stickers, shirts, mystery items, etc are over-written to keep the same URL, so unfortunately some of the product pages may not be available. As Chris mentioned, formulas are the same for limited releases; however scent and color will usually differ on the limited chemicals.

Yep, I noticed it was back earlier this week but I was on travel and forgot to post the update here!

Just make sure to check with the vinyl installer that they don't have any kind of off-gassing period or anything like that before applying any products to it 👍

Yep, it can be easy to damage vinyl wraps with machine polishing! @Bscott94 As far as heat from the engine afterward, heat will usually aid in the coating curing faster. This is why some shops use infrared curing lamps to speed up the curing process. Just make sure that you have completely removed all residue with no high spots before the customer leaves. Make sure to pull the vehicle out into the sunlight for a visual inspection, since you may not see some high spots with garage lighting! Definitely apply the coating with the surface cool to the touch though, preferably in room temperature range.

Moved this thread to the Interior Section, hope you don't mind. The Leather & Interior Dressing works great. I think you'll be very happy with that purchase! You can dull-down our Leather Conditioner too though if you work it into the surface and then use a microfiber towel to wipe away excess, leaving a nice dark, satin-like finish without too much shine. The Leather & Interior Dressing will give an even more matte finish though 👍

Yep, that's a very solid plan there! Just make sure to use quality microfiber towels if you want to avoid the chance of swirl marks as much as possible, especially on a black vehicle. I'm not sure what type of towels you have or if you ordered any of ours, but if your towels have any tags, demote them to interior, engine bay, exhaust tips, etc. I would keep any lower quality towels away from paint, and make sure to wash your towels often too. Wash Pads and Wash Mitts are very important to keep clean as well, so make sure to use Grit Guards in your buckets if you haven't already done that 👍 If you upkeep with H2O Guard and Buttery Wax, you most likely won't need the professional detail twice a year unless they are going to do something like iron decontamination or claying and polishing the surface (I wouldn't really recommend polishing twice a year either though, as that may eventually begin to wear through the clear coat in some areas polishing twice a year every year, especially if they don't know what they are doing or are using a rotary buffer instead of a random orbital polisher).

Here is the one that I think @Nickfire20 mentioned several months back too!

Unfortunately once it begins to thin out, there isn't a way to restore the thick cream consistency that I know. The only bottles I've ever had thin out are ones that have sat in the sun by mistake or in my hot garage if I didn't have the air conditioning running. If it thins out for me, I then turn that bottle into a diluted spray that I use for engine bays, 30% VRT and 70% water. The new formula released back in November seems to have an even thicker consistency, and those bottles have held up great so far.