ledger64

hah i did the same for my mom too today

A bit late to the party but...
 
Carpet and Upholstery Cleaner works well on embroidery stitching.
I hold an Edgeless Utility Towel below the stitching and spray the embroidery to dampen the stitching and catch any run off. Let the chemical sit for the prescribed time shown on the bottles directions, then blot with the Edgeless Utility Towel. Don't rub with the towel and be very careful with any brushes, you can pull up the stitches.
When I need to clean leather seats that have embroidery on them I'll wipe carefully across the stitching with Leather & Interior Cleaner, trying as best I can to wipe lightly in the direction of the stitching.
Once the embroidery is clean, let it thoroughly dry then condition the leather with Adam's Leather Conditioner. I wipe the Leather Conditioner right across the embroidery, the embroidery will darken at first, but should lighten back up once the conditioner dries.
 
I own a 2006 Pontiac GTO, the leather in these cars is hard, it dries out and shrinks over time and will tear out the seat's stitching if not continuously conditioned to keep them as soft as possible, that included within the embroidery stitching. At shows, when looking over other's late model GTO's it's easy to see who's not conditioning over the leather within the embroidery on the upper seat backs. The leather has dried and puckered up within the lettering pulling badly at the stitches.

Even though they have a shelf life, I take it with a grain of salt. Unless I see that a product has a different smell, different look or different performance; I still use them as normal even if it's been 3-4 years. Let's face it, it's not like an expired detail spray bottle would put a hole through your paint.

The cream type products seem to be more inclined to go bad at some point than the spray type products.

Buttery Wax is like Rocky II, a classic that's never forgotten and still great for what it is.
 
H2o is like Rocky IV because the shine is just as satisfying as watching the Italian Stallion knock the crap out of that Commie Drago.

Detail spray was my favorite until the H2o Guard N Gloss came into the picture!  

15k... That must be nice. 

He gets over 15k a year from me it's time I get a few running bucks to feed my addiction of adams detailing

Yes Leather Conditioner is for coated leather which is 99.9% of all leather interiors on the market.
 
The .1% is the Ford King Ranch LOL

Man, I keep hearing about Adams this, Adams that... even back in 2006 when I bought my first of 3 GTO's it was adams this ... my goodness adams..  
 
Well, here I am, 10 years later joining the forum, because Adam's products are indeed some of the finest detailing products on the planet. 
 
Thanks for providing a quality product, and even better people who work here.  
 
--Scott

pads must sit and air dry naturally.  I don't recommend the dryer.  While the ziploc bag will preserve them while doing a multi day correction its best to have a few of each so that you don't have the long down time while they dry

Been awhile since I have posted.  Been super busy with the Family and work.  I did sell some vehicles and picked up this last month.  Been too cold/busy to do a full correction but i have managed to get a full 2bucket wash and liquid paint sealant coat on.  Followed up with some rinse less washes and H20 sessions.  Love the lapis blue... and the 3.6r
 
 

The $100 Husky light works great, you can also use 20% off one item (Harbor Freight) coupons to buy one

Only car shampoo for me. Until Adams offers detail spray in concentrate, it doesn't make financial sense compared to equal quality products out there.
 
Everything else would be obsolete/go bad before I could ever use a gallon of the product.

I have found Less is more.  Use products that do muliple tasks.  Its great out the gate buying all the latest and greatest stuff but a lot of stuff is overkill. 

Since 12/14 (9 months) I'm at $322, but I also do buy some products elsewhere that are non-Adams.  A pretty tame year for the most part, I really reined in my detail spending since I'm like Ed above, I replace whats empty or what I'm not using.

I've spent about $3,000 over the last 6 years since I've been using adams. Most came at first until I built up my arsenal. Expenses are much less now since all I do is replace what I've used up and purchase a new item every now and then. I'm fortunate that I live near Carlisle PA so I get most of my products at the events there. It really saves a lot on shipping.

Not trying to argue with you here, but to bring up a different perspective. How do you know MFR is the best thing to take care of them? I've tried everything from Tide & All Free to all the specalized MF detergents you can only buy online.  If I washed 5 of the exact same towels in the 5 best detergents I've used. I couldn't tell them apart if you paid me a million bucks. Well, outside of just 5 lucky guesses lol. I use All Free & Clear with Oxiclean right now, and my towels come out looking as good as anything I've used. And I can do 91 loads for around $17 bucks.  Will my towels hold up? That I don't know, but I know the year I used a dedicated MF detergent on my older batch of towels, I'm not seeing a difference, yet any ways.
 
I will say this, even the best products I've used in terms of my towels coming out looking the cleanest. They never feel like when I bought them after about 4 washes. They become less soft and just feel, I dunno used.  I guess this is just how it is. So for me, I go with the cheapest product that gives me visibly good results. Now this isn't a diss to Adam's product, it's just too pricey for me considering I'm not even sure using it will give me better results over my store bought detergent. And as already mentioned by others, the Adam's staff themselves tell you this isn't reaslly a product you use every wash as your detergent. Not that you can't, but I don't think that's what it excels at. I think it suppose to excel as a pre-wash treatment, if I under the product correctly. 

Glad I helped test some products for Dylan and glad I met the whole team (Adam, Dylan, Ashley, Matt) when they were at Phil @ DD's shop back in May.  Was a great time and they are all SUPER nice in person.
 
Wishing Dylan nothing but success and glad to see everyone on good terms.  Adam you are one hell of a super nice CEO, not once but twice have you had nothing but well wishes for him, not many employers can echo those sentiments with their former employees!

unless your dealing with black you can treat the PCP as a one step product providing you use a foam pad.  if you us a mf pad you will need to most times than not go over it with the foam again.  
 
Paint finishing product is typically need for black vehicles and difficult clears. 
 
id wash, clay, and do the one step with PCP and an orange foam pad, then sealant on just the hood.  Have him drive around for a week looking at the hood.  he will be back to do the rest of the vehicle the next weekend.

agreed you can also put the bag in the fridge as well to keep them fresh too.  i keep my patriot dedicated hex grip in the fridge too on the same shelf with my patriot wax.
 
the best thing you can do is buy yourself a couple extra orange and white pads that way in the future you don't have to worry.

Well it looks looks like I did it again the wifey is 16 weeks pregnant with our 3rd boy. We weren't intending on it but it happened anyway.

I'm happy with my standard fluorescents with 6500k bulbs. Fixtures were $20-40 each and the bulbs were ~$3-4 each. The light is great. Though, I've never directly compared them to LEDs.
Here are some pics of what I just did. On the ceiling I've got (2) 4-bulb units in the front half of the garage, (2) 2-bulb units in the back half. Then, (2) 2-bulb units on the walls in the back half.
Very pleased so far. I'll get some pics of the lights on the ceiling this weekend for you.
 
By the way... NICE GARAGE!!! color me green! ; )
 

General work area lighting:
 
cheap route buy plug-in 4ft 2bulb T8 fixtures at lowes ~20 a piece.  put them about 4 to 6 feet apart over each bay in your garage.
 
expensive route 4ft LED fixtures the same distance apart. check grainger
 
 
For spot lighting check the DIY LED light thread that is kicking around on here
 
or
costco has led spot lights snapon ones for like 30 or 35

if your going to blow out your crack and crevices and emblems you can do it after and just go over that spot again with the hgg app towel and removal towel

General work area lighting:
 
cheap route buy plug-in 4ft 2bulb T8 fixtures at lowes ~20 a piece.  put them about 4 to 6 feet apart over each bay in your garage.
 
expensive route 4ft LED fixtures the same distance apart. check grainger
 
 
For spot lighting check the DIY LED light thread that is kicking around on here
 
or
costco has led spot lights snapon ones for like 30 or 35