Smith
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-Leather
-Piña Colada
-Cherry/black cherry
-Something similar to the black ice scent that the little trees come in. I see a ton of people with that scent in their rides around here.
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Nice job. I like the last picture you took.
Thanks! Scenery is terrible at the house I rent so I tried to go get a good finished picture. Lol.
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Looks great, those plastics sure needed some SVRT loving.
Thanks! They were thirsty for sure! Took more than one application because they were soaking it in for sure.
Nice job!
Appreciate it man!!!
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Vehicle:
Chevrolet Suburban
Products used:
Leather and Interior Conditioner
Pictures/Process:
(Disclaimer: Camera died after just a couple pictures so many were taken with my iphone. Also forgot to snap a few :/ ) Also, had pictures uploaded to photobucket but didn't realize I couldn't post them all that way. Pictures were larger and weren't sideways until uploaded so I apologize for the inconvenience until this can be fixed. This is also how I personally do things. If there is a better way/you have found a way you like more then please feel free to discuss :shake:
Before shots:
Aunt is going out of town and taking my cousin and her friends to a softball tournament and wanted the Suburban clean for the trip. She wanted just a “good wash and clean the inside some”. The Suburban looked like it had absolutely zero wax on it and the plastics I’m sure had never seen any dressing as they soaked up SVRT like a champ. Due to time constraints and her just wanting what she did I think it turned out great. She was happy and that’s all that mattered.
In all her dirty glory….
I know not everyone has one but I personally use a foam cannon hooked to a power washer when washing. It is not necessary but I really enjoy using it. I put a few ounces of Adams Car Wash Shampoo into my foam cannon and then fill the rest of the way up with water. I also add a quick “squirt” (sorry for not being more precise) to my Two buckets with grit guard before filling it up with water.
Next before getting the wheels wet I sprayed Deep Wheel Cleaner onto the wheels, let set a second and agitated them with a wheel brush before then rinsing.
Once done with the wheels I moved onto spraying the Suburban down with the foam cannon to soak for a couple of minutes. Once soaked I used the Two buckets with grit guard and Two professional wash pads to wash the entire Suburban. I kept one wash pad to use on the top half of the Suburban and one to use on the bottom half as to not contaminate or spread any of the debris from the bottom to the top.
Next, I moved onto scrubbing the wheels and wheel wells. For this I used my Adams Fender Brush, APC, and wheel brush. I sprayed a liberal amount of APC onto the tires as well as in the fender/fender liners and the proceeded to agitate the wheels with the wheel brush and fenders with the fender brush.
Once I had the exterior washed. I then rinsed the entire Suburban off using the pooling method to make drying easier and then sprayed Detail Spray on to several panels, windows, etc. of the Suburban before drying it off with a Great White Drying Towel. Once dry I then began to dress the plastics beginning with the fenders and Undercarriage Spray. I gave each fender a few sprays with the undercarriage spray and then buffed down/spread evenly using an old microfiber rag (Warning: don’t use a new rag for this).
After dressing the fenders I moved on to the tires, steps, and all other exterior plastics and dressed them using SVRT and a Block dressing applicator. I applied the SVRT as needed to the applicator. This will vary by application depending on how “wet” you would like your SVRT to look and how “thirsty” your plastics are.
Next a quick coat of Quick Sealant was applied due to time constraints and not being able to apply Americana. Quick Sealant was applied per directions and a panel at a time being spread with microfiber and wiped clean with another clean microfiber.
Next was interior. I apologize for the lack of pictures but will explain steps.
Entire interior was cleaned using a shop vac. Next one window had duct tape residue so APC was sprayed onto window (since tint was not present, do not due this if tint is present) then residue was scraped off using a razor blade. After that all interior plastics were scrubbed clean using Leather and Interior Cleaner. Once clean the same plastics were then treated with Leather and Interior Conditioner applied by a Interior dressing Applicators. Interior windows were cleaned using off the shelf “X” brand window cleaner and a waffle weave towel due to not having any adams cleaner.
Wash bucket once done…
Here is the finished product. Wish I could have done more but think it turned out well for a “quick wash and clean the inside some”. Hope you enjoyed!
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Time for some colormatching Geoff!
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Beautiful car! Would love to own one!
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Will be watching this. Been wanting one just to pull an ice chest or something around with at shows as kids arent in the near future lol
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Do want a 6.2 single cab!
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I will be using the old stuff for quite a while! (Unless you're gonna start taking trade ins!)
I said the same thing but just bought the 2 step polishes this week lol....still have 3/4th's of a bottle of each of the 3 step system.
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Enjoyed looking at the pictures man. Great work!
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Interesting project for sure man. Keep it up! Sounds like the PO was a great at maintaining a ride lol......never owned an s-10 but had friends with them and plenty of good times in one. One actually still has his older model s-10 from high school and is building a 6.0 to put in it.
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Read some reviews on another detailing forum and really liked the results shown as well as the reviews from people who use many other polishes on a regular bases. Great things were said and although there are many things to choose from on the market this definitely seems like exactly what I am looking for in a polish. Plus there's always a 110% back guarantee right? haha. On a serious note I will be watching the daily specials and placing an order soon. Thanks guys.
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Its so hard to say which pad will be better until you take it to the paint and test it, if you want to hedge your bets you will want both. Being that your truck is silver birch I think you could get away with the MF regardless. Its on black and darker colors that the MF not finishing down as well really presents, with kind of a milky look.
On silver and similar colors you'd be hard pressed to tell the difference IMO.
Thanks for the input Dylan :shake: I had read that about it not finishing down as well on some other posts but didn't know the extent of it and how noticeable it really was. Thanks for clearing that up.
^^^Agreed^^^
I ended up using the white foam pad and my flex to finish my (black) car, because I didn't get the jeweled look I wanted with the MF. This is something I had a heck of a time doing with FMP and the Flex, but FP finishes down AMAZINGLY!
The orange MF and correcting polish is HEAVY DUTY! I personally suggest it ONLY for really battered paint.
Thanks for the input as well Chewy, it's greatly appreciated. I'll be working with my PC as I've had it since I bought my first order in 2010, wish I had a flex though lol....glad to know the FP finishes down well.
I've wanted to try a polish with more cut since I got the SSHR and it didn't remove some stuff as well as I would have liked. I also would like to go back to just a two step system for when I eventually take the time to polish my girlfriends car and since I already have a little bit longer time polishing while using the PC.
I wouldn't call my truck paint "battered" as it's had a previous full correction and a touch up but I can be honest and say with it being my daily I've given it a few less than "proper" one bucket quick washes that have caused me to aquire some swirls as well as marks from bushes and other things in driveways and cow pastures, etc.
Smith after using the new polishes and pads, i would suggest getting the orange microfiber, and white foam, or orange micro and both foam!
Appreciate the suggestion man! I guess I'll have to put together an order and see what's in the cards for me to purchase money wise lol.....might do what you said and get the orange micro to experiment with on my paints and get both foam as you said since I know I can go to them for results.
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Thread anwsered a few of my questions. I still have a lot of SSHR, SHR, and FMP but never got the results I was looking for on a few panels, although it did do a great job a eliminating a good deal of imperfections on my silver birch. Reading up and trying to set up a date in a few weeks to do a complete detail and debating on picking up the new polishes and if I should get the foam pads as I need a new set since the one's I have are pretty used, if I should pick up the mircofiber pads, or both just in case? Anyone used one or the other on a GM truck? Just trying to cross my T's and dot my i's ahead of time and get everything I need.
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Didn't know any better about "proper" washing when I first bought my truck, then ventured into forum land and wound up on a GM truck site (same one Redbeard is talking about I'm sure) Dylan frequented/represented Adams on. Watched a few threads pop up and always read up on the details/observed Dylan explaining things well and wanted to get the swirls out of my truck so I took a big chunk of change I saved for a college kit not making much and dropped it on this for my first ever order
-Premium Shine Kit $99.95
-Adam's Complete 7424XP D/A Car Polishing Kit-Upgrade: Add a Gallon of Detail Spray $359.95
-Adam's Bucket w/Grit Guard & Lid $26.95
-Adam's Professional Wash Pad-9" x 9" Pad $8.95
Was happy with the back and forth explainations I got from Dylan before ordering as well as the products.Keep coming back for the unmatched customer service as well as the made in USA.
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Used my foam cannon for the first time today. Worked Great! Foam Cannon, Clay, Polish, Sealant, VRT. Thats all. No pic editing either
Love the truck!
Finally got to use my MTM foam cannon and make a quick video...
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Thanks for the info, was going to make an order for the daily special over the weekend but needed a few bottles and couldn't find them so didn't make an order. Will definitely make one once they go back online.
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Agree with most everyone. It's okay, enjoyed it more when I could scroll with the Tapatalk app.
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Same truck?...if so I see the truck often on a Louisiana lowered truck site I'm on lol
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That thing was dirttyyyy for sure. Good turn around guys!
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Just curious, did he really meet up with members from here?
We're not all like that from down here in South Louisiana. And no, I'm not an engineer.
North Louisiana either lol.....good question, he offered me his number in one thread but I never called it.
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Wish I could be of more help man, still learning everyday myself. Appreciate your service man, have a cousin that's an infantry man stationed in Ft. Hood with a few tours behind him. Definitely try and keep those VA appointments though also man, I work for the VA where I'm located and most places will do everything they can to help their Vets and make sure they are doing without and are taken care of.
Sooooo Dylan's gone again?
in Lounge
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Ditto! From another detailing buddy I wish nothing but best of luck in all future endeavors!