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Long Term Tire Armor Review
bjoeaull replied to avvblanc01's question in Wheels, Tires, Trim, & Undercarriage
When I did my first set of tires, they weren't actually mounted yet so I had time to be picky. I did 4-5 coats on them to get the sheen I was looking for. I'm sure every tire is different. -
Matte Finish and how to take care of it
bjoeaull replied to Amergator's topic in New Member Check-In
Welcome OP Hey, rather than start a new topic, maybe I'll just hijack this a bit. I see you said don't polish matte, "or do so sparingly". I just got in a USED set of satin black rims. I was looking at them and thought I wish I could lightly polish them to kinda enhance them. Think I could do so without loosing much of the satinish look? I am about to ceramic coat them. If you say yes, sparingly I would guess, should I use correcting polish I would think and not fine polish? I have a plethora of pads. Is clay a good idea first? -
Ceramic coating -- did you ditch your pre-ceramic products?
bjoeaull replied to Dkhazlett's question in Exterior Protection & Enhancement
I've noticed my non ceramic items just sitting. I generally try to use them on my work vehicles since they aren't coated. Some items I may offer to some relatives that aren't as into the hobby as much and are happy to use anything lol -
Ceramic coating and spray coating question
bjoeaull replied to bjoeaull's question in Exterior Protection & Enhancement
Great, I’ll give that a try! Do we know if it adds anything, or just ease of process. -
Ceramic coating and spray coating question
bjoeaull replied to bjoeaull's question in Exterior Protection & Enhancement
I found what I was talking about. In the video for easy to use ceramic coat where they are talking and sitting in chairs. Go to minute 7:00. Now I could be miss understanding him, but sounds like he uses spray coat as an aid to remove/spread the coating -
Ceramic coating and spray coating question
bjoeaull posted a question in Exterior Protection & Enhancement
I’ve used Adams coatings on a few vehicles the past couple years. About to do another. I was brushing up on the techniques and think I heard in a video that while applying the ceramic coating, after it flashes and cured a minute or two that you can use spray coating to help wipe off. Did I understand that correctly? Would that also add a little something extra, sorta like when you boost it after it cures? thanks! -
Ceramic Boost 2.0
bjoeaull replied to Ls1transam's question in General Detailing Discussion and Questions
Sometimes if I use guard and gloss or Boost on my work vehicles that don’t have the best paint, sit outside, and I don’t do a proper strip/clay prior, I can get streaky finish sometimes. But on my newer more well cared for vehicles it works flawlessly. Could that be the issue possibly you are having? -
Using Adams Polishes on Tractor
bjoeaull replied to Dinomax's question in General Detailing Discussion and Questions
I have a JD tractor too, at first I use to worry about scratches, but just ended up accepting that its a tractor. I would however like to ceramic it, so as to help keep the plastic and paint from fading over time. I generally use wash and wax, and sometimes G&G. Sorry but I don't have any advice on polishing plastic though -
Washing a ceramic coated car?
bjoeaull replied to n_burton9's question in Washing, Drying, and Decontamination
Right now you'll want to use the blue car wash. As it adds nothing to the coating that would alter the hydrophobic properties. I have a sneaky suspicion that there may be a better option in the near future. Ceramic boost would be your best maintenance choice. Or if you like rubbing on the paint, get some ceramic paste wax. -
Welcome! I'm down in Jasper
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Longevity of the different waxes
bjoeaull replied to MikeSoFlo's question in Exterior Protection & Enhancement
If you assume we are talking about a daily driver thats outside, for all of them. It would go like this least amount of longevity Buttery American and patriot I'd think are similar, patriot might outlast a touch? Ceramic wax -
New truck paint correction,then what?
bjoeaull replied to Driftergtr's question in General Detailing Discussion and Questions
I would say coat your truck with ceramic, then buy some of the ceramic wax and boost to maintain your coating plus add some depth and shine. -
I don't recall his name, a younger guy.
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Just left Adams, had a blast! One of the highlights of the trip for me personally! They showed us around the warehouse, detailing bays, saw some cool vehicles, insider scoops ?, and sweet deals on products. As we were about done, Adam himself walked in and took the time to talk with me, my cousin and uncle. Super great guy! So glad we made time to go Thanks Adams team
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I’ll keep that in mind! Thanks for the tip
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True, my other problem is my Adams stock is currently fairly strong ?
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Awesome! My only problem is we flew here ? so limited space.
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Heading to Denver tomorrow for a week vacation with my family. Staying at the Four Seasons, looks to be close. I'd like to stop in to the headquarters with a couple of my relatives and see the shop. Is it kind of stop in whenever and check it out, or are there better times than others? Look forward to it!
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Wheel Woolies handle marks on gloss black wheels
bjoeaull replied to GabeErgler's question in Wheels, Tires, Trim, & Undercarriage
Gloss black wheels are a B!%&$, I only use a mitt on ours. I won't touch them with anything I wouldn't put on my black paint. I used a rupes mini to polish mine out, then ceramic coated them. They still got all swirled up in a year of careful washing. -
I feel like it use to be available years ago
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ceramic coating on a seadoo
bjoeaull replied to 2012srt8's question in Exterior Protection & Enhancement
Bonus, the hydrophobic properties should make it faster! ? -
I just love the ceramics hydrophobic properties, does the ceramic wax leave the surface the same as with ceramic and boost would you say?
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Ceramic drying aid spray
bjoeaull replied to JDrach's question in General Detailing Discussion and Questions
I agree. I tried ceramic boost as a drying aid with pretty crappy results, it was very hard to level out. Best to use it when the paint is dry -
Ceramic Coating on Vette - New Coating Formula
bjoeaull replied to VetteDream's topic in Detailing Write-Ups
Lighting is important, before I polished and coated mine I went to rural king and they had a nice size led tripod type light with two big led lights on it. Roughly $70 I think. They had a smaller cheaper one but worried it wouldn't light up the area as well. It worked great, if anyone is considering a setup like that.