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On 4/13/2020 at 7:39 AM, Kickerz71 said:

I gave the tires 2 coats, so far I would have preferred them to be more glossy. I used half the bottle so I'm hesitant to apply a third coat since it may get costly to coat the tires vs tire shine

 

Positive note, clean and dry to the touch. Now the test will be durability.

 

2 coats on tire, wheel was ceramic coated

 

 

 

No coats on tire - Ceramic coated wheel

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.  

Way to be able to shift gears on the fly!

On 11/12/2019 at 10:34 AM, shane@detailedreflections said:

Don’t polish matte paint. Or if you do, do so sparingly. The matte comes from the texture of the paint typically. 
 

There are companies out there that make matte specific products to use. 
 

And keep in mind if going ceramic, the coating will add a slight sheen to the finish and typically darken the colors. We will be costing a matte vinyl wrapped truck next month. I’ll post pics once it’s done before and after so you can see it. 

 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?

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

Great, I’ll give that a try!  Do we know if it adds anything, or just ease of process.  

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 

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!

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?

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

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

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

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.

On 7/14/2018 at 1:00 AM, falcaineer said:

 

 

 

I was there today, as well...left around 2. But that's another story for another post. So glad you had a great time and got to meet Adam and some of his staff. Who showed you around?

I don't recall his name, a younger guy.  

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

13 hours ago, falcaineer said:

Oh, and if you want a great place for family breakfast, the Denver Biscuit Company comes highly recommended. https://denbisco.com Just go hungry...and ready to run after. Or take a nap. 

I’ll keep that in mind!  Thanks for the tip

13 hours ago, falcaineer said:

 

Good thing is they're pretty good at shipping stuff, too. ? 

True, my other problem is my Adams stock is currently fairly strong ?

Awesome!  My only problem is we flew here ? so limited space.  

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!

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

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?  

On 5/21/2018 at 9:14 PM, galaxy said:

Man, I'm not trying to be a tool, but I think you guys are trying waay to hard.  If I sheet the water off my coated car, there's darn near nothing left to dry.  Can't picture what you need a drying aid for.  My opinion (and it's only that), you're doing more rubbing and sliding a towel across the surface to spread/remove the drying aid than you are just getting what's left of water sitting on the surface after sheeting it away.  And I'll just stay out of the whole mixing thing...again...trying too hard. 

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

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.