Coderedpl

Thank you to Phil, Adam, Ashley and the rest of the staff, had a great time just like last year. Always great to see the products in action!

Thanks, I guess whatever terms I used to search didn't exactly find that result.

So my wife and i recently moved and we have low-pile carpets in the house, and I noticed some spots that I'd like to try and tackle, aswell as have something for the future "emergency" situation. Has anybody tried the Adams carpet cleaner on house carpets? I'm assuming they should work just as-well? Thanks in advance.

So I'm assuming I'd need the actual waterless wash rather than a diluted rinseless to make it a waterless?

Hello everyone, So I have a flat/matte gray motorcycle that obviously I like to keep clean, especially because when the matte gets scuffed or something, it's not as simple as polishing it. There's really no way out for that. With that said, maintaining a matte finish is a headache of its own and I rather avoid giving the bike a full wash everytime it needs a cleaning. So would using rinseless be a good idea to keep it up? Say when it's a bit dirtier than a simple dusting, such as after a ride in light rain?

That would be great, thanks! Not sure that one would work with my faucet, I guess when we finally move I'll have some stuff to try out, in the meantime I'll have to order some rinseless.

Which do you have?

I thought i mentioned it in first post but i guess not, it does have a hook-up for those but they are on the second floor, so i'd have to drag the hose through either entire place, or through a bedroom and out the window to the first floor hence why i went for the bathroom idea since its right near the entrance / and garage My concern about rinseless / waterless methods is how dirty a car will be, the light dusting sure, that can work, but a lot of times the car has a heavier set of dust, such as when they do landscaping in the area or something. I'm not sure how comfortable id be doing rinseless on a car with that on top.

I personally have not done much searching for coin self service car washes yet but a quick Google search shows one 12 miles away that's open 24/7. In this part of new York I don't really see dedicated self service places with bays and such. Some gas stations have those little ones. Washing inside garage is an idea I have in mind but it probably won't come to become reality as I rather not deal with issue of mold and such especially considering its a rental. Hell, I have a garage now in my parents house and don't wash the car inside it. Granted it's not a heated garage though, would be good for a maintenance wipe down during the warm months though. I'm not entirely sure, but I have a feeling holes and such for hanging stuff up should be acceptable. What do you have in mind particularly? I can inquire about it if it's a good idea lolz I'm going to try and test the pressure coming off the faucet that I would be using just to get an idea of how it is. My main goal now is to be able to simply wash the car, even if the pressure isn't crazy, doing it with a hose is much easier then going back and forth with buckets. Pressure washer is not high on the priority list whatsoever, just an idea I have in mind,if the pressure in the faucet will allow me to do it.

So my wife and I are more than likely moving in the next 2 months. The place we are renting out does not have an outside hose connection so I'm looking into alternatives. I asked the people at the rental office about it and washing the car and they told me people do it, possibly using the faucet connection, but they're not going to be responsible if anything happens while doing so. In the past, I've been able to use the gas pressure washer, aswell as the regular hose connection. Gas will likely not be an option here. Initially I considered one of those portable pressure washers with a water tank, but seeing the price of one is about the same what an electric pressure washer is, it seems pointless. The two I've seen are either 4.5 or 8 gallon., which doesn't seem like much, and they only put a Max of 130 psi. Anybody have or use one? So here come some questions. 1. Has anybody here gone the faucet to hose route in the past? 2. Has anybody used the above with an electric pressure washer? I assume pressure should be OK, there is indeed a washer/dryer hook up in one of the rooms 3. Anybody wash INSIDE their garage with a hose? Any suggestions on keeping the walls and other items dry? Any other suggestions?

First let me say, yes yes I know there have been topics like this in the past but from my searching it seems like all of them refer to the old system Adams had. Severed swirl and haze and etc. And since we now have a 2 step process, aswell as microfiber pads, it should essentially save time. I'm actually in the middle of doing my car and this something that came across my mind while claying. I gave myself a 'day' to do the detail portions as I had the car strip washed the day before. So how long on average does it take for you to do the average size car?

I'm hoping to finally be able to make it. As it turns out the last couple of times it happened it always interfered with my scheduling

I think another issue is everything freezing on the car itself. Spring needs to come already!

If I had a garage with a drain it would be much less of an issue. I'm just stuck doing washes at the local car wash, but I make them use mitts instead of their brushes on a stick. I'm already mentally preparing for a complete detail when spring comes haha

So temperatures have been dipping really low because well winter and initially I thought I'll manage on washing the car in my driveway but wow was I wrong. One of these days I had to use the hose for a non-car-wash related matter, and the next day I had an ice-rink. In addition to that, when I tried, the products seemed to freeze on the surface, not to mention my hands were about to fall off. I'm really jealous of you guys with heated garages, that would make a world of a difference. With that said, I ended up signing up for a monthly plan to the local low-car friendly, hand car wash place. One fee for the month and i can go everyday if i wanted to. They aren't allowed to use brushes on my car and there's plenty of "soap" on the car before they touch it with the mitts but I'm sure the majority of the swirls come from the drying process, as their drying towels look more like general microfibers. Come spring time, i'm due for a full detail!!!

I'm not brave enough for that yet lol

Yea definitely was haha

Thank you for all the nice comments

Hello there all, I figured I'll take a stab at this and post up what I did recently. I usually don't do other's cars besides my own, and close family, since compared to many of you, I'm still learning the various techniques and about different products, so this was a first outside/paid job. Recently, I was speaking to someone at my job, who were highly interested in a "clean-up" of their '94 Wrangler. The car was in pretty bad shape, it does have paint chipping in certain areas and lot's of DEEP scratches and damage that you can feel with your finger nails. It SEEMS as if it was repainted at some point, but it didn't seem like it was done rihgt. I gave them the general disclaimer, and told them I can try and bring it back to life. Initially they were a bit confused how this is different than the other 'car-wash-detail', after some explanation it was clear. They basically wanted a simple clean-up of the interior and just do some work on the outside to "make it look better". After the car was done, I was told by some that what I did, was more than just a simple detail! Disclaimer to the forum: The car did need more work than it got, but that starts to fall outside of what a detail is. There were some very tight spots that were rather difficulty to get to and other pieces required removal, naturally I didn't start disassembling the whole car so did the best I can. Result is quite satisfying, at least to me, but the owner was very happy aswell as the other people who live in the building. Someone went as far as saying the owner repainted the car (no particular order on any of these) Exterior: - Wheels cleaned using DWC & APC and various brushes - Wheel wells cleaned with APC and various brushes - Engine portions covered and cleaned using APC + various brushes / Treated with In & Out and VRT - Vehicle, underhood, and various other parts sprayed with Iron-Out - Two bucket wash with APC mixed in - Foam Cannon with Adams Shampoo - Tires dressed - Nanoskin autoscrub & Adams Claybar - Flex Polisher -- Adams Paint Correcting & Finishing Polishes along with the Micfrofiber pads were used for most of the exterior --- Focus pads on certain areas -- Revive Polish used in certain other spots - Rubber and plastic areas treated with VRT / In & Out - Two Coats of Adams Quick Sealant - Buttery wax Interior: - Carpets fully removed from vehicle -- cleaned using Adams Carpet cleaner, APC, carpet brush and a pressure washer - Vacuumed using shop vac - Interior washed using wash mitts and Adams Shampoo mixed with APC, (can't believe I'll say this but rinsed using garden hose ) and left to dry overnight. - Plastics/Vinyl/Leather cleaned using Adams Leather and Interior cleaner, interior brush, and trim brush - Leather seats claned using uber carpet brush on DA, interior brush, and Adams Interior cleaner - Certain interior pieces got VRT treatment while others were Adams Leather and Interior Conditioner. (seats too) Misc: - I also had to re-install the soft-top as there were missing pieces from the install and it wasn't done right. --------------------- Certain pictures were taken with my phone so excuse the quality. I'll post random shots below and the rest can be seen at this link: http://s114.photobucket.com/user/Coderedpl/library/JeepDetail _MG_9475 by Codered_pl, on Flickr

Good advice, thanks!

Yes sir! I'll send you a pm right now!

Cool, thanks!

Sold, Thank you!

Hello all, A few months ago I had a road tar incident in which my entire freshly polished car was covered with the stuff, needless to say I'm almost 100% sure the paint took a beating since i was using utility towels and general microfibers combined with tar removers. I recently, and finally had a chance to do a proper full detail. Starting off with a proper clay, SSR, SHR then FMP, followed by quick sealant and buttery. First: I went down to ocean city, maryland and was parked by the beach overnight. For the most part the car was clean but i did wake up to a light dusting, of what initially seemed like...well dust. I think it was tiny particles of sand or something because my windows and paint also had a weird, film-like covering. I soaked the car with a waterless wash and went to work, but i do believe i might of put some swirls in the paint. I'm wondering what would the steps be to go over the car with FMP? Here is what I'm thinking: Wash again with APC mixed in FMP with white pad (i dont have new system yet) Quick Sealant Glaze Wax Do you guys think that this will be sufficient? Second, If say in the future I need to use SSR again, do i NEED to follow up with SHR and then FMP or can i just skip straight to FMP? Third Is a wipe required after each application of polish? Thanks in advance!

I might get slapped for this but "Tarminator" worked wonders for me. Not sure about the home remedies. I tried clay bar, waterless wash, apc, and basically any other product I had on hand and it didn't even sting the tar.