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http://www.adamsforums.com/topic/30514-adams-carpet-upholstery-cleaner/?fromsearch=1

 

 

In short it works great. I use it all the time.

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?

I have one made by Coleman I'll get back to ya with a model number if u would like it

That would be great, thanks!

 

I'd just get the longer hose and use the bathroom faucet. That's how i wash my dog's. I use this brass connector.

 

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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. 

I have a pressure washer with the bucket of top for water . It works perfect . I can fill it in the house and bring it outside to wash . It does take a few bucket to complete a full wash tho . I would think rinseless would be a good option for u

Which do you have?

Does the place that your renting have a washing machine hookup. Just use the hookup for the washing machine.  This depends on how close it is to your car.

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. 

How about going to the car wash and using their high pressure hose to hit the big stuff, then come home and do the Waterless Wash?  Seems like the perfect fit for you!

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.

 

 

  

That would be my recommendation too James. When I'm away from home at a show for a few days, I will take one or two 5 gallon buckets with all of my washing supplies in them, and take those with me to a touchless coin-op car wash. I will go during a time of the day where there hopefully won't be too many other people there, pull into an unused bay, and then start cleaning my vehicle using the Two Bucket Method, but using only water pressure from the hose at the car wash - none of their soaps or waxes. In my buckets I will have 2 Adam's Wash Pads, grit guards, a 16oz bottle of Car Shampoo, a 16oz bottle of APC, a 16oz bottle of Deep Wheel Cleaner, a blue Deep Clean Tire Scrub Brush, and a red Short Handle Wheel Brush. If the tires or wheels aren't too dirty, I will skip using the APC and DWC and just clean them with Car Shampoo.

 

Once it's clean, I'll pull out of the stall for the next person and park near the side of the building, using the shade from the building if possible, and dry the car with a Great White Drying Towel, lightly misting Detail Spray onto each panel as I dry. If there is no room to dry there, I will drive back to the hotel/show/parking lot/etc and do a Waterless Wash to dry the rest of the vehicle.

 

I have a water faucet inside of my garage that I've used once or twice, but you will want to make sure there is adequate, working drainage and avoid spraying water onto the walls or you could get mold and mildew buildup. I only have about 3 feet of clearance between the vehicle and side wall of my garage, and I have LED strip lights mounted to the side wall for detailing, so this is why I don't do this wash option very much. If you do want to wash inside the garage with a hose, I would definitely suggest applying some type of waterproof paint to the drywall/concrete walls.

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.

  

You said your renting the house, are you allowed to do any work to it? 

 

Several reasons for my question as there might be more than one option here to help you out if the coin op car wash is not your thing.

 

 

 

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 have a cold water faucet in my garage that only connects to a hose and I have used it in the garage when it was cold outside or at night a few times this year. If you are careful and don't use the full pressure, you won't hit most of the stuff around the car. Whenever I am finished I will leave the garage doors open so that the water that missed the car will dry faster and prevent mold or mildew. Since the faucet is cold water, I will fill my buckets with extremely hot water to make up for the cold water coming out of the hose. As long as you're careful you should be able to wash in the garage.

 

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! 

I washed mine the other day when it was 10 degrees. My garage does have a drain, but I only have a space heater for it. It all comes down to mind over matter. If you don't mind being cold, it doesn't matter

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!!!

You have more patience than I would, haha.  I would have took my rotary to that bady boy, haha.

I'm not brave enough for that yet lol 

Nice job Peter! It's not often you polish the inside of a vehicle. That thing was trashed.

Yea definitely was haha

Thank you for all the nice comments

Good advice, thanks! 

I'll take it. You do Paypal?

Yes sir! 

 

I'll send you a pm right now! 

Cool, thanks! 

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.