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It has definitely become one of my "can't do withouts".   Got a gallon after the first use.  When people are asking you what you're using on your car............that speaks for itself. 
Great product. 

Welcome to the addiction !!!

Just wanted to send a shout out to everyone I've spoken with at Adams customer service. Dylan, Ben, and Bianca have always taken the time to listen to any issues or questions I've had regarding products, applications, or techniques pertaining to detailing. Even more so, they approach me as not just a customer, but as if I was speaking with a friend.
 
I have dealt with other "Car Care" product companies customer service in the past. On one occasion the guy was rude, on another they couldn't even explain what the product actually was, told me they'd get back to me and never did.
 
A lot of companies today have customer service teams overseas, and the people you speak with are very difficult to understand, and rarely are able to answer your questions or help you with issues.
 
It's one thing to offer great products, but to offer the level of customer service the Adams team does, along with first class products, makes a company unique in today's world.
 
Many thanks for your outstanding level of customer service!

Wifey and I are on a week+ long road trip!  Headed up to the cabin in NC to attend a big Porsche event as well as relax and see some sights...
 
We split the drive up into two days.  Left SW FL and stopped in Savanah GA for the night.  Left the next morning and arrived at the cabin mid-afternoon.  The drive was very good...uneventful.  Traffic and weather were very good.
 
Got up to the cabin and the weather was PERFECT!  Upper 70's, low humidity and sunny, blue skies!  Fired up some chicken on the grill and had a very enjoyable evening out on the deck!
 
The next day, today, was spectacular as well!  Beautiful weather!  (glad, cuz it's supposed to rain the next couple days)  Again high 70's, blue skies, sunny...
 
Got up and hit the Blue Ridge Parkway and decided to go up to Mt. Mitchell.  Made some new friends at the top! Some fellow Porsche owners.  1965 911 and a 1957 356 Coupe!!!  Hung out with the owners and chatted a while and then hiked up to the summit and checked out the views!
 
Headed back down and stopped at a few lookout points for a couple photo opportunities.  Cruised the Blue Ridge a little more and wound up in a little town called Spruce Pine and had some lunch!  Hopped back on the Blue Ridge, headed home, fired up some dogs on the grill...Yes!  Awesome.  Hung out on the deck, perused the forums, got the fire pit going and had a few cocktails!  A PERFECT day!
 
I will update this as our adventure continues!
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
 

Wash Wedge and Phil from Detailer's Domain Uber sponge.

Sweet setup. Congrats and good luck. I hope you make lots of money .

So I have been AWOL for a while - all but retired from the first occupation, and fooled around for a little while - lots of golf and vacation time.  Got bored quick, so I decided to start a new venture.  Decided to start a business around my hobby.  Offroad.  You've seen my Jeep and the Raptor, so this seemed like a logical thing to do.  I had found a really nice place in town, decent building, some equipment there from a previous shop and a fenced in lot.  The owner of the building was in the midst of starting some tenant improvement projects, and we came to a good verbal agreement.  This was back in January.  I was able to work on some trucks and Jeeps, set up lots of suppliers and connections, but was never really settled in.  Fast forward to a little over a week ago.  The building was still not even close to being finished, and I was on the lookout for a new place.  I hadn't had a working bathroom for almost 2 months, and the office was useless for two weeks. I also hadn't been able to work on a vehicle on a lift or garage floor for at least 6 weeks.  Due to the owner not fulfilling his end of the lease agreement, I gave my 30 days and planned a move to a new spot.  24 hours after that I was notified by the owner that he had put all my tools, equipment and such outside, and really could care less if someone stole it. 
 
awesome.
 
I had to accelerate the process and signed a lease on a new spot a mile from the previous one.  Almost the same size, but better usable space.  The one thing I gave up was a fenced in yard/parking.  But I am paying a third of what I was at the other space.  That permitted me to buy two new lifts, deck out the office, install a kick *** alarm/camera system, and have a shop space I am very proud of.  The new space is a big open warehouse space with a restroom and a small office.  And I got the space done from a bare shell to where it is now in 8 days.  I have to put some shelving/pallet racking in and get a sign done on the outside, but other than that I am ready to roll!
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Tried out the H2O Gloss & Guard today - what a terrific product!  I've gotten the coupe pretty well cleaned up from the winter but there was still tar and stuck-on road mung that needed clay. Since clay can take off some of the sealant, and I'm not going to have time to do a proper polish and seal for a while, I wanted something that would provide a bit more protection. I am not disappointed!  Easy to use, beautiful shine.
 
Started off with a good wash. First, wheels and wells.  One bucket with shampoo, the other to rinse.  Wells get a spray of APC the scrubbed with medium woolie and shampoo. Wheels are washed down with the large woolie and shampoo.
 

 
Wash down the vinyl trim with a utility towel and shampoo.
 

 
Spray the car down with the foam gun (liking that, too) then hand-wash with the wool mitt and my new 10" wash pad. The covered buckets are wash water and rinse water. Covers are on to keep out falling plant bits and small flying creatures that can't resist the shampoo. Followed up with clay on the lower panels where the road mung had collected.
 

 
Pulled in to the garage to dry due to the afore-mentioned falling plant bits and small flying creatures.  Sprayed down with Detail spray to dry. Used my new plush drying towel (totally sold on these).
 

 
On to the serious shine. I opted for the "dry" application of the G&G in order to finish cleaning up the lower panels with Revive.  First, a blow-dry with the Sidekick to get out the drips then went over the panels with Revive.  Followed up with G&G sprayed onto a damp double-soft, wipe over a panel, then dry and buff with another double-soft. Easey-peasey!  And check out the shine! I used a little on the wheels and it even brought out some gloss on the matte finish.
 


 
 
Final step is putting all the towels into pre-soak - last two buckets (bringing my total to 6!), one for dark, the other for white, with two or three good pumps of APC. These will soak until tomorrow when I can wash them.
 

The Cinco de Mayo Sale was a big one, and our shipping team has been cranking today to get all your orders out the door as fast as possible. The picture below is just a fraction of what went out the door today. Thank you all for your business, and more importantly thank you for your patience as we work to get all your products to you as quickly as possible.

 

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The answer is almost definitely no.
 
A swirl mark is actually a scratch, a very very very light scratch and you don't correct swirls by hand, so the chances of you removing a random scratch, even a light one are about the same or worse than a swirl mark. Hand polishing can give you improved gloss and help reduce the appearance of fine scratches a little, but in order to remove swirls you need a machine.

If you're not going to polish, yes - or at the very least thoroughly wipe down the exterior with waterless to get the residues off.
 
Personally, I'd recommend the following:
 
1. Wash
2. Clay the car while it's still wet
3. Re wash to remove residues
4. Dry
5. Seal

Also, much like the merino mitts before it - the wedge is going to outlast the standard wash pads.

The wash pad certainly has its upside - its economical and can be replaced regularly making it the ideal solution as a secondary wash pad for the lower sections, but the wedge for the top areas will last you more than a season of washes and then some.

+1. Great hoses

Goodyear Black Rubber Hose.

You cats got me wanting to order a bottle to try it.  We bout a Phantom Black Mettalic Sonata, 2014.  Got to try this stuff out.  

Sea sponge is what I always used before, then I switched to the wash pads. But the new Wash Wedge outdid the pad.  Around here, sea sponge is too hard to come by.  I'll stick with the wedge.  

We just took delivery of our Hellcat this week. It is Ivory White Tri-Coat Pearl 6 speed manual. Today after work I was able to wash it for the first time. I am up to 4 buckets to wash the car. 2 for the paint, 1 for just the wheels, and 1 for the tires and wheel wells. I was getting a lot of grit at the bottom of the wheel bucket that is the reason for the extra bucket. I only had time to wash it. Due to my work schedule I will have to do this detail in segments over the next few days. I am now a believer in the foam gun with the new shampoo.
 

 

 
 
 
Since the car was made just 2 1/2 weeks ago and shipped quickly I thought maybe I did not have to clay it. If you can see in the picture I did find spots of rail dust. It did take a train from Brampton, Ontario to Niagara Falls, NY. I will be claying tomorrow before work.

 
The spoiler is a matte black. I'm thinking of using Quick Sealant? I have used this on matte wheels before. Does anyone have experience with this?

 
I'm using Quick Sealant on the wheels, lights, and trim.
 

 
For the paint the plan is to use the Liquid Paint Sealant then a coat of Patriot Wax. I will dress the plastic parts in the engine with the In and Out Spray.
 

 
 
The last picture was taken at our first cruise-in of the season last night.
 
 

Good Afternoon Adam's Family & Enthusiasts...
 
I completed a quick (1.5hr) 2 bucket wash, clay and seal using the new Car Wash Wedge and H2O Guard & Gloss.
 
Below is a quick review of both products, as they fit into this particular car washing routine.
 
First off, I want to document the state of my vehicle prior to washing and sealing and my initial thoughts on the 2 products.
 

 

 

 
There is a decent amount of build up of dirt, bird droppings (x4+), brake dust, etc.
 
When I received the box with all my products, I was stoked (as usual).  I opened the box and found my car wash wedges and H2O Guard & Gloss.  At first glance, I was kinda turned off by the foam fingers themselves (within the wash wedge pad) and thought that they would be terrible (compared to the car wash mitts/pads).  It took a few calls to Ben (Adam's AWESOME CS and Sales Agent) and having my fears and questions answered (while the soap was building in the bucket, literally) for me to press forward with the wash wedge.  The H2O Guard & Gloss was a little bit trickier to understand.  By this I mean, I was wondering (and asked Ben) how do you pay attention to one panel at a time (using this product) while the rest of the car is in the sun and water is drying (hard water) on the rest of the panels, you just washed and clayed?  After a few minutes of discussion with it, I found most of the answers I needed to move forward.  Always keep the car wet (without getting the parts you just dried wet) and move somewhat quickly (as you are not putting all that much product on the car to begin with).
 
The products I used for this project are below.  (including a small kwazar full of Detail Spray)
 

 
Starting off I worked on the wheels.  I knocked down the brake dust and grime with DWC and the newer red bristle wheel brush.  BTW, the Red wheel brush is AMAZING.  It has ACTUALLY saved me money in the amount of DWC I have to use on each wheel, just to get the brake dust off.  I went from using almost an entire 16oz bottle of DWC PER WASH to now using 4-6 oz.  THAT IS AWESOME.
 
Ok, getting back to the real review.  After cleaning the wheels themselves and hitting the tires with some APC (and blue tire brush) and Tire Shine (after the wash was complete), I moved on to the actual washing of the vehicle.
 
Since I had been using Rinseless Wash regularly with this vehicle, I figured that I needed to strip off whatever wax was on the paint to begin with, that way the rest of the review could take place correctly.  To do this, I used my foam gun and the 2 Bucket Wash method.  I added about 3-4 oz of full strength APC to the foam gun (just to be sure) and another 5-7 oz into the wash bucket (being thorough).
 
I then began my routine 2 bucket wash (with the wedge standing in for my wash pads).  I used Adam's "Old" Car Shampoo, in the small travel bottle.  I have to say, after knocking out a few panels, I LOVE this wedge.  I can do multiple panels (lightly dirty) with one trip to the buckets.  Once I got to the belt-line, I did have to go back much more frequently.  However, going back to the buckets was much easier and I didn't have to waste as much time rubbing a (two-sided) mitt or pad against each grit-guard, just the wedge itself.  The bug guts and dirt came off effortlessly and the wedge was ready to go again, without any issues.  After completing my wash, I did notice one small point that stood out for the wedge.  That is, the small foam "fingers" were small enough for the wedge to fit in between and clean each of the fins within my BMW kidney grills, up front.  That made me so happy.  I could clean 4 or 5 ribs in a single swipe (a little pressure to fit the fingers in between).  It was awesome.
 
As a point to note, I did see that after completing the wash, the car wash wedge fingers were a little tangled up and it was a little tricky to get them separated again.  (If anyone has a suggestion on this point, I would love to hear it)
 
So, on to claying.  I was initially going to also include the new blue clay bar as a part of this review, but I still have a few standard clay bar boxes laying around so I decided to use up my old stock first and review it later.  
 
I decided, for the purpose of this review, to keep the claying technique constant and focused towards the Adam's Purists.  I used nothing but Detail Spray as a lubricant, that way there would be no issues with the claying process or this part of the review (even though I prefer waterless/rinseless wash for my claying lubricant).
 
I clayed the entire car, from top to bottom (except wheels... wish I had time to take them off and seal them... need to get on that... after a year of promises to myself  ).
 
After the clay, I rinsed the entire car off and prepped for the H2O Guard & Gloss sealant treatment.  I started on the hot side of the car (as I wanted to get that water off QUICKLY).  I used my go-to towels for this job, my boarder-less blues and a Great White.  I started out spraying 4 or 5 sprays on each panel and found that most of it was soaking into the (prepped) damp boarder-less blue and wasn't being as effective as less.  (a tip shared by Ben prior to starting)  So less is more and even less than I thought was "less".  After the first few panels, I started using 2 or 3 sprays on each panel (depending on size).  It worked like a charm.  I love this new product.  It saves me from drying the car and then putting quick sealant or pain sealant (with my Flex) on top, as an additional, time consuming step.  I have yet to see how long the sealant will last, but I will be using my Rinseless Wash here soon, in order to build up a layer of wax on top, to further strengthen and postpone degradation of the sealant from the Guard & Gloss.
 
Overall, I couldn't be happier with this product.  I will state, though, that if you are doing this outside, do it in the morning or early evening as you will avoid water spots (with harder water regions).  I regret that in my haste, I didn't remove all of the water quick enough on the roof and have a few spots sealed underneath the Guard & Gloss and will need to be removed with another clay session and paint correction (already planned and needed, regardless).
 
So, on to the results... Here is my car with the 2 bucket wash, clay, and sealant applied.  I do say it does shine up nicely.  This doesn't have any additional detail spray, wax or glaze on it.  I wish I had time to perform a Full Face-Melter.  Next time, I guess.
 

 

 

 
In conclusion, these two products, the New Car Wash Wedge and H2O Guard & Gloss are worth their weight in the toolbox of the Adam's Car Cleaning Garage (or other space ).  I highly recommend each of them and praise their engineering and creative teams for the R&D put into them.
 
If you have any questions regarding either of these, Adam's Reps will be more than happy to help (as will I, via these threads).
 
Thanks for reading and enjoy the polishing!

Glad you're digging the H2O... its definitely my new favorite product!

I have to say, I've only been around the Adams product line for less than a year and I'm amazed.  Everything is easy to use, and everything does what its supposed to do.  It all has a precise purpose, and executes it flawlessly.  Now the HGG is out and holy crap.  The wet method is fast and easy to use, and the dry method is also as good as you'd expect.  The gloss, the beading of the product is unmatched.  This is an easy way to get that Adam's Shine!!

Made up a detailing cart for myself. Got the cart and SS top free from work and had the oak plywood sitting around. Just had to drill the holes and paint the cart. Should work well

Plus... after attending the auctions for YEARS and seeing the condition of these cars in person (not on TV with very forgiving lighting) I don't think I'd look to any auction company as an authority on car care.

Just Purchased a 2015 Corolla S, Clay Bared Ut Yesterday, Then Used Adams Patriot Was For The First Time...
 
I am MORE than Satisfied with this product...
 
I have beed using "retail" waxes since the 70's... Never have I had a Waxing Experience Like yesterday when I used Adams...
 
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So it was nice out today and the Caddy needed a good clean up.  And I got a chance finally to use some of the new stuff Adam's came out with recently.
So I started off with a two bucket wash with the new Wash/Rinse buckets and connector.  Having both buckets connected is the way to go.  Makes it so much simpler to move around the car.  (wife is the photographer)

 
After filling up the buckets with the pink car wash (don't have the blue yet, but it's ordered), I soaped the baby up with the foam gun.  The pink makes plenty of suds, so I can imagine how good the blue's going to be.
 

 

 
Next came the wash with the new Wash Wedge.  All I can say about this new sponge is WHAT TOOK YOU SO LONG TO COME OUT WITH THIS?  I'm 68 with arthritis in my shoulders and back and this thing is so much easier to use for me than the wash pads. A whole lot lighter when wet, and it sucks up the soap and water and whisks away the dirt! 
 

 
So once I got her body all nice and clean......it was time to do the wheels.  Yes, I do a dedicated bucket for the wheels.  Sprayed the wheels down with All Purpose Cleaner then scrubbed deep into the wheels with the old wheel woolies,  hit the lug nuts with the lug nut brush, and then sprayed down the tires with more APC and scrubbed with the blue tire scrub brush.
 

 

 

 

 

 
So now that the car is all nice and clean, it's time to pull it into the garage and try out the new H20 GG.
 

 
 
I wet the car down good first, then started on the roof.
 

 
Wiped it down with a damp double soft towel, then went over it with a dry double soft.
 

 
I did the glass, sunroof, and any plastic on the car with it too.  Didn't matter. This stuff is amazing.
 

 
I finished off the rest of the car and let me tell you, I can't be happier. This stuff is so simple to use, gives great shine, the paint is smooth as glass, and I can see where it's going to be a BIG hit for Adam's. If you didn't get it yet, get an order in. You're going to want a gallon or FIVE!