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interested to see the rest of the restoration.  

I've finally decided to detail my daily driver - a 2001 Camry that I've had since day one with nearly 200,000 miles on it. It's never been properly detailed in its life. The outside is washed a few times a year and the interior is kept decent but it's never been seriously cleaned, clayed, polished or waxed. The paint feels like sand paper so I definitely have my work cut out for me. Today I decided to tackle the headlights which were severely oxidized and neglected.
 
Products and process:
 
- Cleaned with apc and a mf towel
- Taped up and clayed.
- Wet sanded with 800 grit, then 1000 grit, then 2000 grit and a sanding block
- Polished with a compound on a 3" wool pad and a cordless drill
- Sealed with a sealant for now as I plan on coating the car after I complete the entire detail over the next several weeks.
 
I think they turned out great and I'm sure the visibility at night will be drastically improved.
 

Just used the rinseless wash for the second time. This time I used 3 of the double soft towels washing the car and used a great white drying towel to dry. I really liked this process compared to drying using a double soft. Great product

Tried the Rinseless Wash on Sunday and I will admit I was a bit skeptical.  Went to the local coin op and knocked all the big chucks off as well as doing the undercarriage.  It performed well above my expectations.  I did the windows as well and was impressed as to how clean they came out.  No need to go back over them with glass cleaner.  Another must have product in your Adams product line up. 

Love the rinseless wash.  We had a fairly good sleet/snow early in December along with lots of road salt.  Used coin car wash to knock off the big stuff...except wifes car used the 6 inches of rain in 24 hours plus her car was not driven in the mess.  Very pleased with the results and even put on a layer of wax to top the sealant already on the car.  Never done that before in December.  Thanks Adams!

I won't give a full, blow-by-blow recount, but I did want to share my observations. I haven't used any competitor's products, and I have been very hesitant to use a Rinseless product. I figured that everything from Adam's has worked so well, I couldn't go too far wrong.
 
I followed Dylan's video instructions, and one double soft for washing was plenty for my dusty DD. I was also fine using just one single soft to dry. (I skipped the wheels and did them with some old, dirty work towels).
 
One thing I haven't read in the reviews, but I spent time considering, where to leave a wet edge. I found that it worked well to go just past a panel wet, and only dry the panel. Otherwise, I would pick up dry dust on the drying towel.
 
The best part -- my DD is a new edge Mustang GT, and it has all of the scoops and gaps that hold water when I wash. With the Rinseless Wash, I was able to minimize the amount of water in all those spots, and it saved a lot of time drying, and retrying the drips.
 
Since I like to keep my cars clean, I can see this will be a big part of my routine from here on. BTW, I made up 3 gallons and only used 1/2 gallon on the whole car. I put the gamma lid on my official Adam's Polishes bucket, and I'll use the rest for minor touch ups this week.
 
Big thumbs up to Dylan and the gang!

@irish, glad to see and hear bout your satisfaction as I was!
 
I'm ecstatic about the product bc think about this, how many times during the year you are thinking to yourself "I have plenty of time to clean the car today and I'm not going anywhere" but either it's raining or the temps are too cold? Happens to me all the time! Take for example in Jersey right now it's scheduled to be 65 degrees the next 2 days but raining both days! I'm going to rinse off with a hose in the driveway, then pull in the garage and do a proper rinseless wash!
 
Then Christmas Eve its sunny and high temp of 35, but I'll have clean cars in the house for the holiday thanks to Rinseless! Without it I'd have to brave the 35 degree temps in the driveway and wash on Christmas Eve!
 
And as well I wouldn't get rid of Waterless completely if I was you, it still has plenty of uses for me, I clean my door jambs with it, use it as a pre-soak like you do, and use it when claying occasionally.
 
I may have misunderstood you, perhaps you meant you don't have to buy separate gallons of Waterless anymore bc u can dilute rinseless. I just mixed a fresh gallon last night of Waterless, 8 oz of Rinseless to a gallon of distilled water! The fact that its two products in one makes it worth the purchase to me!

used the rinse less for the first time today along with the new blue towels.  Very nice results.  Car had a week worth of DD dirt on it and it cleaned up very nice.  I used 2 buckets (one with solution one for rinse) with 2 towels.  Worked great.  Will continue to do this over the winter months, much nicer washing in the garage vs the cold.  

Alright so I used rinseless for the first time yesterday, my non-biased review is as follows:
 
I'm definitely a believer in the product, it works as advertised.  We had a storm on Tuesday which dropped 3"-4" of snow in the area, and I decided to drive my X5 to work that day.  Got a ton of snow, slush, salt and crap thrown on it from driving to and from work.
 
That evening after the snow stopped around 4 PM I went 10 mins up the road to the local coin op, while the trucks were still out salting :laugh:, just to knock the major stuff off, but I still got stuck behind people throwing up slush, etc, so when I parked my car in the garage for the night, there was still some water, slush, salt, etc, no major chunks or debris though.
 
Fast forward 2 days and my garage isn't heated so there was still some water sitting on the surface, and the fact that it was salty water put some water spots on, I thought it was a great idea to try out Rinseless, if for nothing, to get a clean surface and keep that salt from attacking my coat of sealant!
 
 
I followed Dylan's instructions to a T basically, I have no double softs but I have about 6 towels from an Adam's dealer which are close to the equivalent of a single soft, although a bit thicker and with a longer nap.  I soaked 4 towels in my solution bucket, with about 2 oz of Rinseless, probably 3 gallon worth.  Both buckets were with warmer water from the basement.
 
From the middle of the door panels down, as well as the rear bumper, back hatch, front bumper areas, all got a HEAVY pre-soak spraying of Waterless Wash in order to loosen up any standing grit on the surface.  Every panel got at least a pre-spritz of Waterless, so I wasn't taking a towel to a dry panel (the concept still scares me, and more lubrication is better always!)
 
I started with the roof as I knew some solution would dribble downwards, went around the whole roof in 4 sections, cleaned my wash towel twice, and then spritzed with Detail Spray and dried.  Looked nice, some of the water spots are quite stubborn though and will come off with a proper Car Shampoo wash, I'm sure.
 
Then I did the windshield, dried it, did the hood, dried it, then I departed from Dylans video slightly.  Since I had 4 wash towels soaking, I spritzed the whole left side of the vehicle (fender, two doors, and rear quarter),  I worked from top down on the whole side, using each side of the towel, and when the towel was fully dirty, I put in the rinse bucket, grabbed a fresh towel from the wash bucket, and continued, until all 4 towels were dirty and spent.  This enabled me to do the whole side of the car without stopping, and I could dry all at once!  I rubbed each towel individually against the grit guard in my rinse bucket and returned each one individually to the wash bucket afterwards.  Basically one towel got me through the quarter panel, one towel for the fender, mirror, and top of drivers door, one towel for glass and top of rear door, and one towel for the lower part of the fender and both doors.
 
Then I went on to the rear, used 2 towels for the rear hatch, and 2 for the rear bumper.  Then cleaned all and returned to rinse solution, and went to the front bumper to do that.  After the whole car was washed and dried, I used one wash towel for each wheel and gave the tires a wipe (no APC), and dried the wheels individually.
 
The whole car was dry at this point so I just took an extra fluffy microfiber and got rid of any streaks (there were barely any) and attacked any remaining water spots with Detail Spray to give it that just washed shine.  Then I went over the Glass with Glass cleaner and was done.  Went down to my double slop sink in the basement and WOW, the amount of crap that came out of my rinse bucket was UNREAL, but my solution bucket was 99% clean, and that's exactly what you want with good technique, all the crud in rinse bucket only, that's how you know you are doing it right.
 
I was taking my time getting to know the product and going slow, probably took me about an hour from start to cleanup.  But it does as advertised, not a single new scratch or swirl, and besides the wheel wells/tires, is probably 95% of what I could do with a hose and a 2 bucket wash!  However I really cannot stress enough proper technique.  As long as you are cleaning the towels often enough in a rinse bucket and/or use multiple ones like I do, you should be fine.  And remember, very light wiping pressure!  You're not applying compound/polish here, just normal hand pressure and wipe, no hard rubbing and you should be fine, just follow Dylan's instructions.
 
Amazing product guys.  I'm going to mix a new gallon of Waterless wash this weekend as well with it, because after using as a pre-soak I'm almost through with my gallon.  Love this product and highly recommended!

Washed the GXP in the garage yesterday morning. I'm very impressed with the product! Definitely need to use a sprayer for the back and lower portions of the car. I will probably start using my stash of blue towels instead of the whites. I only had one negative issue..........
I need a bigger garage!!

I've used the same mixture a max of 2x... not saying it couldn't be used more, but that was how far I felt comfortable. It was about 2 days apart and the 2nd day (might have just been in my head) it didn't feel as 'slick'.
 
To that end... give it a shot and see how it does. I have no specific answer.
 
 
Like the others mentioned... unless your water is HORRIBLE its probably not needed. I've used tap with no ill effects.  Deionized or filtered water is always going to be the ideal stuff, but its not necessary.

I tried some of this on my old Venture Shield clear bra today. Worked much better than I thought it would. I guess it was ahead of it's time when it was released earlier.

Waterless wash is more concentrated to compensate for the lack of a fully saturated surface. A rinseless is safer because all the solution and the fully saturated towel encapsulate the dirt and lift it away. The lubrication of a rinseless is much greater than a waterless...
If you don't believe me try both for yourself and you will feel the difference and immediately know it's safer.

Something else to mention about the Rinseless Wash - I have several clients that have older cars (from 30+ to 100 years old) and they do not like to use a hose on them.  There are too many places for water to sit and become a rust issue, so the Rinseless Wash is PERFECT for those cases.  Also because I keep the RW mixed in a pump-up sprayer it is often used 'rinse' stronger cleaners (APC, etc.) from the wheels when doing those cars. 

I make my life easy by using the pay n' spray for knocking the undercarriage down... its nice, warm, spot free water at the place I go to. 
 
Blast the truck off, spend some time knocking all the 'crud' from the underside. Drive home and rinseless wash in the comfort of my garage. 

But consider this... you were buying a gallon (128oz) of waterless wash, which is a ready to use product. 
 
The new stuff, (1) 16oz bottle can make you up to (16) 16oz bottles or 256oz of waterless wash so effectively a 16oz bottle (which ships cheaper than a gallon) can make you 2 gallons worth of the stuff its replacing. 

I'm down when you guys start having gallons available. I still have 4 gal of ONR but I use rinseless for everything and since the price point is so cheap for dilution I am able to clean my car every day if I want.
 
I have been waiting to support Adams in this product, glad I don't have to go elsewhere now.
 
 
 
Also, for the pre rinse what I do now is use one of those 4 gal backpack sprayers you can get for like pesticides and stuff. I fill it with my rinseless solution and I can pre soak the car so fast. Best investment I've made for rinseless washes.

This one is near and dear to my heart.  I've always been skeptical of rinseless washes... And I used this stuff on my beloved ST with nearly perfect paint. After a rainstorm!
 
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I am now pretty much a rinseless guy.  I've only been getting my hose out for major clean ups... This stuff is just so convenient.  Prior to this stuff I would spend the better part of 6 hours cleaning up the three vehicles in my garage.  Now I can do all three in about 2-2 1/2hrs depending on the dirtyness of the cars.  Yep... this stuff is three shades of awesome!

For those needing empty bottles, they're back: Adam's Empty Bottles

You can if you want to, but since the product itself (in addition to the polymer lubrication) has a wax that its leaving behind it kind of would be double the work. I'd follow the process outlined in the video, THEN follow up with Detail Spray if you want. 
 
 
 
The 1oz dilution in 16oz of water worked decent enough for me as a clay lube... still trying to find the sweet spot for this use, haven't had the same results repeatable enough to recommend it. 
 
 
 
Eventually, yes, if demand justifies it. Given that the stuff is so concentrated as it is 16oz will be plenty for most people... thats 16 bottles of Waterless Wash level dilution or 8 full rinseless washes out of one bottle. Pretty good.

So I have a 2004 Ford F150 that was in pretty good condition when I bought it but had a lot of swirl marks and stuff.
 
I tried meguiars ultimate compound and their orbital buffer to help bring out the shine, and it worked ok but there was A LOT to be desired. 
 
I also happen to have a 2011 Camaro SS and all the guys in the Camaro club I am in use Adam's (but I didn't at the time). 
 
Anyway I couldn't figure out how to fix this swirl mark issue and the ultimate compound didn't work. So I went and picked up some Adam's Machine Polish, Adam's Brilliant Glaze, and Adam's Butter Wax (that's all I could find locally). 
 
Anyway here are some before and after pics. The before pics are right after I washed it you can see the swirl marks and such.. 

Well, technically if you use the proper wash technique the answer is 'never'!  However we all live in the real world, were we don't always have the perfect wash method, along with dealing with the elements - rain, sprinklers, birds, bugs, etc., and other things touching the car - stuff falling in the garage, other drivers, and the one behind the wheel!  With all that being said, you should polish when the truck does not shine as much as you think is should.  
Most members probably polish once or twice a year.  I do Spring and Fall corrections on my wife's car.  Then seal it up with MSS.

I was SO STOKED to work on this baby!  I knew it had some cool custom touches, was loved by the owner (despite the lack of proper paint care), and it had been painted by Goolsby Customs, so I knew I was dealing with a righteous ride!!  This client GLADLY ordered up the finishing coat of Adam's Patriot Wax, after seeing results on my FB page from other cars.  Here we go!
Gentle hose off engine bay with Adam's Firehose Nozzle to remove dust & surface dirt Blow dry critical areas of engine bay with Metro Vac Sidekick Blaster Full 2-bucket wash with Adam's Car Wash Shampoo & Adam's All Purpose Cleaner to strip old protection Clay bar vehicle with leftover rinse water, Adam's Detail Spray, & Adam's Great White Drying Towel Polish vehicle with Rupes LHR21 Bigfoot & Cyclo Polisher 3 passes of Adam's Correction Polish & Adam's Microfiber Cutting Pad / 1 pass of Adam's Finishing Polish & Adam's White Foam Pad Wipedown car with Adam's Waterless Wash & Waterless Wash towel to remove polishing dust Detail door & hatch jambs with Adam's Detail Spray & Adam's Utility Towel Apply Adam's Brilliant Glaze with Rupes & Adam's Red Glaze Pad Apply Adam's Patriot Wax Dress engine bay with Adam's In/Out Spray & Adam's SVRT Seal wheels with another brand Rim Sealant (client request) Treat all plastic, rubber, & tires with Adam's SVRT Quick vacuum interior Treat all interior panels with Adam's Total Interior Detailer Clean glass with Adam's Glass Cleaner & towel Final inspection handled by Adam's Detail Spray & Adam's Double Soft Towel  
Ooooooontoooooo the pics   Paint upon inspection, after clay:
 

 

 

 

 
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This thing was a blast.  Static dropped on coilovers & sittin' RIGHT.  And I'm normally not a huge fan of chrome.....but on this car, for some reason....I really dug it!!  Hope you enjoyed reading as much as I did detailing it!! 

You did well, Grasshopper.

Check out these amazing results on my black test door.
As you can see I took steel wool and wrote Adam's in the paint.
Using the New Adam's Two step Polish & MF pads,& the Flex I was able to remove  the scratches and  the Ad.
All this correcting & polishing was done in less than 10 min.
These new Polishes excite me!!
IMHO The best in the industry!
I was also able to try out my new Infratech light and it works great!
 
NEW! Adam's Paint Correcting & Paint Finishing Polish Combo
NEW! Adam's Microfiber Polishing Pad System