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2 minutes ago, funkymonkey1111 said:

So some guy that works at adam's in the marketing department sells clothes, but on the side and in some unknown interval, markets detailing products, which are then sold through a competitor's site (adam's)?  

 

and these detailing products (which apparently don't even have names), who only a few people have heard of, (because I assure you they are not on any forum or FB group anywhere) sell out in minutes?  

If a handful of people don't buy it all right away, they can't turn around and put it on eBay for big $$$ to sell to all the other hypebeasts ?

9 hours ago, Beemer said:

 

Is there a motor in there?

 

No, only sadness ?

1 minute ago, Mariner said:

Just another one of Matt’s hypebeast clothing brand hook ups. 

Fixed 

I love G&G on trim, it keeps it looking good much longer than VRT and eliminates the extra step of separately dressing the trim.  Trim Coating would last even longer than that, but its application is more involved than the wicked-easy G&G.

Am I crazy or was there talk recently about Adam's releasing a wash specifically for cars with their coating?

38 minutes ago, Mariner said:

Yet people still buy them...

Well yeah, how else are they going to buy the cleaning products they'll never use to take pictures next to shoes/hats they'll never wear?

Pretty sure someone from Adam's said the reason Strip Wash comes in a different bottle is because the pH is so high.

In my experience...

Full strength APC wouldn't completely strip Americana or Quick Sealant, nevermind using it diluted in with car shampoo.

Full strength Eco APC won't completely strip H20 G&G or Liquid Paint Sealant, nevermind using it diluted in with car shampoo.

Strip Wash completely strips everything from the car short of a coating, even black plastic trim is hella-dry afterwards and will drink a ton of VRT.

On 4/1/2018 at 5:17 PM, Chonke said:

I use borderless for sprays and double softs for polishes and removing wax.

Same here. 

It's like a muscle car for the sky 

I love these old Mad Dogs. 

In my experience APC isn't strong enough to completely remove a quality wax/sealant. 

Peep-scented Detail Spray would probably taste better than actual Peeps 

Would it be ham-scented 

It's just sold out.  I noticed it disappeared out of my cart while shopping for the 18th sale, then when I went to check my wish list it said "this item is sold out"

40 minutes ago, shane@detailedreflections said:

 

No. There’s no need. You can use Ceramic Boost since it’s designed to compliment a coating. You won’t hurt anything with G&G, but it’s an acrylic product versus silica and silica plays better with coatings to retain the effects that the coating offers. 

No, do you also apply the Ceramic Boost when you use the Ceramic Wheel Coating on matte black wheels. 

29 minutes ago, shane@detailedreflections said:

You can coat a matte wheel, but it will bring out a slight sheen to the wheel. We have coated a few matte wheels. There are companies that make matte specific coatings as well. If you’re really anti sheen on your matte wheels, they may be worth exploring.

 

Top wheel done with Adams and the bottom with another coating. The difference in gloss is more the wheel itself. The top was very matte versus more satin of the bottom. 

 

Wow, that actually looks like it has less sheen than my wheels with G&G on them, I wish I'd have seen this while the 18th sale was still going on... Do you still use Ceranic Boost after the coating is applied?

The product listing for Wheel Coating warns that "This coating may add undesirable amounts of gloss to matte and satin finish wheels" plus I don't see how you could ever polish it off to reapply in the future.  I'm actually not a fan of the Matte Detailer on my wheels, it leaves them looking dried out like trim that needs a coat of VRT.  Liquid Paint Sealant would probably add about as much sheen as the H2O G&G, if you feel like waiting for the results I'll be applying LPS to my wheels this spring 

H2O G&G definitely adds a bit of sheen to matte black wheels. I think it looks very good, though. 

2 hours ago, falcaineer said:

Whew! And here I was trying to ID the ones in the truck bed. 

Based on the tires I'm going to assume those are the factory wheels 

Disregard, they're Race Relations RR2 

https://www.relationsracewheels.com/collections/ford-raptor/products/rr2-17x8-5-6x135?variant=45189796553

Bolt-pattern is 6-135.

10 hours ago, Liralen said:

Speaking of W&W...have some from mystery box/bucket purchases but haven't used it as have rough matte stripes on my HotWheels Camaro & flat matte stripes on my 50th Anniversary Convertible camaro. So is the W&W okay for convertible cloth tops? Will it cause shine to a flat matte or rough matte stripe? Will it dry out vinyl stripes? Thanks in advance!

Can't speak to the convertible top, but I have matte black stripes and wheels on my F-150 and Wash & Wax adds no noticeable gloss to either of them.

Pulled the trigger, hopefully 1 bottle is enough 

Nope, no steelies here 

I don't know what it is about the finish on them, but VRT just sticks to it like crazy. Unless someone comes forward and can tell me flat out "black trim restorer doesn't work on tires" I'll probably end up trying it. Worst case I'll just get one of those shields or go back to painting VRT on with a brush haha.