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Forgot to add that applying the single coat to all four tires barely put a dent into the amount in the bottle. More of a road chip, really 😆. Sure, mileage will vary with size of tires, etc. But safe to assume this 8oz bottle will last a while for the average user.
 
Wish I had a before pic, but here's the after.
 

 
*Bottle shaken to add bubbles and make seeing fluid level easier.

My mom hasn't purchased a new car in over 15 years.  She made the 7 hour drive up this weekend for our daughter's second birthday and I decided to clean it up before the ride home.  The car was actually in good since the dealer doesn't wash the vehicle when serviced.  
 

 

 

 

 
I started off by cleaning the wheels and tires with Deep Wheel Cleaner, All Purpose Cleaner and the Trim & Lug Nut Brush.  I also used the old wheel woolie combo.  The wheels don't get that dirty since they are equipped with a brake dust barrier, but the tires were filthy.  
 

 
Here is the tire getting worked over with the cleaner.

 
The engine bay was exceptionally dirty as it hasn't been cleaned in over six months.  I sprayed everything with Rinseless Car Wash diluted to waterless wash and used some old microfiber to give it a good scrubbing.  After drying the bay I coated everything I could with Super VRT Tire & Trim Dressing and a milk version since I don't have any In and Out Spray,
 
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After:

 
The bugs were sprayed with diluted Rinseless Car Wash to soften them before the wash.
 
I used a mixture of Car Wash Shampoo, All Purpose Cleaner, and Rinseless Car Wash in my foam gun to strip anything that might be left from the original delivery and to soften the water.

 
After letting it soak for a while and finishing up getting my bucket with Grit Guard Insert and Professional Car Wash Pad.  I gave the car a good scrubbing from top to bottom.  I was able to get the majority of bugs with a light pad pass, but had to break out the Detailing Clay Combo to get the ones that were baked on from sitting in the Texas and Missouri sun.  I clayed the hood, front bumper, windshield and roof.  The rest of the car was still good to go.


As you can see from the clay of the hood wasn't in horrible shape.

After finishing up with the wash and claying I broke out the Blaster Sidekick Dryer by MetroVac and Detail Spray to help avoid water spots and to give it a great finish.
 
After getting the drying process finished up I then went over the car with Quick Sealant using the Microfiber Applicator Pads to spread everything around evenly.  
 
Cleaned up all of the windows with Microfiber Glass Cleaning Towels and Adam's Glass Cleaner so that she would have streak free and invisible glass on the car ride home tomorrow.  I treated the windows with Glass Sealant.  
 
I went over the tires with the New Tire Shine which I have started to really like.  I was always a big fan of Super VRT Tire & Trim Dressing, but I may be switching over.  The trim on the car was treated with VRT also to help protect and give it that excellent natural sheen.


 
I hope you like how the car turned out and I plan on giving it a proper correction when I have more time and make a trip home to Dallas with all of my supplies.
 
 
   

True just bumping to see

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!! 

Hey Steve, Welcome to the forum/obsession!

Well I will just post in here a little update of what I did this weekend (I know its a day late)
 
Removed all the carpeting in my house, and laid new flooring
 
Picture of Carpeting Before with a little bonus picutre of the puppies

 
Too bad these hardwoods also full of holes, rot and have large sections missing, because they would be nice to refinish. 
 


 
New Flooring



 
Just have to finish the drywall patching, Paint, Install baseboards, and new trim around windows, then I will finish the floor in the Halway, and Bedroom and my House will be almost complete inside.