The Guz Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 Finished up polishing this 2010 Camaro for my uncle who will be giving it to his son for his 18th birthday this week. Car was polished and coated with a paint coating. Non-Adams products used. rkj4243 and LFairbanks 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkj4243 Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 Michael, Great job on the Camaro, the blue really pops in the after shots! The Guz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcgluro Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 Beautiful car and what a great 18th birthday present. I want those exact wheels to put on my Ridgeline. I've seen a few with the 5 spoke Camaro wheels and I like the look much better than the factory wheels. The Guz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Slow Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 (edited) Rinseless washed, clayed and Quick Sealed the new ride. It had been washed the night before but I wanted some quality protection on it before I can find the time for a correction. The new ride came with dealer installed swirls that will need fixing but the holidays and life get in the way. Of course today it POURED, but it poured on my now protected ride. Edited December 23, 2015 by Captain Slow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkj4243 Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 Captain Slow (Paul), Did the new vehicle replace the Booboo van or the Dart? Please post pictures when you get time. Thanks for sending that rain our way, into the Motor City from the west, been warmer, but very rainy here the last 4 days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Slow Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 Captain Slow (Paul), Did the new vehicle replace the Booboo van or the Dart? Please post pictures when you get time. Thanks for sending that rain our way, into the Motor City from the west, been warmer, but very rainy here the last 4 days. The Dart went bye bye to make room for this: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mc2hill Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 My son is home from college for a week, and I spent most of the day detailing the outside of his car. Cleaned the wheels & tires, then a strip wash to get the paint extra clean. Polished the yellowing from the headlights, then moved to the rest of the car. Used MF pads and PCP on the paint to remove the previous coating and the swirls & scratches. I was able to finish the PCP down well enough that it did not need a finishing polish. I will apply a new layer of the coating on Monday, after our Christmas visits. I prefer a coating on his car, as he rarely washes it, and when he brings it home I can add APC to my Car Was Shampoo to make cleaning the car quicker. It also protects from birds and pine sap better than a sealant as it bonds more with the paint. Hopefully Adam's can have a user-friendly coating available! If my polishing photos turn out, I will do a small write-up on this detail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zach5.9CTD Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 I need to work on my snowmobiles.....maybe this next week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mc2hill Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 Washed the truck today...first time in a few months. I was planning to just clean the wheels & tires, then do a Rinseless wash. Then I peaked at the levels in the 16 oz. bottles of full strength and diluted products. 3.5 hours later the truck was finally cleaned and the tire dressed. #garagetherapy! I also polished a parking lot booboo with an Orange 4" Focus pad and and used that combo on the chrome front bumper to remove some marring/junk. The sad part is I found out I am almost out of unobtainium (Green Wheel Cleaner) . LFairbanks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Slow Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 (edited) I rinseless washed the Caddy. While out in the garage I cleaned the exhaust tips and coated them with Quick Sealant. Edited January 4, 2016 by Captain Slow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFairbanks Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 I did the same thing with my DD, Paul. Love the Rinseless Wash. I don't use it much any other time of year, but maybe I should. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripesace Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 the temp hit 60 so I pulled my Camry XSE out and gave it a full once over on the outside. It's got a recent H2O top on top of the Paint Sealant... though, I'll probably do a strip wash and re apply the next time the weathers this nice and I have the time. Tire shine on the tires and VRT on the trim. I took it a step further and used a foam paint brush to apply VRT to all of my window seals. What a difference that made! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marquez93 Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 I also did a Rinseless wash on my GTI and then decided I wanted to do a quick clay and seal. The clay marred the paint a little more than I thought I could live with (even in the winter), especially considering my fairly poor garage lighting. So I ended up using the finishing polish and white pad with the Rupes 15 and then 2 coats of LPS also with the Rupes. I even did the door jambs and hinges with either LPS or QS. Then I put Tire Shine on the tires and cleaned the windows and applied glass sealant and VRT on the trim. And just a quick vacuum and interior wipedown with TID. I snapped a quick picture but, again, the poor garage lighting doesn't help. Better lighting is one of my winter projects. But even with the poor light, I could tell how much darker and shinier it looks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripesace Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 I snapped a quick picture but, again, the poor garage lighting doesn't help. Better lighting is one of my winter projects. But even with the poor light, I could tell how much darker and shinier it looks. I just did lighting in my garage this weekend. Basically divided my garage into 3rds and did 3 cans down each third so when a vehicle is centered in the garage, theres plenty of light down the side. I left the builder installed fluorescents but swapped the bulbs out to match the 5000K LED BR30s i put in the recesses. I also added a 7th can over where the hood would be. I couldnt leave well enough alone so I swapped out the 2 bulbs on my garage door with 2 GE LiightStick 60W equal. 5000K led lamps. One of my neighbors was walking by while I was standing at the end of the driveway admiring it all earlier and asked "I knew you were serious about keeping your cars up, but are you trying to put a paint booth in your garage?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marquez93 Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 I just did lighting in my garage this weekend. Basically divided my garage into 3rds and did 3 cans down each third so when a vehicle is centered in the garage, theres plenty of light down the side. I left the builder installed fluorescents but swapped the bulbs out to match the 5000K LED BR30s i put in the recesses. I also added a 7th can over where the hood would be. I couldnt leave well enough alone so I swapped out the 2 bulbs on my garage door with 2 GE LiightStick 60W equal. 5000K led lamps. One of my neighbors was walking by while I was standing at the end of the driveway admiring it all earlier and asked "I knew you were serious about keeping your cars up, but are you trying to put a paint booth in your garage?" That's basically what I was thinking, but since I don't have a lot of depth I might have to set up the lights around the angled parking position like in my picture. Or just have enough lights that I can park any way I like. I just moved into the house about 6 weeks ago and I've purchased 8 4-foot LED shop lights that I am going to put up in the basement first. So I'll try to use my experience with that to figure out how many lights I need in the garage. I'll probably put 2 or 3 lights on the existing switch for general lighting and then have a separate switch to turn the rest on for serious detailing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SYMAWD Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 Washed my Dad's A6 and hit it with HGG to protect it for the winter. With a new showroom going up at work, it gets dirty very quickly. The whole back and other side of the building still isn't paved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audog Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 Waterless wash, H2O G&G, VRT today, it's raining out, with snow in forecast, so stayed in garage and did the Cherokee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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imcrazy Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 (edited) 2016 Silverado LT. Just some Adams car wash today, the dealer put a coat of wax on it before I took it home, doubt it is great but, with snow in the forecast for most of the next 5 days, I didn't have the heart to even to an H2O. Edited January 10, 2016 by imcrazy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Slow Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 (edited) 11*F outside but mid 40's in my garage made it nice to Rinseless Wash the ATS4. I'm loving the wheels on this vehicle because there is no brake dust guard to get in the way of my Wheel Woolie. After I dried the vehicle I got out the H2O Guard & Gloss and did the whole vehicle including door jambs, under the hood, in the gashole, trunk margins and wheels using the dry application method. After Adam's Quick Sealant was discontinued I had been thinking of buying the other aerosol quick sealant type coating on the market but after seeing how ridiculously easy this new product is to use, well, I've scratched that idea. BTW: When I tried H2O G&G out last Thursday I did the trunk lid only. Edited January 10, 2016 by Captain Slow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pirahnah3 Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 Nice looking car, she is really showing off that shine with the Adams getting to her. Captain Slow 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Slow Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 Nice looking car, she is really showing off that shine with the Adams getting to her. Thank you Jim. She will look much better come spring when I can correct the paint. She came loaded with dealer installed swirls. Fortunately the light color hides them but I know they're there and it drives me nuts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torch Red Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 (edited) Not done today, although both were done last week. The '98 C5 (Nikita, or Nikki as she likes to be called) has been in the family for many years, my daily driver for awhile, then the wife's grocery getter and now my youngest sons daily. She needed a good going over as there were some swirl/rub marks and water spots so I spent a good part of the day giving her a strip bath, clay and polish. I wasn't going for perfect as the old girl will never look like new again, but she came out pretty good in my eyes. Wheels only got a quickie, will wait for Spring to pull and polish. Didn't have my VRT from Adam's yet, so let the tires go too. Changed the oil, charged the battery and gave the engine a quick wipe down. Need that VRT!!! Once that was complete and the kid brought my car back, gave the C7 a rinseless and quick clay. This one also needs a full polish, needed it from day one, but that will also wait until Spring. I did get the "chip protector" clear plastic pulled off the rear rocker panels as that was bugging me and touched up an awful factory/dealer correction swirl that was noticeable on the rear lid. Anyway, not too shabby with my limited Adam's products...also used G&G on the C7, but gave it to the kid to maintain his. Yeah, I'm hooked on Adam's products! (and did I mention I like Torch Red?) Edited January 13, 2016 by Torch Red Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pirahnah3 Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Now thats a shiny Vette! you could dive into that pool of paint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James__ Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Very slick! Both of them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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