GerryC

I have one of these, used it with both Meg's quik detailer and Detail Spray and it hardly picked up anything. I hit the same spot then with your blue clay and it pulled up a ton more grit. The white clay just glided over the contaminants, as indicated by the gouge marks in the clay itself.

They were all tire dressings: First, Meguairs 'high endurance' tire gel...the gel itself was clumpy, it was like I was applying cottage cheese to the tires....and the yellow, flat, circular pad that came with it was hardly absorbent, very difficult to handle, and shredded easily. It would take upwards of 20 minutes to dress all my tires evenly. Sometimes after I washed I didn't even bother with the tires because I knew how much of a pain it would have been, whereas with Adam's VRT and their sponges I can do it in less than 5. Looking to make tire dressing quicker I next tried Armor All tire spray...found out that you gotta keep that can moving, if you stop for 0.05 of a second you'll end up with a big dark line that wouldn't wipe off. Then I tried AA's tire foam, applied quickly and evenly...ok, so far so good. However when it dried it left an orange tint on my tires and it left dark stains on my driveway that lasted for weeks Spend a couple of extra dollars and get the stuff that WORKS VRT lasts longer both in that it is much more weather resistant and won't fade from the tires as fast, and that you don't have to use a lot thus giving you more applications per bottle

Just like with the Buttery Wax, when it hazes up and swipes clean with your fingertip, it's ready, usually 15-20 minutes for me.

Devin has one that says 4 ounces, I think that's all probably because the new containers came in way before the new labels, so they had to make due with what was available so they could fulfill orders

Maybe an inexpensive alternative to botox?

I've had very good results with a toothbrush and Green Wheel Cleaner on removing polish and wax residue that got onto black plastic trim, moldings, door handles, etc. I found it works better than just using a towel especially if the trim has a rough texture with lots of tiny grooves where wax could get stuck.

That vette looks fasn8ng! I agree, much better than that black one that keeps popping up every now and then

For some reason I have the sudden urge to play air hockey:lolsmack::lolsmack:

So I met up with Jordan this afternoon to see how we could fix his wax situation. I showed him my techniques for the whole process to try and find out where he was running into problems: First he showed me how the wax wouldn't apply evenly, in that it would leave areas of the paint looking as if no wax had been put on at all. I found the cause to be how the wax was put onto the applicator pad. If any part of the pad is dry, the dry part will actually wipe the wax away as you are trying to apply it to the car. Rubbing the pad together after squirting wax onto it helps spread it evenly over the pad surface so this won't happen. You want the pad to feel damp, and as it gets more damp, you can squirt less and less wax onto the pad to complete the entire vehicle. We waited about 10-15 minutes, it was cool and not very humid, and went to wipe the residue from his truck. I was able to see his second and third problems: it did require a slight bit of pressure to remove, and once it was removed, areas of the paint looked noticeably darker, and more pressure was required to remove those marks. We tried to isolate what the cause might be. Since he has the newer towels and pads, we each tried various combinations of each others towels, applicator pads, and bottles of wax, on each others cars. We figured mixing and matching each others stuff would have helped narrow it down....but that idea betrayed us. The wax applied and wiped cleanly from my car with both apps and towels, but we chalked that up to the insane amount of Adam's waxes that are already on my car . I was able to remove the wax residue from his truck much easier with my towel, and it didn't leave behind the marks he was seeing before. I tried a few different areas of his truck with my towel and was again able to remove the wax with no marks left over. So that would mean he could have a bad towel...but it worked fine to remove the wax from my car. Part of the problem might have been his technique but hopefully the pointers I gave him will make his waxing easier. Bill, Adam said something about my raise coming out of your check?

If you click on the photos, the writeups for each individual ship have more photos and even a link to the satellite image from google maps of the crash site

Probably gonna shoot for tomorrow....it's been raining like hell all day. Let me know if there are any Adam's products you don't have so I can bring some to let you check them out

Well that shouldn't take too long Let me check out Google Maps and I'll send you a PM in a few minutes Jordan

I'm about an hour away and free all this week. We could meet halfway, maybe somewhere in Norwalk?

It never stained my car, just my drying towel, which didn't bother me.

I would eat off of that engine

If the spots aren't etched in then clay should be able to remove them,as technically the would be impurities on top of the glass. Polish would probably work too but he doesn't want to accidentally stain his trim. I stained some black trim on my Taurus with SHR and the only thing that was able to get it all out was GWC, a toothbrush, and lots of scrubbing Again it depends on how bad the spots are but any of the methods mentioned in this topic should help

It depends on the severity of the spots, how long they've been there, etc. I would start with some Glass Cleaner and a microfiber towel. If they don't come off completely, others have had good results using a clay bar on the glass to remove spots, using Detail Spray (or All Purpose Cleaner if they are really stubborn) as a lubricant. If you can take a photo and post it for us we can better know how to treat your particular situation:thumbsup:

perfect example of a survivor :thumbsup:

Ok Rich here's the whole car *without* the cover I love how the paint looks like a different red depending on the amount/angle of sunlight. The second pic is actually what it is supposed to look like, but as you can see on the hood in the first pic, if there are few clouds, the blue sky reflects completely in the paint making it look more like a ruby. 2 coats of Americana, and then BSG at the show There are more pics fromthe show in this topic...tons of awesome cars

Hard exterior plastics will not absorb VRT like softer materials such as tires and weatherstrip. If you are seeing streaks you probably applied too much, so just do what Dylan suggested and you should be fine.

It'd be much easier to polish without badges. If you look closely at the badges on a car, 9 times out of 10 there will be residue buildup around the letters from careless waxing.

16 oz Detail Spray 16 oz Glass Cleaner True Blue MF Towel Glass Cleaning Towel White Waffle Drying Towel Would be a good kit for $50 (save $10)

looks much better painted :thumbsup: