Hi guys, some of you may remember me from a while back, but maybe not. Anyways, I spent the last year living in a dorm with no way to work on my car and no money to purchase detailing products, and I've apparently fallen out of touch with Adams products. I still had almost every product Adams sold from last year, even a year and a half ago, but I just did a pretty intense detail sesh on my car after a 4000 mile roadtrip and realized it's time to stock back up. I need new pads and polishes (I still have the old hex pads with the SHR and the FMP), claybars, towels, soap, well, just about everything! I'm surprised to see how much has changed.
Its actually left me with a lot of questions.
First, where is the SSR? I didn't see it in the products section, and I noticed the names of the other polishes have changed. Please tell me the SHR or whatever it's now called isn't the most intense polish, right? I plan on a bit of wetsanding and I need more grinding power for my PC than just SHR. Last time I tried that, I was working on polishing out one little section for over an hour. Is it just out of stock? I have 2 almost full bottles of SSR and I don't see the green pads or any kind of replacement. I hope I'm not stuck with 2 full bottles of product that I now can't use at all.
Also, are the formulas for the newly renamed polishes the same? I still have 2 bottles of SHR, about 10% full each, and I don't want to just get rid of them. I also have a nearly full bottle of FMP. Are they at least compatible with the new pads? I had 2 orange hex pads and they both fell apart towards the end of my last detail sesh and I can't afford to just waste the product.
And can anyone explain the brilliant glaze pads? Last I remember, BG was applied by hand.
And what happened to the flex products? I remember the Flex and the PC having different pads, but I only see 1 type now.
Also, what's the deal with the new Deep Wheel Cleaner? Is it worth getting? I know, I know, it's adams so it's a good product, but is it really worth the extra money over APC? I tried the GWC one time and it worked well, but I decided to stick to APC because it worked just as well for me. Does the new one make it significantly easier to clean your wheels? And does it really get rid of those little orange iron particles in your paint? My car is white and those are literally the bane of my existance.
And the new total interior detailer? What's that about? The way I understood it, 1 step 'detailing and cleaning' is a big no-no. Clean with 1 product, dress with another. That's what I always thought. I used to laugh at other companies that sold 1 step solutions like 'cleaner wax', to polish and clean at the same time. Is it just for light detailing work, like just getting it clean and making it look even? I assume it doesn't replace Leather/Interior Conditioner, but kind of is just the easier way of dressing up your plastics? And Leather/Interior Cleaner is still the right way to 'deep clean' your plastics and vinyl?
Anyways, thanks for any answers or help you guys can provide. I feel kind of dumb looking at the products and not knowing what I need. All that said, it's good to be back in the swing of detailing. My poor car really needs some work!
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Hi guys, some of you may remember me from a while back, but maybe not. Anyways, I spent the last year living in a dorm with no way to work on my car and no money to purchase detailing products, and I've apparently fallen out of touch with Adams products. I still had almost every product Adams sold from last year, even a year and a half ago, but I just did a pretty intense detail sesh on my car after a 4000 mile roadtrip and realized it's time to stock back up. I need new pads and polishes (I still have the old hex pads with the SHR and the FMP), claybars, towels, soap, well, just about everything! I'm surprised to see how much has changed.
Its actually left me with a lot of questions.
First, where is the SSR? I didn't see it in the products section, and I noticed the names of the other polishes have changed. Please tell me the SHR or whatever it's now called isn't the most intense polish, right? I plan on a bit of wetsanding and I need more grinding power for my PC than just SHR. Last time I tried that, I was working on polishing out one little section for over an hour. Is it just out of stock? I have 2 almost full bottles of SSR and I don't see the green pads or any kind of replacement. I hope I'm not stuck with 2 full bottles of product that I now can't use at all.
Also, are the formulas for the newly renamed polishes the same? I still have 2 bottles of SHR, about 10% full each, and I don't want to just get rid of them. I also have a nearly full bottle of FMP. Are they at least compatible with the new pads? I had 2 orange hex pads and they both fell apart towards the end of my last detail sesh and I can't afford to just waste the product.
And can anyone explain the brilliant glaze pads? Last I remember, BG was applied by hand.
And what happened to the flex products? I remember the Flex and the PC having different pads, but I only see 1 type now.
Also, what's the deal with the new Deep Wheel Cleaner? Is it worth getting? I know, I know, it's adams so it's a good product, but is it really worth the extra money over APC? I tried the GWC one time and it worked well, but I decided to stick to APC because it worked just as well for me. Does the new one make it significantly easier to clean your wheels? And does it really get rid of those little orange iron particles in your paint? My car is white and those are literally the bane of my existance.
And the new total interior detailer? What's that about? The way I understood it, 1 step 'detailing and cleaning' is a big no-no. Clean with 1 product, dress with another. That's what I always thought. I used to laugh at other companies that sold 1 step solutions like 'cleaner wax', to polish and clean at the same time. Is it just for light detailing work, like just getting it clean and making it look even? I assume it doesn't replace Leather/Interior Conditioner, but kind of is just the easier way of dressing up your plastics? And Leather/Interior Cleaner is still the right way to 'deep clean' your plastics and vinyl?
Anyways, thanks for any answers or help you guys can provide. I feel kind of dumb looking at the products and not knowing what I need. All that said, it's good to be back in the swing of detailing. My poor car really needs some work!
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