To give everyone a little background on me, I detail around 5-6 cars per month. I have been active in the local PDX Audi, Subaru and BMW clubs and do all my detailing through word of mouth.
I have been loyal to Zaino polishes for years. With all of the talk about Adams Polishes, I thought I would give them a try.
I received my box of products yesterday. The packaging was excellent. I ordered Butter Wax, Revive Polish, Scratch & Swirl Remover & 2 Professional Wash Pads. I already had clay bars and spray detail from Sonus and Zaino.
I decided to give a test run on my 1 month old Imola Red M3. The dealer had really scratched the crap out of the hood on it's first wash and I was having a tough time getting the cars paint back to perfect using my faithful Zaino products. I had tried using Z-PC Swirl Remover followed by Z-2 Show polish and I couldn't get it to my standards.
Lets start with the Adams wash mits:
I wash my 3 cars once a week and have always used Maguires wash mits. I was really excited to see the size and thickness of the Adams wash mit. Once I filled up a couple of buckets of soapy water, (I always use a two bucket method of washing) I was blown away at how much water the mit held. The Adams wash mit was hands down the best wash mit I've ever used. I'm ordering a few more today...
After the wash, I ran some Sonus clay over the car (using soapy water as a lubricant) and rinse.
I dry my car using the Air Wand:
http://tinyurl.com/degmp
Followed by a good waffle weave towel.
http://tinyurl.com/d2c3s
I started my detail using my Porter Cable polisher and Sonus detailing pads:
http://tinyurl.com/7pj7w
http://tinyurl.com/9e9l5
I added some Adams Revive polish along with a small amount of Scratch & Swirl Remover to a Sonus Green pad and started polishing at speed 4.5 on my Porter Cable Polisher. I put the Revive & Swirl remover on pretty thin (I only used around 1 ounce total of product on the entire car). I noticed right away how easy it was to remove this product with a microfiber buffing towel.
http://www.autopia-carcare.com/son-dwbt-2.html
After getting out a flashlight and shining it a couple inches away from the paint I noticed it did a very good job of taking away nearly all of the dealer installed swirl marks...
I then used a Sonus blue Final Finish pad to apply the Butter Wax. Again, I only used around 1 ounce of product (on the whole car) while having the speed around 5 on my PC Polisher. I let it dry for around 1 hour and then removed it with another clean microfiber towel. One HUGE thing I have to say about Adams products is the ease of removal. With Zaino I've always had a tough time getting all the polish off on my first shot. Zaino always looks best after the cars first wash to get off any existing polish residue. This alone will probably make me switch to using Adams Products...
By the time I was done with this detail it was dark so I didn't take any pictures. This thread is worthless without pix, so I'll get some up tonight when I get home.
Overall, I was very impressed with the quality of the polishes. I'm going to be doing a couple more details this week on my black A4 and my black MDX to see what it can do there.... The real test will be on older paint and I'll be giving that a shot in the next week as well.
I have been loyal to Zaino polishes for years. With all of the talk about Adams Polishes, I thought I would give them a try.
I received my box of products yesterday. The packaging was excellent. I ordered Butter Wax, Revive Polish, Scratch & Swirl Remover & 2 Professional Wash Pads. I already had clay bars and spray detail from Sonus and Zaino.
I decided to give a test run on my 1 month old Imola Red M3. The dealer had really scratched the crap out of the hood on it's first wash and I was having a tough time getting the cars paint back to perfect using my faithful Zaino products. I had tried using Z-PC Swirl Remover followed by Z-2 Show polish and I couldn't get it to my standards.
Lets start with the Adams wash mits:
I wash my 3 cars once a week and have always used Maguires wash mits. I was really excited to see the size and thickness of the Adams wash mit. Once I filled up a couple of buckets of soapy water, (I always use a two bucket method of washing) I was blown away at how much water the mit held. The Adams wash mit was hands down the best wash mit I've ever used. I'm ordering a few more today...
After the wash, I ran some Sonus clay over the car (using soapy water as a lubricant) and rinse.
I dry my car using the Air Wand:
http://tinyurl.com/degmp
Followed by a good waffle weave towel.
http://tinyurl.com/d2c3s
I started my detail using my Porter Cable polisher and Sonus detailing pads:
http://tinyurl.com/7pj7w
http://tinyurl.com/9e9l5
I added some Adams Revive polish along with a small amount of Scratch & Swirl Remover to a Sonus Green pad and started polishing at speed 4.5 on my Porter Cable Polisher. I put the Revive & Swirl remover on pretty thin (I only used around 1 ounce total of product on the entire car). I noticed right away how easy it was to remove this product with a microfiber buffing towel.
http://www.autopia-carcare.com/son-dwbt-2.html
After getting out a flashlight and shining it a couple inches away from the paint I noticed it did a very good job of taking away nearly all of the dealer installed swirl marks...
I then used a Sonus blue Final Finish pad to apply the Butter Wax. Again, I only used around 1 ounce of product (on the whole car) while having the speed around 5 on my PC Polisher. I let it dry for around 1 hour and then removed it with another clean microfiber towel. One HUGE thing I have to say about Adams products is the ease of removal. With Zaino I've always had a tough time getting all the polish off on my first shot. Zaino always looks best after the cars first wash to get off any existing polish residue. This alone will probably make me switch to using Adams Products...
By the time I was done with this detail it was dark so I didn't take any pictures. This thread is worthless without pix, so I'll get some up tonight when I get home.
Overall, I was very impressed with the quality of the polishes. I'm going to be doing a couple more details this week on my black A4 and my black MDX to see what it can do there.... The real test will be on older paint and I'll be giving that a shot in the next week as well.
