Detail with Adams PC Kit
 

After owning the Adams PC Kit since the end of July, I finally put it to use. This weekend was dedicated to polishing the Z. I ended up clay barring, polishing with Swirl and Haze Remover, Fine Machine Polish followed by Super Wax and a coat of Americana. My back feels it but the car looks amazing! I can't say enough good things about these products. They work so well!

I'm hoping to get the car out tomorrow for a few pictures before she's covered for the winter but here are a few images.

*Update*, Car looks great outdoors, the lighting for pictures was bad but I added a couple images. Now the car needs a bath, too much dust in the air:(

Sry to hear about you back, but your car looks great!!!! Definitely try to post up some pics of it outside. Making me feel bad that my Z is a little dirty.

really nice....looks like the back pain was well worth it

Did you get her outside?

The Z looks great! I use the same adams products and could not be happier with the results

Very nice detail!

Thanks Junkman, I couldn't have done it without your videos!

Came out great! i used the junkman's videos for mine as well :tup:

Looks great... the body lines of the Z make for some really great reflections.

Glad to be of service guys. :tup:

I can see that the front tire on your bike is about 5 psi. low. You should check it before you next ride. I was able to tell because your paint it is shining so hard.

It's looking good, to bad you have to put her away for the winter.

And i'm just joking about your tire. It could be 3 psi. low.

You're probably right about the tire. The bike doesn't get ridden enough. The Z kind of took over this year:) Winter will be in KC this weekend. One more bath and the cover will go on.

First of all Oscar the car looks awesome, great job on it mate.

Have a question for you, this coming from someone with very little to no experience with a PC or clay bar. What made you clay bar the car? reason I ask I am about to order the Adams PC Kit but wasn't planning to clay bar anything.

I have a 2010 black Z with minor swirls right from the dealer, when I say minor they are the kind of swirl where people look at the car and say it looks great and how do I keep it in such good shape but I know where the marks are....

Would you recomend clay bar yearly or just when it's in really bad shape and what would you consider bad enough shape to clay bar?

Any advise is appricated,

Thanks for the compliment.

You really should clay the car first. Take a sandwich bag and put it over your hand. Lightly rub it on your car and you will feel the dirt. It's amazing how this works. By using the caly bar first, you are removing the grit and starting with a clean finish. I think this is a very important step.

I plan to clay only when I polish the car. Most likely I am going to run over the car again in the spring with Adams Fine Machine Polish. Since the car is covered for the winter, I won't clay but normally I would if the car had been on the road for a period of time.

Post pictures when you get your Z done. I would love the see the results. Be sure to watch Junkman's videos first.

A plastic sandwich bag:)

Claying is extremely important for a number of reasons but one that you should be able to relate to is the removal of paint contamination. It works like this. Before you can use products on the detailing market to correct and make your paint shine, you must remove any barriers between you and the paint. The process of claying is the only one that will achieve this. If you don't remove that barrier of grit and grime, then you are polishing and waxing that barrier instead of your paint. This drastically diminishes the overall results of your work and in my opinion, your work is basically like polishing a turd if you don't bother to clay when it is necessary. When it's all said and done, your car will still look like crap to the trained eye.

Here's a write up that I did on claying. It explains it in more detail.

Awesome thanks guys, makes a lot more sense now...still have to take a look at your link but that will be next...Car is parked and going to be covered for the winter in the next week or so but hopefully be back out in march/april and will give it try then.

Just took a look at your video Junkman about the claying process explains it really well thanks for posting that.

I still am unsure if I need to clay got the car June 2010, alway garaged, always washed and cleaned weekly. Water beads well, surface is smooth just a few swirls from day one. Also is going to be stored for the winter in the garage also. So by the time I pull it out for spring it would only have 3500km on it and maybe 6months on the road.

I don't want to come off sounding lazy to clay, I will do what is needed as best as I can but really unsure if I need to clay when I bring it out, any opions on this?

my feeling is, if you're gonna spend a few hours detailing your car, might as well start off right and clay the thing, or at least the areas that need claying. its kind of like spending a few hours painting a really nice picture on a canvas that you had spilt coffee on. IMO cars that were never clayed since purchase, need to be clayed no matter what. theres no way there isn't any rail dust deep in your paint from transportation.

Exactly!!! Rail dust if it went by train, diesel soot if it went by truck, salt and all manner of other contamination if it crossed the ocean.

Unless you pick your car up at the factory there is contamination on it, doesn't matter if you took delivery the day it arrived at the dealer or it sat on the lot for 3 months... the world is full of contamination that likes to bond with your paint, glass, headlights, tail lights, etc. Claying doesn't add a ton of time to the process, but it does make a HUGE impact on the clarity of the finish.