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[MAGS1]

LOVE ADS Shampoo+. It is a great shampoo. Very thin to measure out and easy to work with, foams amazing, smells great, and SLICK as snot Cleans good, and the secondary surfactant bubbles when rinsing (Just like Reset) is really cool...

I think it’s my new favorite. Reset and Ethos Cleanse were my top soaps but I think I like Shampoo+ more.

Also just finished applying Trim+. All my trim looks brand new again. Stuff can be messy but it seems to do the job

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[skinnyb]

I think it’s my new favorite. Reset and Ethos Cleanse were my top soaps but I think I like Shampoo+ more.

Also just finished applying Trim+. All my trim looks brand new again. Stuff can be messy but it seems to do the job

Yessir. I LOVE the Trim+ so far. And I did try Cleanse a couple weeks ago. Friend brought a bottle and we washed his car with it, he has the Ethos coating.. I liked it pretty good. Reset is still the GOAT for me though...

 

[MAGS1]

Yessir. I LOVE the Trim+ so far. And I did try Cleanse a couple weeks ago. Friend brought a bottle and we washed his car with it, he has the Ethos coating.. I liked it pretty good. Reset is still the GOAT for me though...

I was kinda disappointed in the Ethos coating. They said 3-5 years, mine was more or less done after 2. I suppose being a daily and all the road salt we get here in winter, that’s not all that bad. But I expected at least 3 years. We’ll see how the ADS coating holds up

 

[skinnyb]

I was kinda disappointed in the Ethos coating. They said 3-5 years, mine was more or less done after 2. I suppose being a daily and all the road salt we get here in winter, that’s not all that bad. But I expected at least 3 years. We’ll see how the ADS coating holds up

Yeah I take the longevity claims with a grain of salt. They all boast of huge inflated numbers. But I feel like ADS honestly tries to be open and honest. I have emailed questions to them before and DJ and Brad both have personally emailed me back. I have applied the regular Quartz twice now, and have a bottle still unopened. I wish I hadn't bought it now, I want to try the new formula. The original is really grabby and hard to apply, it seems to work great though. Sounds like they have really done their homework. Even Hero the redid it. The new stuff has a totally new scent even..

 

[MrMike]

I think it’s my new favorite. Reset and Ethos Cleanse were my top soaps but I think I like Shampoo+ more.

Also just finished applying Trim+. All my trim looks brand new again. Stuff can be messy but it seems to do the job

Just to clarify, Trim+ both restores and protects yeah? Does it have a short shelf life after opening like other "small bottle" coatings or can I save it to use on more vehicles over time?

 

[MrMike]

I think the best thing ADS did was make their stuff readily available so quickly. Their logistics choices and getting it to the most popular vendors was really well done.

I've been using Hero as a QD, Clay Lube, and spritzing it on my towels for the final dry wipe after leaf blower. I think I've found my all in one.

I wasn't really happy with Ech2o because it requires an additional buff afterwards. I like Ech2o for door jambs though.

 

[DFB5.0]

I think the best thing ADS did was make their stuff readily available so quickly. Their logistics choices and getting it to the most popular vendors was really well done.

I've been using Hero as a QD, Clay Lube, and spritzing it on my towels for the final dry wipe after leaf blower. I think I've found my all in one.

I wasn't really happy with Ech2o because it requires an additional buff afterwards. I like Ech2o for door jambs though.

ECH20 has carnauba wax in it, that's why it can be similar to an old school spray wax, which means letting it haze over a little before a final wipe.

 

[MAGS1]

Just to clarify, Trim+ both restores and protects yeah? Does it have a short shelf life after opening like other "small bottle" coatings or can I save it to use on more vehicles over time?

It restores and protects. I’ll double check the bottle but I believe it says 6 months after opening

 

[skinnyb]

It restores and protects. I’ll double check the bottle but I believe it says 6 months after opening

Agreed, I have used mine twice now on 2 different cars. Still have plenty left, I am sure it will be OK til end of the year, I plan to do all the trim on my daily driver by then..

 

[MrMike]

I hate you people

 

[skinnyb]

I hate you people

20 Percent man Gotta love it If its on sale you can buy it


I did the exact same thing

 

[DFB5.0]

I hate you people

See, that's what I'd consider cheap! That same shop would play out like this..............................

Cyclone Ultra Wash Mitt	$24.95
ADS Panel Prep	$30.95
ADS Trim+	$118.00
ADS Wheel	$155.95
Shipping	FREE
TOTAL :	$304.90 (AUD)

That's at full retail, I do get a discount with the supplier, so I pay little less than that. But even then, it's still more than double what you have paid.

Aussie Aussie Aussie, rip-off rip-off rip-off.

 

[DFB5.0]

The following is the biggest vehicle I've ever detailed, and by a considerable margin as well. While I don't personally see the appeal of caravans, I do see the appeal in earning money by cleaning them.

As you can see from the spare wheel cover, this rig made the trip to the Mundi Mundi Bash, which is held 40 km's north-west of Broken Hill. Of course, that means lots of red dust!

Home - Mundi Mundi Bash

Considering my client is nearly blind, his wife does all the driving. Having never towed anything bigger than a garden trailer before, kudos to her for doing a caravan towing course before jumping in the deep end. This is something most would never even contemplate, they just buy a Landcruiser and the biggest van possible and off they go.

Anyway, I offered to wash the van in the driveway. This would save them the hassle of hooking the van up to the Landcruiser, towing it to a car wash, then towing it back, unhook.............with only one pair of eyes between them, it would've taken them half a day to do all that. Due to a heavy downpour last week, quite a lot of the red dust was washed away from the rain. So, I was just finishing what mother nature started.

Back when I installed a wall-mounted pressure washer, I contemplated selling my old Kranzle K1152. Thinking I wouldn't need it anymore, I nearly sold it to a colleague, but for some reason, I changed my mind at the last minute. For jobs like this, I'm thankful I decided to keep it. Once you've used one of these machines, it ruins you for other pressure washers, in fact I'd rather use a garden hose as other pressure washers just don't flow enough water to be efficient.

Another thing I've noticed using the K1152, its vastly quieter than the big boy KHD-10 that's sitting on a shelf in my garage. Both of these produce similar numbers, 10-lpm at 2800 rpm. So, this extra noise could be due to how the K1152's motor is covered by a plastic shroud, or that the KHD-10 uses more power (15-amp vs 10amp). Either way, the K1152 is much smoother and more pleasant to listen to.





Before leaving home, in addition to the Kranzle, I grabbed two buckets, several brushes, two foam cannons and a few chemicals. Oh, and a step ladder.

After setting up the pressure washer, the first thing I did was foam the whole van with Bilt Hamber Touch-less. While that did its thing, I scrubbed the tyres with Shine Supply Wise Guy and a Detail Factory Tyre Brush in XL size.

The van was then rinsed from top to toe, which took the majority of the road grime, dust and dead bugs with it. From here, I foamed the wheels with Carpro Lift and cleaned with a Maxshine Curved Grip XL brush and an EZ-Detail brush. The sizable wheel arches were then scrubbed with a Detail Factory Fender Brush.

Working on one side at a time, I then foamed with Lift and washed with a TRC Cyclone Bone pad. For the textured black lowers, I again used that DF Fender Brush. The same process was used for the front and back. As for the roof, I reached what I could and made sure to rinse the solar panels as best I could.

The finishing touch was an application of Carpro Hydr02 to the body and wheels. I had contemplated dressing the tyres but decided not to bother.

The photos don't do the end result justice, but even to my vision compromised client, the difference is remarkable.

And that was that, my first caravan detail.

 

[kilobravo]

Once again, different vocabularies make their presence known. To wit.."caravan" vice "trailer" or "camping trailer." <smile>

Big job but then, no size job seems to phase you, D. <bigger grin>

Either way, the K1152 is much smoother and more pleasant to listen to.

Holy smoke, it's a LOT louder but then it's a long way from the work area so no big deal. I often wish I had the space to install a hard plumbed Kranzle but it isn't in the cards although I still love my 1152 and you are so correct, once you use one, nothing else comes close.

 

[Evolvd]

Am I the only one that’s going to catch the pun that he’s talking about vision and the name brand of the camper?

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