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<blockquote data-quote="TheWolf" data-source="post: 664868" data-attributes="member: 12996"><p>HELPFUL TIPS AND ADVICE FROM MR. OCD</p><p> </p><p>Wear clean clothes and change your shirt if it gets dirty or wet during washing. You don’t want any dirt from your clothing falling into the polish or wax as it could cause damage to the paint. Do not wear rings, watches or other jewelry.</p><p> </p><p>Work in a clean area if possible. If you have to work outside, avoid windy days so dirt or dust does not get blown onto the paint while you are working.</p><p> </p><p>Be emotionally prepared to find some factory flaws in the paint of your brand new Raptor that you did not see during your inspection at the dealer.</p><p> </p><p>[ATTACH]44978[/ATTACH]</p><p> </p><p>Cleaning the truck is the most important step. Any dirt hiding out could get picked-up during polishing or waxing and create damage.</p><p> </p><p>Drying took a long time trying to get under all the trim and I still had sneaky drips during the Paint Sealant and the water around the lug nuts jumped out when I sprayed the Quick Sealant. A blower like the MetroVac Sidekick would have been useful. If you use a compressor make sure it is oil-less, you don’t want to be spraying a mist of oil onto the paint prior to sealing it.</p><p> </p><p>Watch the <a href="http://adamspolishes.com/video" target="_blank">How-To videos</a> on the Adam’s website for each step.</p><p> </p><p>Any paint correction would occur before the <a href="http://adamspolishes.com/adam-s-liquid-paint-sealant.html" target="_blank">Paint Sealant</a> and I would wash again after any large paint correcting job to remove any abrasives from the nooks and crannies since the abrasives could get picked-up by the applicator during the sealant, glaze or wax and cause damage.</p><p> </p><p>Do the <a href="http://adamspolishes.com/adam-s-liquid-paint-sealant.html" target="_blank">Liquid Paint Sealant</a> on everything painted including flares and bumpers. I only did the <a href="http://adamspolishes.com/adam-s-brilliant-glaze.html" target="_blank">Glaze</a> on the shiny body paint.</p><p> </p><p>Do the headlights and taillights with the same steps as the paint.</p><p> </p><p>Spray the rear shocks, tow hooks and hitch receiver with Quick Sealant.</p><p> </p><p>Have extra towels and applicators for each step. If you drop it, DO NOT USE IT AGAIN even if it looks clean. Same goes for the clay bars. Figure on using two <a href="http://adamspolishes.com/adam-s-double-soft-2-pack.html" target="_blank">Double Soft Towels</a> for each step but have a few extra.</p><p> </p><p>The <a href="http://adamspolishes.com/adam-s-liquid-paint-sealant.html" target="_blank">Paint Sealant</a> and <a href="http://adamspolishes.com/adam-s-brilliant-glaze.html" target="_blank">Glaze</a> were easy to remove but the <a href="http://adamspolishes.com/americana-premium-paste-wax4.html" target="_blank">Americana Wax</a> took some more work. Don’t get too far ahead applying the wax before going back to remove the haze. The <a href="http://adamspolishes.com/adam-s-brilliant-glaze.html" target="_blank">Glaze</a> was slow to dry, I applied to the whole truck before removing. The <a href="http://adamspolishes.com/adam-s-liquid-paint-sealant.html" target="_blank">Paint Sealant</a> is very hard to clean out of applicators. I used a lot of <a href="http://adamspolishes.com/adam-s-all-purpose-cleaner.html" target="_blank">All Purpose Cleaner</a> and <a href="http://adamspolishes.com/adam-s-microfiber-revitalizer-brightener.html" target="_blank">Microfiber Revitalizer</a> but next time I will just toss the applicators used on the <a href="http://adamspolishes.com/adam-s-liquid-paint-sealant.html" target="_blank">Paint Sealant</a>.</p><p> </p><p>[ATTACH]44977[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheWolf, post: 664868, member: 12996"] HELPFUL TIPS AND ADVICE FROM MR. OCD Wear clean clothes and change your shirt if it gets dirty or wet during washing. You don’t want any dirt from your clothing falling into the polish or wax as it could cause damage to the paint. Do not wear rings, watches or other jewelry. Work in a clean area if possible. If you have to work outside, avoid windy days so dirt or dust does not get blown onto the paint while you are working. Be emotionally prepared to find some factory flaws in the paint of your brand new Raptor that you did not see during your inspection at the dealer. [ATTACH]44978.vB[/ATTACH] Cleaning the truck is the most important step. Any dirt hiding out could get picked-up during polishing or waxing and create damage. Drying took a long time trying to get under all the trim and I still had sneaky drips during the Paint Sealant and the water around the lug nuts jumped out when I sprayed the Quick Sealant. A blower like the MetroVac Sidekick would have been useful. If you use a compressor make sure it is oil-less, you don’t want to be spraying a mist of oil onto the paint prior to sealing it. Watch the [URL="http://adamspolishes.com/video"]How-To videos[/URL] on the Adam’s website for each step. Any paint correction would occur before the [URL="http://adamspolishes.com/adam-s-liquid-paint-sealant.html"]Paint Sealant[/URL] and I would wash again after any large paint correcting job to remove any abrasives from the nooks and crannies since the abrasives could get picked-up by the applicator during the sealant, glaze or wax and cause damage. Do the [URL="http://adamspolishes.com/adam-s-liquid-paint-sealant.html"]Liquid Paint Sealant[/URL] on everything painted including flares and bumpers. I only did the [URL="http://adamspolishes.com/adam-s-brilliant-glaze.html"]Glaze[/URL] on the shiny body paint. Do the headlights and taillights with the same steps as the paint. Spray the rear shocks, tow hooks and hitch receiver with Quick Sealant. Have extra towels and applicators for each step. If you drop it, DO NOT USE IT AGAIN even if it looks clean. Same goes for the clay bars. Figure on using two [URL="http://adamspolishes.com/adam-s-double-soft-2-pack.html"]Double Soft Towels[/URL] for each step but have a few extra. The [URL="http://adamspolishes.com/adam-s-liquid-paint-sealant.html"]Paint Sealant[/URL] and [URL="http://adamspolishes.com/adam-s-brilliant-glaze.html"]Glaze[/URL] were easy to remove but the [URL="http://adamspolishes.com/americana-premium-paste-wax4.html"]Americana Wax[/URL] took some more work. Don’t get too far ahead applying the wax before going back to remove the haze. The [URL="http://adamspolishes.com/adam-s-brilliant-glaze.html"]Glaze[/URL] was slow to dry, I applied to the whole truck before removing. The [URL="http://adamspolishes.com/adam-s-liquid-paint-sealant.html"]Paint Sealant[/URL] is very hard to clean out of applicators. I used a lot of [URL="http://adamspolishes.com/adam-s-all-purpose-cleaner.html"]All Purpose Cleaner[/URL] and [URL="http://adamspolishes.com/adam-s-microfiber-revitalizer-brightener.html"]Microfiber Revitalizer[/URL] but next time I will just toss the applicators used on the [URL="http://adamspolishes.com/adam-s-liquid-paint-sealant.html"]Paint Sealant[/URL]. [ATTACH]44977.vB[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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