Adam's Polishes And Hot August Nights

A Match Made In Car Heaven

Published by Joe Trigiero - Adam's Polishes

Adam, Founder of Adam's Polishes shaking hands with a long time customer as he trades out his old detailing bag for a new one.

Every year car enthusiasts from around the nation ascend onto Reno NV to attend one of the largest classic car shows in the world. Adam's Polishes is honored to help each individual keep their cars looking great during this week long event.

Why Hot August Nights Is So Special

Because Hot August Nights limits the manufacturing year of cars registered to 1979 or earlier, automotive history is on full display. From pre-war era cars to classic fifties and sixties cars, each body design and classic American styling is in abundance throughout each car show around the Reno/Tahoe area. Along with original automotive design from the manufacturer, a culture of automotive modification can be seen everywhere. With this brings an appreciation unlike any other car show.

Rarely do you see a stock or original car amongst the week long event. Each and every modded car provides its own unique personality which provides a connection to each individual's identity. Everything from a simple or minimalistic personality to the more, for a lack of a better term, wacky or eccentric personality is present and there to enjoy what Hot August Nights has to offer.

With all walks of life in attendance, this provides a mutual respect for the personification that each car provides. Quite often during the duration of the car show, you’ll hear many compliments and discussion around each car build and questions around each decision the individual made when creating their pride and joy.  Whether it be a modification made by an individual or a concept provided to a custom build shop, each alteration is there to be enjoyed and honored. Along with the common mutual respect, a collective priority amongst each attendee is caring for the appearance of their vehicle, and Adam’s Polishes is ecstatic to be a resource for premium car care to each individual.

Near the Grand Sierra Resort Live Music Stage you'll see some of the best custom builds collecting awards throughout the day.

Often you'll find a beautiful classic parked in the Adam's Polishes booth either for show or to be manicured with their award winning products.

Weaver Customs is a staple at Hot August Nights every year. Sydney and Randy Weaver bring their award winning builds for everyone to enjoy, including this custom built truck, Naughty D.

Creativity: Naughty D's custom built twin turbo Cummins diesel engine on full display in the premier parking under the main entrance overhang at the Grand Sierra Resort.

A beautiful black Chevrolet C10 on display accompanied with perfect paint offering a crystal clear reflection of the Grand Sierra Resort's neon.

A piece of American history of full display with modifications that any car enthusiast can appreciate.

From perfect paint to the character of patina, there is every flavor for all Hot August Nights attendees to enjoy.

I love the comradery amongst car enthusiasts at Hot August Nights. It's what makes this show so special.

Adam's Polishes and Hot August Nights

Hot August Nights provides a hot bed of car enthusiasts who are all chasing an impeccable shine on their cars. With Adam’s Polishes being present both at the Grand Sierra Resort and Big Boys Toy Store downtown, car care products are easily accessible. Being in the Nevada heat and parked in an exposed parking lot provides many challenges when keeping a perfect shine on a car. Luckily, Adam Pitale, Found of Adam’s Polishes is extremely passionate about providing solutions to anyone with car care questions.

Before the festivities of Hot August Nights get going during the day, many of the registered participants are out at their cars wiping them down with their favorite quick detailer (eh hem, Detail Spray) to ensure their “baby” is presented in its best light. With Adam’s Polishes Grand Sierra Resort booth opening at seven in the morning, you’ll see car owners flood the Adam’s Polishes area to grab their favorite quick detailing products before they get their cars ready. And like worker bees, they ascend onto their cars working until it looks perfect.

Adam Pitale has been attending Hot August Nights since 2004 and has watched it grow into the specticle that it is today. "I love the comradery amongst car enthusiasts at Hot August Nights. It's what makes this show so special. The care they take with their cars insipres us to continue to provide premium car care that delivers." Adam continues, "because you have unpredictable conditions, we often get good, raw feedback about our products that we take with us into our research and development process." Hot August Nights and the attendees make Adam's Polishes better, which is a reason Adam's Polishes continues to be involved with the car show.

You'll often find Adam's Polishes product in trunks throughout the show.

Two experenced Adam's Polishes customers putting down a layer of Adam's Polishes premium Patriot Wax.

The shine hub at Adam's Polishes Booth. Here is where you can get all the tools to make your car look it's best.

The secrets to shine: Adam's Polishes Brilliant Glaze and Detail Spray are some of the most used products at Hot August Nights.

Adam's Polishes Detail Spray is one of the most versitile products being used on cars, wheels included.

Waterless Wash is a fan favorite to remove the early morning layer of dust provided from the dry envrironment at Hot August Nights.

It's All In The Details When Getting Your Car Perfect

American car culture at its finest as a Shine Team Member works hard to perfect the finish of an American Classic.

Mike Head, a staple on the Adam's Polishes Shine Team polishing a car to perfection as patrons walk by.

Getting a mirror finish can only be achieved by machine polishing. The abrasive process generates a deep glow in classic paint.

A quick break for this Shine Team member to reload their pad with Adam's Correcting Polish in order to get back to the paint correction process.

The results by our Shine Team are often unbelievable. Next time you're at Hot August Nights, swing by the detailing booth and watch the magic happen.

A clear before and after of what can be achieved by the Adam's Polishes Shine Team on site at Hot August Nights.

For many years, Adam's Polishes would come stocked to the brim in our truck and trailer. But in recent years we began offering detailing services on-site at our booth to allow patrons to get full paint correction services, providing an award winning finish on their cars.

Because the car show provides it's own challenges for performing car care processes, as well as the travel required for some to get to the show, arriving with a perfect finish can be challenging for Hot August Nights attendees. With Adam's Polishes on-site detailing available, attendees can pull their prized possesion straight into the Adam's booth for a couple hours. The Adam's "Shine Team" will put the machine polisher on the painted surfaces, transforming the finish to a perfect shine.

Adam's "Shine Team" is a cast of premium detailers throughout the United States, who have dedicated their lives to helping people find a perfect shine on their cars. They are masters at their craft and have a lot of experience with many different cars and finishes, which allow them to achieve perfection in an efficient amount of time. Adam's Polishes would not offer detailing services if it wasn't for thier dedication and hard work. Days are long, conditions are unpredictable, but you will never hear a murmer of negativity or any complaints. These detailers are what make Adam's Polishes and the detailing industry so great. Also, they love talking cars and are an open book for anybody atteding Hot August Nights for detailing advice while providing an endless amount of product knowlege.



When walking around Hot August Nights, you'll see Adam Pitale, founder of Adam's Polishes, walking around to differnt cars helping car owners with any car care problem they are faced with. Adam is extremely generous with his time, passion, and knowlege for making cars look better. Many time we get questions like, "what does my car need?" or "which product do you have that's best for chrome?" Rather than provide a generic answer, Adam or an Adam's Polishes show team member will navigate with the customer to their car, locked and loaded with some of Adam's Polishes premium car care on hip, and work with the customer at their parking space to understand what they need. This has provided a more intimate experience not only for the customer but for Adam and many of the Adam's Polishes employees. These experiences have created a rapport between Adam's Polishes and its cutomers that is like none other. Many times throughout the show you'll see long time customers approach Adam with vintage, original Adam's Polishes product in which Adam will trade out for new, updated product for the customer to use. Some may view Adam as a celebrity, but Adam's ability to stay grounded and humble creates a very welcoming environment that can be appreciated by car owners and car care enthusiasts. Next time you are taking in the incredible show that Hot August Nights is, make sure to take a "Where's Waldo" approach to find Adam and say hello or ask him your best car care question you can provide.

See you next year and many more years to come.

 

-Adam's Polishes

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