Detailing: 2011 Audi A4
Detailing: 2011 Audi A4 Its been busy but here's another small job....
This detail is a 2011 Audi A4 in black, low miles ~10k and never scene an ounce of wax since purchased, Sorry Dave!
We only had roughly 6hrs total to execute an exterior correction and after 12man hours the outcome is a 8.5/10, We only had time for a wash, clay, single pass, seal and wax, so there is certainly some defects left on the table given more time we would have chased out. BUT, the outcome was steller for a single pass on this ultra hard Audi paint!
As we were pressed for time we only got a few shots before and after but enough to give everyone the idea regarding the paints defects and results from correction.
Enough of that on to the detail, Oh and I hope you enjoy!!!
Materials:
CG Maxi Suds II
Westley’s Bleach White
Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner
Mother’s Clay Bar Kit
ONR Clay Bar Dilution
IPA wipe down Dilution
Menzerna S34A
Menzerna 106FA
Prima Amigo
Menzerna Powerlock
Autoglym HD
Stoner’s Invisible Glass
Prima Hydro
Prima Slick
CG Xtreme Shine
CG Bare Bones
No. 7 Chrome Polish
Uber 5.5” Orange
Uber 5.5” Blue
Uber 5.5” Black
Swissvax Wheel Brush
Uber Boar’s head brush
Uber Wheel Brush
Misc MF Towels
Q-tips
3M Painters Tape
Process
Exterior: APC lower panels, CG Maxi Sud II Foaming with Micro Fiber Mitt, dried, taped, claybar, S34A w/orange on the DEEP stuff (hood and fender scuff), 106FA w/ Orange (1 passes), IPA wipe down, Prima Amigo w/ Blue (1 pass, really made it POP!),Powerlock w/ Black (45min set-up), Autoglym HD, Prima Slick wipe down to cut the static.
Wheels: Sonax Full Effect, Westly’s Bleach White, Wheel Brushes, dried, ONR wipe down, clay bar, Prima Hydro, tires dressed with CG Xtreme Shine
Engine Compartment: Adam’s APC, misc brushes, CG citrus wash by hand, rinse, dried, dressed with Xtreme Shine
On to the pics...
All taped and ready for the correction...
Couple of pics of the nasties hiding in the paint...
Scuff Damage on driver's front (before)
Scuff damage (after)
50/50s
Pillars (before)
Pillars (after)
Finals...
Some random owner shots.
In a can, who'd of thunk it.
Anyways for only having a limited time frame to do one real corrective pass it came out decent, it needed a 2nd pass to hit that 95% mark and this paint is tough as nails.
This detail is a 2011 Audi A4 in black, low miles ~10k and never scene an ounce of wax since purchased, Sorry Dave!
We only had roughly 6hrs total to execute an exterior correction and after 12man hours the outcome is a 8.5/10, We only had time for a wash, clay, single pass, seal and wax, so there is certainly some defects left on the table given more time we would have chased out. BUT, the outcome was steller for a single pass on this ultra hard Audi paint!
As we were pressed for time we only got a few shots before and after but enough to give everyone the idea regarding the paints defects and results from correction.
Enough of that on to the detail, Oh and I hope you enjoy!!!
Materials:
CG Maxi Suds II
Westley’s Bleach White
Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner
Mother’s Clay Bar Kit
ONR Clay Bar Dilution
IPA wipe down Dilution
Menzerna S34A
Menzerna 106FA
Prima Amigo
Menzerna Powerlock
Autoglym HD
Stoner’s Invisible Glass
Prima Hydro
Prima Slick
CG Xtreme Shine
CG Bare Bones
No. 7 Chrome Polish
Uber 5.5” Orange
Uber 5.5” Blue
Uber 5.5” Black
Swissvax Wheel Brush
Uber Boar’s head brush
Uber Wheel Brush
Misc MF Towels
Q-tips
3M Painters Tape
Process
Exterior: APC lower panels, CG Maxi Sud II Foaming with Micro Fiber Mitt, dried, taped, claybar, S34A w/orange on the DEEP stuff (hood and fender scuff), 106FA w/ Orange (1 passes), IPA wipe down, Prima Amigo w/ Blue (1 pass, really made it POP!),Powerlock w/ Black (45min set-up), Autoglym HD, Prima Slick wipe down to cut the static.
Wheels: Sonax Full Effect, Westly’s Bleach White, Wheel Brushes, dried, ONR wipe down, clay bar, Prima Hydro, tires dressed with CG Xtreme Shine
Engine Compartment: Adam’s APC, misc brushes, CG citrus wash by hand, rinse, dried, dressed with Xtreme Shine
On to the pics...
All taped and ready for the correction...
Couple of pics of the nasties hiding in the paint...
Scuff Damage on driver's front (before)
Scuff damage (after)
50/50s
Pillars (before)
Pillars (after)
Finals...
Some random owner shots.
In a can, who'd of thunk it.
Anyways for only having a limited time frame to do one real corrective pass it came out decent, it needed a 2nd pass to hit that 95% mark and this paint is tough as nails.
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The goal of the tape in this case is to prevent you from going on/past that location with the machine.
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