Ok great to get the products out again for an Audi A4 sline... Car when arrived nice and early because we planned to make it a fun day... Its been a while since ive had a play with Audi paintwork and was expecting a hard day ahead of me and looking forward to seeing the paintwork under fluo lighting... First ly wheels worked on with Megs wheel brightener after apc which did little.. Swissvax brush used on faces and edges and drum sticks for internals and mitt for behind spokes and hub.. and wheels came up nice... Next foam...Diluted 1 inch super snow foam and no shampoo left for 5 mins and then sprayed off Next 2 bucket method using chem guys maxi sudsII and loɯʎz sponge. The car given a good wash and sprayed off Next a new sonus green because i could already feel that the car was not very badly contaminated and i proceeded to clay the car using loɯʎz autowash as a clay lube. and the claybar which was actually quite dirty after just the front wing The car was then washed again and sprayed off and 25l r.o. water poured over ready to be dried Car was then sprayed with last touch and dryed using aquatouch drying towel.. (Are these still available anywhere?) Once the car was dryed i decided to spend half hour on the engine bay with some quick detailer and black wow and my wow sponge Engine bay was then sprayed with a fine mist of water and paper towelled off and then buffed pretty clean to start with but an improvement ... Next into the garage and inspection under lighting and with my brinkmann to reveal horrible swirling and scratching pretty poor really for a newish car.. Taken under different light settings to show Car was then taped up Now after doing a test panel today i started with fx1 pad and 80349 which seemed to work fine Half and half before and after on door and front finished whole car corrected with combo of either fx1 and 80349 and roof and rear with fast cut plus on megs polish pad which worked nicely...Ultrafina used on roof and rear boot to refine what i thought could be improved.. All intricate areas budded (No marking )and my new bud holder from ebay.. Next onto the paintwork cleansing with Lusso....I had such good results with this before i decided to use it again and my mate said go for it even though we had originally agreed on p21,s. and wiped off with sonus buffing cloth Lusso my favourite wax of the moment for the money and Lusso oro buffed off to leave such a cool look wheels done in collonite 476s inside and out.. buffed off and loɯʎz tyre added to wheels inside a swissvax bottle as the loɯʎz bottle never worked?? Next Aerospace 303 added to all rubber seals and trim around doors and boot area also flying for time so did interior dash and vinyls aswell twin zorst cleaned with autosol All glass cleaned with megs glass clean oh dear (well if it was on the car i never felt or saw it?) Then all glass rain-x ed THE RESULTS VIDEO WALKROUND And hopefully this will be a detail soon as my mate Gary lodging over the road has just bought a amg sl55 f1 pace car only one of 3 bought into the country and derestricted so he tells me..The car was never used on circuit because they changed the safety rules and the cars now have to have reverse facing seats to watch the drives behind....I have asked if i can detail it for him sometime soon...
Marc, stunning work! In regards to the Lusso, did you do anything to the wax itself to make it stick to your foam? I find that the wax is quite hard to get on a foam pad and often find myself dry rubbing the paint. Any tips?
God to be honest i have no trouble at all.....All my wax is refrigerated and has the same consistency as petes 53 and p21,s and works exactly the same to me....I actually think it is possibly one of the easier waxes i use... Does refrigearating them help , maybe??
Dude that wetness is awesome, love the shine on the finish! All i have to say is :worship::worship::worship:!
I'll give that a try. With my Pete's '53, I only need a few gentle swipes to get enough wax on there, but with the Oro, I really have to WIPE my foam pad across it to get anything on there. Cheers!
You defenetely have some skills at detailing, and at taking pics. My skills at taking pics sucks, and defenetely need improvement. oh, by the way, that Audi looks stunning!
Incredable detail there marc :druling: :druling: as always great write up and very detailed. The vehicle looks incredable :applause: Look forward to the next vehicle :cheerl:
Fantastic work on that Audi! Once I use up some existing waxes I'm looking forward to trying out some Lusso. Seem like nice products for the price.
