This car belongs to Kris, a businessman who moved here (Montreal) not long ago from Chicago, IL. He bought this car second hand from a family member of his and had not had the time or chance to have it taken care of prior. He gave me a call and I went over to evaluate the car. We agreed on my Pearl Detail Package. He also took advantage of my pick-up and delivery service (free of charge!) because of time constraints. On to the write-up! Products used: Washing Sunlight + Zep's Citrus Degreaser AutoGlym Active Insect Remover AutoGlym Intensive Tar Remover AutoGlym Engine and Machine Cleaner Various wash mitts, sponges Stoner's Invisible Glass Riccardo Blue Clay Elegance Waterless Wash Elegance Clay Lube Elegance Wheel Cleaner Iron-X Various brushes Correction Meguiar's #105 Meguiar's #205 Optimum Metal Polish Various Microfibers Flex Rotary 3403 Porter Cable XP7424 Green Lake Country CCS pad Black Lake Country CCS pad Red Lake Country CCS pad Protection Black Fire Gloss Enhancing Polish BlackFire Wet Diamond all Paint Sealant Wolf's Body Wrap (wheels) Elegance Engine Dressing Aquapel Rain-X Black Wow 303 Aerospace Protectant AutoGlym Leather Cleaner and Balm Chemical Guys New Car Smell Here's how the car arrived. In general, Audi's look good even when dirty, and this one is no different. Here are some nasty scratches I will mostly remove a little later. Another quite nasty scratch I will be mostly taking care of. Some staining/streaking in the paint. Notice the dried up plastic trim behin the mirror. As always, I start with the engine shampoo, so if any degreaser or other chemicals get on the paint, I can go back and fix it later when I'm doing paint correction. Here's how it looked at the start. I started by vacuuming all the leaves from the crevices. Then I got to cleaning it with brushes and AutoGlym Engine and Machine Cleaner. Once it was all dressed and pretty with Elegance Engine Dressing. Time for the wheels. I started by using Iron-X to remove most of the brake dust caked into the wheels to make cleaning them easier. Once the Iron-X was done it's job, I rinsed them and got to cleaning with Elegance Wheel Cleaner After the wheels, it's finally time to start washing the bodywork. First step was to remove and bugs and bird droppings. Weapon of choice: AutoGlym Active Insect Remover. Then on to a degreasing foam bath. I took a brush to the gas door and all badges and crevices to make sure they were cleaned right. Then it was time to decontaminate the paint. First up was Iron-X again. Then the clay bar. The car was not bad and not great, so I did it in 3 sections, kneading the clay bar after each 1/3rd. Now, let's take a closer look at the damages now that the car is clean. Here are the stains/streaks on the driver side fender. Some shots of the swirling with a very INexpensive 1, 000, 000 candle powered Halogen light. (that's right, CANDLE POWER lol) a better shot of the scratches on the passenger side quarter panel/wheel arch. Close up of scratches with another really INexpensive LED light. The it was time to measure the paint. I noticed that many panels were repainted on this car. Once I noted where the thinner and repainted parts were, I went around and marked off any spots that would need a bit more elbow grease and attention with small pieces of masking tape. I then brought the car inside and taped off a line down the middle of the trunk for my test spot. Here's a 50/50 of that. Note that this is with 1 pass of #105 on green and 1 pass od #205 on black. The actual process was 2 passes of #105 on green, 1 pass of #205 on black via rotary and 1 pass of #205 on black with PC for final jeweling. A closer look with that famous 1, 000, 000 candle power halogen light. And with the LED light. Once I found a process I was happy with, I taped off the rest of the car and got to work. Before anything was done to the paint. And after a single pass of the #105. After 13 hours of polishing, I took the car outside and removed all the tape. Here are a few shots of it after polishing. It hasn't been washed yet and there is no protection at this point. Virtually spotless paint. Note: All the white spots on the hood and bumper are rock chips. After another degreasing foambath and wash, I brought the car inside and applied the Black Fire Gloss Enhancing Polish followed by the BlackFire Wet Diamond All Finish Paint Sealant. While the sealant was curing, I applied Aquapel on the windshield and Rain-X on the side and rear windows. (10 internets to whoever recognizes what the black bracelet I'm wearing is ) The exhaust tips were extremely caked and this is the best I could do with the Optimum Metal Polish and steel wool. Not great, but still a good deal better than how they were originally. I had already vacuumed and cleaned the inside as well as applied the 303 to all plastics trims and vinyls and cleaned and treated the leather, but I still had the carpets to shampoo. Here's a few 50/50's. Passenger side. Driver side. Finished interior shot. On to the finals shots. This one was taken with the flash to highlight any possible swirls left in the paint...no luck finding any :/ Here's what's left of that scratch on the driver side quarter panel. And the ones on the passenger side. (keep in mind I can't correct paint when it's no longer there. ) As always, thanks for looking and happy detailing!
yeah man! nice work Joey. sorry, can't identify the bracelet...looks like a gear shifter pattern is on it...maybe it could be something else... looks good in and out.
Thanks. I don't always make write-ups, but when I do, I try to make them good. Thanks man. You're on the right track with the bracelet. It's from a company called TWM performance "Save the Manuals"
Pics work for me and seem to be working for others as well, as you can tell by comments following yours: :S] Thanks guys. Much appreciated. Ken, I also posted this on another forum and 2 guys from BC were looking to have me do some work for them. Since it's not quite as close as I'd like it to be, I gave them your number and contact info. Their names are Shawn and Justin. I don't know if they'll call, but you now have a heads up.
