Detailer's Domain: 2010 Audi S4 - thorough clean up - all in the prep

Detailer's Domain: 2010 Audi S4 - thorough clean up - all in the prep

Customer has not cleaned his daily driven S4 in months due to home renovations, work, and a new baby. Its unfortunate but sometimes life gets in the way.

Subject: 2010 Audi S4
Requirements: a deep cleaning of sorts concentrating on the interior.

Exterior

- Wheels were prepped with Sonax Wheel Cleaner and cleaned up with various brushes
- Tires were spritzed down with Adam’s All Purpose Cleaner and washed down
- Wheel wells were cleaned up
- Washed with Adam's Car Wash
- Decon with Auto Finesse lron Out
- Wash down and rinsed
- Door jambs were cleaned up
- Nano Scrub AutoScrub
- Dried
- Tires dressed
- Masking
- Paint Measurement
- Compound - Adam's Paint Correcting Polish
- Final Polish - Sonax Nano Polish
- Last step - Sonax Polymer Net Shield
- Inspection with Fenix, Brinkmann, and natural sunlight
- Wheel wells were cleaned and dressed
- Rubber and Plastics Treated
- Exterior windows and mirrors cleaned and sealed
- Exhaust tips cleaned
- Windows were auto scrubed, cleaned, and sealed

Interior:
- Complete interior steam cleaned
- Complete interior vac
- Vinyl/Plastics cleaned up
- Leather cleaned and condition

Engine
- Clean
- Dress

Links to products used -

Adam's Car Wash
Auto Finesse Iron Out
Stoner's Tarminator
Auto Finesse Oblitarate
Adam's All Purpose Cleaner
Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner
NanoSkin AutoScrub System
Adam's Paint Correcting Polish
Sonax Perfect Finish
Sonax Polymer Net Shield
Adam's Super VRT
Auto Finesse Crystal Glass Cleaner
Auto Finesse Mercury Metal Polish

Interior
1Z einszett Plastic Deep Cleaner
1Z einszett Cockpit
Leather Master Rapid S
Leather Master Protectioin Cream on the Leather
Wolf's Textile Sealant on the alcantara

Engine
Adam's All Purpose Cleaner
Adam's In and Out Spray

Tools used
Uber Wool Wash Mitt
Uber No Name MF Towels
Griot's 6 inch Random Orbital Polisher
Rupes LHR75
Rupes BigFoot LHR 21ES Random Orbital Polisher
Rupes BigFoot LHR 15ES Random Orbital Polisher
Uber Buffing Pads
Adam's Orange Pad
Meg's MF Cutting Pad
Defelsko Paint Meter
Fenix TK35
Brinkmann
Kranzle Pressure Washer
Uber Foam Canon
2 Grit Guard Buckets with Caddies
Adam's Firehose Nozzle
Metro Air Force Blaster

Interior
Before




Mats before



Adam's APC using to clean up the weather mats





Mats After


Before


After


Before storage compartment


After storage compartment


During






Before pedals


Cleaned up with 1Z einszett Plastic Deep Cleaner and a brush



After pedals



Interior After









Exterior -
Prep - Wheels/Tires/Tar Removal/Decon/Clay

Before Door Jambs and Sills




Adam's APC on all the jambs



Loosening up built up dirt and grime with a brush





Adam's Quick Sealant was used to protect the jambs



After Door Sills






While cleaning up the rear trunk sills we found a ton of dirt and grime.


We decided to go in deeper and pull the taillights out





After we cleaned behind the taillights and trunk sills we protected once again using Adam's Quick Sealant


After








Wheels and tires










Wheel wells


Gas door


Exhaust tips



Auto Finesse Oblitarate used to remove the bug and tar









Auto Finesse Iron Out used to decon the paint









This was the 2nd round







Rinse


Foaming


Final Wash





Rinse



Metro Sidekick used to dry the tight areas




Engine
Before



During
A generous amount of APC on the engine bay


As well as on the underside of the hood.


Ez-detail brush was used to agitate and hit the hard to reach areas



More brushing under the hood



A good rinse


After the motor was dried we used Adam's In and Out Spray to dress it up



Engine After






Even more deep cleaning - front grills were removed




APC and brushing





Rinse


Before shots of paint













Correction
B pillars a common issues on Audis


Not the best shot but 80-90% fixed


50/50 shots



Working into the night


Finishing touches
Exhaust tips before


Exhaust tips after


After
















I hope you enjoyed this one.

 

Looks great Phil, loved the write up. Seems like the new Adam's polishes are killin' it.

 

Nice, thorough, job, Phil.

 

Great turnaround and write up, I always enjoy looking through your pictures. I like your use of the Quick Sealant on the tight spots, I'll need to look into something like that, usually I just go for a QD/Spray Wax for those areas but that aerosol can seems like a much easier option.

 

nice work! Double fisting the in&out spray like a champ lol

 

Great work, I need to pick up some of that Quick Sealant stuff!

 

Its almost hard to directly look at that car in the pictures, it is just so bright white! Lookin good sir.

 

Phil,

Super clean up and documentation. What did you use on the Tips? Product and tools please. They can out great. I have the net shield already, can you tell me if the quick sealant is similar or is there a decernable difference that would make me add the Adams product to the mix? PS, if your answer is yes I am going to need another cabinet-LOL.

 

I believe we used the Adam's Metal 1 and Metal 2 with steel wool.

As for the Sonax and the Adam's, we had some around and we've been using it in the jambs etc. You can also use the Sonax with no issues in those areas.

Phil

 

Thorough doesnt even begin to describe that detail, that was obsessive! very awesome work. I think i have some Adams products to add to my arsenal now.

 

Nice work Phil, how many S4's is this now? 50??

 

Very nice Phil!

 

Glad to see a few more Adam's products gettin' into the rotation! Quick sealant is AMAZING on the wheels also! Stellar work Phil, always enjoy your writeups!

 

Nice work guy's! Always crisp clean work coming out of the Domain! Attention to details is always had! Nice documentation Phil!

 

Nice work!

 

thanks guys!

 

Awesome as always Phil. Your write-ups have made my jobs a lot easier.

 

Another outstanding job Phil !!!

 

Nice work

 

Stunning work on a stunning car!