Detailer's Domain: 2012 Audi S4 - Aquartz

Brand new car prep 2012 Audi S4 - Adhesive residue left by dealer, a few scratches from the port. We stripped the car down, clayed, polished it out and applied Aquartz on the glass, and paint.

What was done -
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
- Pre Washed with W99
- Wash down and rinsed
- Door jambs were cleaned up
- Clayed
- Dried
- Tires dressed
- Masking
- Paint Measurement
- 1 Step - Menzerna Super Finish
- Inspection with Fenix, 3m Sun Gun, Infratech, and natural sunlight
- Last Step – Aquartz
- Rubber and Plastics Treated
- Exterior windows and mirrors cleaned and sealed
- Exhaust tips cleaned
- Windows were clayed, cleaned, and sealed
- Jambs steam cleaned

Interior
- Vacuum
- Interior Wipe Down
- Adhesive and cloudiness removed from interior glass
- Leather wiped down and conditioned

Links to products used -

1Z einszett W99
Iron Cut
Adam's All Purpose Cleaner
Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner
Uber Clay Bar Kit
Menzerna Super Finish with Uber Green Pad
Aquartz
Adam's Super VRT
Optimum Metal Polish
Adam's Glass Cleaner

Interior
1Z einszett Cockpit
1Z einszett Leathercare
1Z Windscreen Cleaner

Tools used
Uber Wool Wash Mitt
Uber No Name MF Towels
Porter Cable 7424XP
Flex PE14-2-150
Uber Buffing Pads
Defelsko Paint Meter
Fenix TK11
Brinkmann
Kranzle Pressure Washer
Cam Spray Foam Canon
2 Grit Guard Buckets with Caddies
Uber Firehose Nozzle

Interior
Before shots



After




Exterior
Before







Wheels



Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner



After


Wash






Drying with the Metro Blaster


Here is what we saw before the clay bar - adhesive and light scratches on the hood, trunk, roof - all were polished out with a green or blue Uber Pad with Menzerna Super Finish











After inspection we went on to clay the glass and the paint




Final touches
Glass cleaned



Door Jambs wiped down and sealed



Aquartz applied
Inspecting and dusting panels prior to Aquartz





Shots after Aquartz







After Shots














Enjoy!

 

Great job guys!

Phil, was that just water you used in the red kwazar while claying?

 

ONR is what we use for claying, extremely diluted in this bottle.

 

very nice looking work...

show the owner what mods to do to make it look jsut as nice as your DD...=)

 

Great Work! As always!!

Getting the glass cleaned on a brand new Audi is a must. Surprising amount of scratches though.

 

Aquartz and proper prep = win

are your uber glass towels pink now?

 

LOL already speaking to him about that

 

those are some new ones we will be releasing soon...they are ultra think and feel like suede. they are great!

 

:thumb:

 

Man port hands, should really be disciplined on how to take care of cars.

 

Nice work Phil!

-Kody-

 

thanks!

 

"Tightness certified" , have not read up on the differences of the Aquatz titanium Phil......what are the differences as the black bottle I have from you works great(Just washed my truck the day before yesterday after almost 2.5 weeks as I have been busy and the bird poop and everything just rolled off after the second foaming).

 

for extra protection Aquartz advises to use the TI (red bottle first) then the Black. 2 coats of each should ensure extended durability.

 

Great work Phil! Looking forward to the release of the glass towels..

 

I have to get some photos and we should be good to go.

 

Were any of those scratches too deep to be removed?

 

great job Phil!

 

all easily removed.

 

That's it...I'm buying Aquarts on my next order (soon).