dsms detail - Brilliant Black Audi S5 Extra Wet!

2010 S5 in Brilliant Black in for a 2 day full correction.

Wheels before



After cleaned with Opt. powerclean



Washed with CG citrus, clayed with riccardo etc.


After the prep and IPA wipedown shown with Fenix TK40. The paint on this car is an annoying combo, hard to correct yet very easily marred. 2 step correction carried out with the rotary and various pads and polishes. Jeweling process took about 4hrs alone, worked from 1500rpm down to about 900 with slow passes to create and even gloss without any leftover trails or haze.



Before



After



Water etching 50/50



Finished down





License plate area before



After correction with spot pads



Trunk area needed several passes with the orange hydro which works very well on hard paint and finishes down well



More defects + water etching



After



Before



After



Tailpipes before



After + sealed with Rejex



Rejex curing on the wheels, 2 coats applied a few hours apart



Mirrors cleaned up by hand



Final shots





























Extra hours jeweling well worth it in the end :thumb:

 

Nice work Dave! What LSP did you use?

 

Marvelous! Nice job Dave... :mounty:

 

I could use the car for shaving.

 

stunning depth and reflection! You used Menzerna Power Lock on this one, huh?

 

looks great dave. what is it, chipindales valeting service now? working shirtless, tanktop, and then "business attire", lol. cant blame you, i detail without a shirt on a lot too.

 

Holy wet look Batman! great work :thumb:

 

very nice dave. the pics are great. I was thinking to myself after looking at the before pics "man dave needs to get a dslr" LoL.

Then i seen the final pics and noticed you have a Nikon! Nice.

 

Amazing work Dave as always thing is a damn mirror now.

 

Stunning reflections David!

 

Beautiful! I love those rims for the S5. Question, where did you pick up your halogen? I have been looking for just the single one for sometime now and can find one locally.

LOL, I was polishing today with no shirt either, I hate putting the cord over my back though with no tee on.

 

I love the comment about using it to shave. So very true

 

Flawless paint as usual!

 

love this much more than the recent lambos, and I loved your work on them!

 

I was just showing my girlfriend and it was the hood after pic

direct quote: "Why is he storing his products upside down?" :lol:

amazing work.

 

one word to describe " AWESOME " Dave ...

 

Your work is absolutely awesome! Top notch.

 

Brilliant work Dave, just brilliant!

 

I don't think your shirt is tight enough on your arms Dave, they do make larger sizes ya know!...

Car looks great btw.

 

Your actually not wrong. Most of my correction shots before and after are with my old point and shoot as it captures defects much easier. The final shots are with my Nikon, for those asking its a D60 with kit lens, nothing fancy.

Thanks Ken

I just got that one at Lowes last week, $20 I believe. Its very small and light, no power switch just plug in which is kind of ghetto but it does the job.