2007 Black Audi A3 (First on the forum???)

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I saw the car a few days before hand to give him an estimate, but I underestimated the length of time it takes to polish an Audi. It had very light swirls, most found on a new car, but only detectable if you look at it very closely. Used a Makita Rotary for the most part and PC to apply the sealant & glaze. There were tree sap that were on the roof glass, PITA to remove! Overall, it was fun, I figured going over a panel twice is faster than just doing it slow the first time. Anyone chime in on this or am I just not doing it right? Here are the products used:



Exterior:

-Wash w/ Zymol Shampoo (2 bucket method)

-Spot Clay w/ Megs QD

-Quick Wash

-106FF White LC, 900-1500-1800rpm x2 on some panels

-RMG

-M21 Sealant

-Mothers Aluminum Polish (applied after pictures were taken)

-Stoners Invisible Glass



Interior:

-303 Wipedown

-Vacuum w/ Ridge Wet/vac

-Door Jams w/ ONR QD



50/50:

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After:

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I wiped this part down with Megs QD after I saw this picture.

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Questions:

Why does 106FF dust when I use it? I have trouble with it that I'm always cleaning up at the end. How long does it take for a polish normally? This one took me about 2-3 hours to polish. Tips on going faster?
 
2-3 hours is pretty quick I think. And yes, 106FF dusts when the conditions are out of the climate controlled window Menzerna polishes were developed for.
 
Paint looks much better! Not bad at all for a one step polish. As you know the audi clear is very hard and would require something like SIP with an orange pad first if you wanted it 100%. Yes 106ff will dust. If you where going to use RMG after the 106ff, you could of mixed 70% 106ff and 30% RMG in something like a 2oz bottle. It will reduce the cut of 106ff a little, but the dusting will be reduced and you will have a longer working time.



Again great work!
 
^^ didn't know that, do you have his first name???



The paint had very very thin swirl marks that 2 passes with 106FF finished off the paint really well. Would mixing the RMG and 106FF require me to use RMG again afterwards? If that's the case then that would save me some time.



Frank, there's a guy that needs a detail Sunday, but I don't think I'll have time since I'm leaving for school on Sunday night / Monday Morning. Are you willing to go mobile to mountain view?
 
artikxscout said:
^^ didn't know that, do you have his first name???



The paint had very very thin swirl marks that 2 passes with 106FF finished off the paint really well. Would mixing the RMG and 106FF require me to use RMG again afterwards? If that's the case then that would save me some time.



Frank, there's a guy that needs a detail Sunday, but I don't think I'll have time since I'm leaving for school on Sunday night / Monday Morning. Are you willing to go mobile to mountain view?
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Don't know his first name. He's just quite a character on the fourtitude forums, always demanding 50% off and making fun of his asian heritage.



Dave
 
artikxscout said:
The paint had very very thin swirl marks that 2 passes with 106FF finished off the paint really well. Would mixing the RMG and 106FF require me to use RMG again afterwards? If that's the case then that would save me some time.
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No need to use RMG again if you mix it in with 106ff.
 
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