I was asked by the owner via another forum to carry out a detail on his 2.5 year old Audi A5. The owner loved his car and takes great care in trying to make it look its best, but the ineviteable swirls appeared and wanted me to correct this for him.
The car as I turned up (owner stating he left it dirty for me lol)
Started by rinsing the car, then cleaned the alloys with wheel cleaner and the tyres/arches/door shuts/petrol cap with APC:
Rinsed the car off again, then snowfoamed the car:
Rinsed again, then washed with a shampoo using the 2BM and a wash mitt
Once washed then rinsed, the treated to tar remover to remove tar deposits, then another product to remove anything else and then finally clayed to be 100% all contaminents removed, then the car wash washed again.
Taped the rubbers up then took some paint depth readings (which were all over the place)
Some of the swirls to deal with:
During correction (heavy correction)
Refined using a less abrassive polish on a polishing pad (50/50 shot)
At this stage the fleck was really popping out:
Once corrected the paintwork was wiped down with a quick detailer then treated withpre wax cleanser, once buffed off then the wax was applied.
The alloys were also treated to pre wax cleanser and then a PTFE wax was applied and tyres with a tyre dressing
The glass was treated to a glass cleaner, Exhaust with a Metal Polish and ultrafine Steel Wool.
The interior was treated to Leather Cleaner & Conditioner and the plastic wiped down with APC.
The engine bay was treated to a plastic restorer
The car as I turned up (owner stating he left it dirty for me lol)
Started by rinsing the car, then cleaned the alloys with wheel cleaner and the tyres/arches/door shuts/petrol cap with APC:
Rinsed the car off again, then snowfoamed the car:
Rinsed again, then washed with a shampoo using the 2BM and a wash mitt
Once washed then rinsed, the treated to tar remover to remove tar deposits, then another product to remove anything else and then finally clayed to be 100% all contaminents removed, then the car wash washed again.
Taped the rubbers up then took some paint depth readings (which were all over the place)
Some of the swirls to deal with:
During correction (heavy correction)
Refined using a less abrassive polish on a polishing pad (50/50 shot)
At this stage the fleck was really popping out:
Once corrected the paintwork was wiped down with a quick detailer then treated withpre wax cleanser, once buffed off then the wax was applied.
The alloys were also treated to pre wax cleanser and then a PTFE wax was applied and tyres with a tyre dressing
The glass was treated to a glass cleaner, Exhaust with a Metal Polish and ultrafine Steel Wool.
The interior was treated to Leather Cleaner & Conditioner and the plastic wiped down with APC.
The engine bay was treated to a plastic restorer
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