Envious Detailing: Brillo pad Audi

[Envious Eric]

Well, after all the hard work and LOTS of product use, I finally finished this car to a suitable 90%. there were lots of DEEP scratches, some down through the paint and into the primer. Some of the scratches I was able to blend and make MUCH less noticeable, while others needed to have paint touch up to remove (rather a repaint). I did what I could on the car and the owner was more than pleased based on his comments while picking it up, as well as the next day!



products used:

CG wash and gloss

CG barebones

CG xtreme wet tire shine

M105

SIP

FPII

megs glass cleaner

megs last touch

claymagic red clay

megs APC

megs safe D-greaser

collinite 845

P21s wheel gel



tools used:

hitachi rotary

PC 7424

flexible backing plates

uber pads - green and orange

megs yellow pads

megs foam applicator

various brushes

exceldetail titan towels

exceldetail WW monteray towels

megs yellow supreme MF





Here are the horrible before pics...

just a touch of fallout and contaminants...LOL

 

[Envious Eric]

Here are a couple of 50/50 shots after just the compounding, not the polishing.

here are some middle of the road shots of the hood, no polishing, just after compounding/heavy polishing:

here are the afters that I took.. excuse the smearing of the 845, I had just laid it on and wiped it off about 10 minutes prior so its still setting up and "curing" as I had to re-wipe some panels down!

\And this is a shot of all the towels/pads that I used on this 27 hour detail!

yes I was extremely exhausted, and results were about 90%, some areas cleaned up near perfect, some only 80% (the deep scratch areas) i think that its a suitable amount considering the damage that was done to the car! In the end, I think the car needed a whole sanding to come out better...that requires a shop space IMO (maybe soon to come)

 

[getcha]

Simply WOW. Excellent work, that was some serious paint.

 

[thenicholster]

This is such a JAW-DROPPING TRANSFORMATION!!! I bet the owner couldn't even believe this was his car when he picked it up. And now, he is probably enjoying the "envious" faces from other audi owners, thanks to Eric from Envious Detailing!

 

[thenicholster]

It's definitely one of the greatest "Before and After" posts in Autopia history.

 

[alowe]

Wow. Saved him $$$!!!!

 

[Barry Theal]

Eric that is a great detail there. Whats nice about this one is it tested you to truely see what your capable off. I seen in the other thread you wrote you did this by package and not hourly. Sometimes its not always about the money. I think there comes a point in any career when one gets tested. whether its detailing, or whatever. From talking with you and bustin your balls a little in the other thread. <~~all in good fun. Something that severe is some real damage. For what you did to this car is a job well earned. Swirls and holograms are the easy things, but this here wasn't just a polish job. This was a true paint correction. Yes there is a differnce where I come from. I want you to know, I think you did one outstanding job on this. I know you said it wasn't perfect. This business is always about a transformation. Detailing is about adding value to a car, while maintaining its origanial surfaces. In the end I think this is a lease car. I'm certain what you did saved this guy a ton of money on the return, And made him feel better on the inside. Thats whats its about. Once again great job!

Barry

 

[WAS]

It's definitely one of the greatest "Before and After" posts in Autopia history.

One for the hall of fame for sure !

 

[David Fermani]

Hammer time on that finish. Great turn around.

 

[golfdude]

Tackling the famous Audi clearcoat with EASE!! Superb job...What was the owner thinking!!!!!

 

[Thats Fresh]

yeah you saved him a ton of money for a repaint. great work man!

 

[wfedwar]

Obviously excellent work and I know it was WORK... But the bigger question is this: Why did this guy think he should wash a car with a brillo pad???

 

[Envious Eric]

Simply WOW. Excellent work, that was some serious paint.

Thanks man!

It's definitely one of the greatest "Before and After" posts in Autopia history.

Thanks, I wish I would have spent some more time getting better shots, but oh well!

Wow. Saved him $$$!!!!

That was my main goal!!!

Eric that is a great detail there. Whats nice about this one is it tested you to truely see what your capable off. I seen in the other thread you wrote you did this by package and not hourly. Sometimes its not always about the money. I think there comes a point in any career when one gets tested. whether its detailing, or whatever. From talking with you and bustin your balls a little in the other thread. <~~all in good fun. Something that severe is some real damage. For what you did to this car is a job well earned. Swirls and holograms are the easy things, but this here wasn't just a polish job. This was a true paint correction. Yes there is a differnce where I come from. I want you to know, I think you did one outstanding job on this. I know you said it wasn't perfect. This business is always about a transformation. Detailing is about adding value to a car, while maintaining its origanial surfaces. In the end I think this is a lease car. I'm certain what you did saved this guy a ton of money on the return, And made him feel better on the inside. Thats whats its about. Once again great job!

Barry

Wow, coming from you Barry, thanks a lot! I am looking into some of the things we talked about for future details of this nature!



Thanks!

One for the hall of fame for sure !

I am sure there are better ones, but thanks!!

Hammer time on that finish. Great turn around.

the trigger on the hitachi was definitely hammered down!!!

Tackling the famous Audi clearcoat with EASE!! Superb job...What was the owner thinking!!!!!

I was hoping that with it being black the paint would have cleared up easier...NOPE, still an AUDI!

yeah you saved him a ton of money for a repaint. great work man!

I tried, and tried and tried....lol From what he said, I will be taking care of his cars from now on!

Obviously excellent work and I know it was WORK... But the bigger question is this: Why did this guy think he should wash a car with a brillo pad???

Talk about it being WORK!!! my whole body was definitely soar after this one...

 

[white gecko]

simply superb work! Did you find out who was responsible for the carnage?

 

[a.k.a. Patrick]

"Envious" is right. You put the "Q" back in quality Eric..........

Excellent job.

 

[Apollo_Auto]

Eric that's a lovely save, man! I can't give much more praise than the other kids have given, but I will say this

work



and

my friend... you're a credit to our kind .

 

[imported_DJ Mayo]

Great job man!!

 

[SoCalB6]

Dooode...Epic recondition!

 

[Scottwax]

Seriously, how did the car get that bad in the first place? :nixweiss



Amazing turnaround! :bow Whatever you charged him, he should have tossed you a couple hundred extra.

 

[superior_detail]

UNREAL! Nice job!!