Polished Bliss vs Audi S4 (wetsanding inside)

Scottwax said:
:bow Absolutely first rate work!



That trunk lid was horrible...and on every single Audi I have done, the trunk lid is always the most seriously swirled part of the car. Have you noticed that as well?
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For sure! It's always the worst part of Audi saloons, and has the thinnest paint in many cases too. :nervous2: :grinno:
 
In relation to the Menzerna questions, all we pretty much use these days is PO85RD3.02, PO106FF and PO85RD. These three products cover all bases; softer paints can be fully corrected and finished with 106FF no problem. Harder paints may need 3.02 first, and although it is possible to finish down with it perfectly, the gloss is never as good as when you follow it up with 85RD, so that's what we do. In some cases light wash marring and swirls will come out with just 85RD at 1500rpm. I don't see us ever needing to now drop down to PowerGloss or cutting pads; 3.02 on a polishing pad is more than a match for any European and Japanese paints when used with a Meguiars Polishing Pad. However, as I understand it, some US paints are much harder, so this might not hold true for you guys. :)
 
tdekany said:
did you measure the paint after all the sanding and what have you? Hoew much clear did you remove?



Amazing work. :bow
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The bootlid was sitting at 110 microns to the right of the worst defects, falling to 105 microns on the left (when standing behind the car facing the rear screen). The two initial goes with 3.02 made little difference (about 2 microns off, right at limit of gauge precision). The 2000 took off 5-6 microns across the whole area, and the 3000 a further 2-3 microns. The final passes with the 3.02 took off another wee bitty (~2 microns), leaving final readings of 100 to the right, and 96 on the left. :)
 
WX51 TXR said:
The bootlid was sitting at 110 microns to the right of the worst defects, falling to 105 microns on the left (when standing behind the car facing the rear screen). The two initial goes with 3.02 made little difference (about 2 microns off, right at limit of gauge precision). The 2000 took off 5-6 microns across the whole area, and the 3000 a further 2-3 microns. The final passes with the 3.02 took off another wee bitty (~2 microns), leaving final readings of 100 to the right, and 96 on the left. :)
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Great! Thanks for this very valuable info.



Again, great work!!!!
 
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