The best of times....and the worst of times (NOT 56K friendly)

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imported_themightytimmah

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Did two details this week, and they couldn't have been farther apart. Detail #1 was the job from hell, a black 2001 Audi A6 that had apparently been washed with a scotchbrite pad, paint transfer, and god knows what else. Despite having only 50,000 miles, it had seen rougher days than some cars at 4 times that number.



Process:



Engine



Spray + Wipe via terry rag

BnB, let sit for an hour, wiped with terry rag



Outside



EO Wet Wash

Chemical Guys' clay with CG QD as lube

Durachem acid on rims

CG blue wheel cleaner on tires and wells



(all polishing done via Makita 9227C)

Powergloss @1500RPM via light cut wool pad

Big O @1700 via orange Propel

PO85RD @1500 via green propel



RMG via Cyclo and white LC pads

Souveran by hand

4 parts BnB 4 parts water 2 parts NL on engine, wells and tires



Interior

Vaccum

Hi-Temp prespot

Agitate with PC + brush

Zep Commercial shampoo with little green

Woolite + MCME

Natural Look

Stoner's on glass and doorjambs



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And now for the good stuff - 2004 Chevy Avalanche, owned by a councours 1972 Le Mans owner :). Only major hassle was that he wanted everything done by hand, but for what he was paying, I was happy to oblige him :xyxthumbs.





Engine



Castrol SC full strength

BnB



Outside



EO Wet Wash

Chemical Guys' clay with CG QD as lube

PB's S+R on rims

CG blue wheel cleaner on tires and wells

RMG via hand (lightly swirled, and I wasn't gonna PO85RD the whole truck by hand :))

Souveran by hand

English Custom Showman's Blend on exterior aluminum

Owner requested no exterior dressing



Interior



Vaccum

Zep via LGCM

Woolite + MCME

Natural Look

NXT glass cleaner on glass

CG Detail Spray on doorjambs



Sorry no befores, they looked pretty much the same, with a tad less gloss and depth.



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(me and the owner)
 
Very nice job on the Audi, themightytimmah :2thumbs:

It's so nice when clean, esp the interior. Sad that the owners obviously never even vaccumed it too often.

The Avalanche looks good too, was the owner affraid that the PC could hurt the paint?
 
GOOD WORK! wow, that audi was horrible! :eek: anymore after pics of it? How was it to work on? was the clearcoat a lot harder?



Andrew
 
Oh the Audi was terrible. The clearcoat was an absolute rock, it laughed at PG via orange pad. Wool was my only option to cut out some of the biggest scratches. I don't know if theres a trick that I'm missing, or whatnot, but I spent over 3 hours with a rotary, and didn't even get things 100% swirl free.



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P.S. ignore the blurryness in the last pic, my hands were a lil shakey from running the Makita all afternoon :). Plus I'm tripod-challenged.
 
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