Weekend Details - Neighbor's Lexus and Audi

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hirosh

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So this past weekend was a double header for me. I cleaned my neighbor's two cars: his black Lexus, and his daughter's 2005 Audi A4.



First up, the Lexus. Nothing special here. Just washed, lightly polished with Vanilla Moose and a polishing pad, topped with Meguiar's #16 Pro Wax. I went with the VM because I had polished the car before with SSR 2.5 and a cutting pad a few months ago, which you can read about HERE. The car still looked pretty good, but upon further inspection, it was quite swirled, as seen in the photo below.



Before:

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After:

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After polishing, I topped the car with Meg's #16 for durability. I used a MF bonnet I got from PakShak, under an old finishing pad, to remove the wax. As long as I applied the wax thin, it was easy to remove. It also allowed me to wax half the car before I went back and removed the wax. It also looked quite good, with nice reflectivity, as seen in this picture:

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Unfortuntely the next day it was raining a little, so I wasn't able to get any daylight pictures. :(
 
Next up is my neighbor's daughter's new 2005 Audi A4. Pretty nice looking car, I really like the red metallic paint. It was quite easy to clean, just a wash, polished with Klasse AIO, topped with Natty's wax. I was thinking of using Meg's #16 Wax again, but I had washed the MF bonnet I used on the Lexus, and did not want to try removing it by hand. The wheels got AIO+SG, and the tires dressed with Meg's NXT Protectant. The plastic in the wheel wells were also dressed with Meg's NXT Protectant.



I really wanted to take a picture of the metallic flakes, but it was a cloudy day.



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I always like seeing the before and after pictures when using a glaze. It can be a real benefit with stubborn paint or a misleading way of "removing" defects (read, dealers).
 
TW85 HHI said:
I always like seeing the before and after pictures when using a glaze. It can be a real benefit with stubborn paint or a misleading way of "removing" defects (read, dealers).
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ssshhhhhh, don't tell my neighbor. ;):D



tdekany - thanks. i like the audi too. the paint is a nice color. it also has a 1.8T with a manual transmission. quite easy to drive across the street. :D
 
Great job with both cars!

I love Audis, and they have the best paint in the world! It's kind of hard, but it also lacks any orange peel!:xyxthumbs



HHmmmmm....you didn't use the VM when it looked like that, did you??:p



Good job.:wavey
 
"It can be a real benefit with stubborn paint or a misleading way of "removing" defects (read, dealers)."



What? There's a connection between dealers and defects? :D
 
Very nice! VM really looks like it did pretty good on the swirls despite having very mild abrasives. The Audi's paint looks really wet! :up
 
thanks all!



Scottwax said:
Very nice! VM really looks like it did pretty good on the swirls despite having very mild abrasives. The Audi's paint looks really wet! :up
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yeah, i was really surprised at how well the VM did. :eek:

i really wish i got a picture of the audi's flakes. it was something to see. :cool:
 
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