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07-01-2012, 07:25 AM | #1 |
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Detailer's Domain: Audi A4 - Going back to the basics of detailing
Subject: 2007 Audi A4
Requirements: Back to the basics with a deep cleaning and one step polish and wax Exterior - Wheels were prepped with Sonax Wheel Cleaner and cleaned up with various brushes - Tires were spritzed down with Adam’s All Purpose Cleaner and washed down - Wheel wells were cleaned up - Washed with 1Z einszett W99 - Wolf's Decon Gel - Wash down and rinsed - Door jambs were cleaned up - Nano Scrub AutoScrub - Dried - Tires dressed - Masking - Paint Measurement - Sonax 5/5 Fine Abrasive Paste - Uber Green Pad - Griots Orbital - 1Z einszett Glanz Wax - Uber Black Pad - Inspection with Fenix, 3m Sun Gun, Infratech, and natural sunlight - Wheel wells were cleaned and dressed - Rubber and Plastics Treated - Exterior windows and mirrors cleaned and sealed - Exhaust tips cleaned - Windows were autoscrubed, cleaned, and sealed Interior - Interior Vac - Leather Cleaned/Conditioned (remove a denim stains and much more) - Plastic - wiped down and protected Engine - Cleaned - Dressed Products used Links to products used - 1Z einszett W99 Wolf's Decon Gel Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner NanoSkin AutoScrub System Sonax Fine Abrasive Polish 5/5 - Coming Soon 1Z einszett Glanz Adam's Super VRT Optimum Metal Polish 1Z einszett Cockpit Leather Master Strong Cleaner Leather Master Vital Conditioner Leather Master Super Remover Uber Engine Detailing Kit Tools used Uber Wool Wash Mitt Uber No Name MF Towels Griot's 6 inch Random Orbital Polisher Uber Buffing Pads Defelsko Paint Meter Fenix TK35 Brinkmann Kranzle Pressure Washer Cam Spray Foam Canon 2 Grit Guard Buckets with Caddies Uber Firehose Nozzle Metro Air Force Blaster Interior Before During Dan kissing the clean door handle ; ) We found caked on dust on the seat rails Cleaned up Afters Exterior Before Prep - Wash, Decon, Autoscrub, Wheels, Tires, Wheel Wells, Engine Before shots of the engine Not bad but we take a closer look to find. APC on the motor and some brushing were needed to get rid of all that caked dirt and grime Sonax 5/5 on was used by hand on the engine bay Afters of engine bay Pre soak Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner in action We hit the wheels with various brushes Here we have the wheel wooly in action (coming soon) Prepping the car prior to Decon Gel/ in the canon a mix of Adam's Car Wash and W99 Wheel wells get some love Wash mitts go to work Rinse Wolf's Decon Gel dwelling on the paint Decon gel really setting in now NanoSkin AutoScrub on the glass and paint (tons of lubricant) Before shots of the jambs Action shots Trunk and Door jambs being taken care of Afters of jambs (light polish and wax) Fuel door getting worked on Yuck Much better we hit them up again with polish and wax (sorry no shot) Dirt, grime, road tar you name it, it was stuck on it. Side skirts getting the treatment, APC first with some brushing followed by Stoner's Tarminator Afters Removing left over dressing with Stoner's Tarminator Clean tires Action shots Finishing touches on the wheels Wheels waxed and tires dressed After wheel wells were cleaned up we used Adam's Undercarriage Spray to dress them up Afters |
07-01-2012, 04:24 PM | #3 |
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Nice job Phil.
Any 4th of July sales going on?
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07-01-2012, 05:13 PM | #5 |
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Great job.
What cleaner did you use on the jambs? And how did you polish and wax the jambs? That had to have been a pretty laborious job, huh?
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Got any pics of that process?
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07-01-2012, 11:01 PM | #9 |
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Door jambs, please.
Sorry for being so inquisitive, but the After pics of the jambs blew me away.
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09-12-2012, 07:34 PM | #11 |
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So I'm assuming you used sonax 5/5 abrasive paste on the door jambs, but I'm still curious what kind of wax you used, did you use a quick detailer or your 1Z einszett glanz applied by hand? Also I'm curious how you rinsed the door jambs, especially the upper parts of them without getting the inside of the car wet.
Thanks in advance, that car looks brand new. |
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09-13-2012, 09:38 AM | #12 |
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that's correct we hand polished the jambs and hand applied the 1Z einszett Glanz Wax.
to clean up the door jambs you can use a brush and all purpose to clean up the jambs. then you rinse with a spritz bottle and wipe dry with a towel. |
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