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Old 09-25-2008, 06:16 PM
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dsms detail - Champagne Audi Gloss**

This one needed quite a bit of work, unfortunatley the owner did not want any correction or polishing done to the car and needed it back the same day.

The A8 arrived at my house around 8am Sunday. It was a chilly 50degree morning here in NJ that day...the last car I worked on was in 80+degree weather, just one week prior.

Here is the inital condition of the car upon drop off









I inspected the Audi and saw lots of road grime on the lower panels and tons of dried bugs on the front end. After cleaning the wheels using PoorBoys spray and rinse in conjunction with the swissvax and EZ wheel brushes I moved onto washing the Audi.

My wash process was as follows:

Pre soak w/ P21s TAW
Treat all dried bugs with Poorboys bug squash 2:1 (superb product)
Treat all lower panels road grim with Surf City road grime destroyer(new favorite)
2BM using Gloss It Gloss shampoo (slicker than Z7, highly concentrated)


Here are some shots of the lower panels



Before surf city road grime destroyer



During



After



Before





I must thank Todd Helme for the reccomendation of this product. I saw his thread about a orange gallardo which had very similar road grime/tar that was taken care of with the grime destroyer from surf city. Overall I really think this is a great product to have in your arsenal, its a very think gel that you spray on and let dwell before some light agitation and it works like a charm. Also the PB bug squash is great, similar application but its much thinner consistancy and it really loosens dried bugs on the paint.

Next came claying. I used Gloss It green clay(mild) with megs last touch 1:1 as lube. The gloss it green clay is very smooth and for a mild clay it picks up a lot of contaminants n 1 pass.

Here is the clay after only 1/2 the hood:shakehead:



I clay only 1 panel at a time and then re-wipe the panel using the last touch lube to avoid re-washing the car to remove the clay/lube residue

After clay I moved on to the "less than stellar" interior.

I used Gloss It satin leather cleaner for all leather care, its by far the best leather cleaner I have used. Its as easy to use as Lexol or Zaino stuff but it has the cleaning ability of Leather Masters...the best part? No streaking!

Passenger seat before cleaning



Passenger seat after cleaing



50/50



What looks like body oils from leaning on the arm rest





Scuffs and stains on the interior lower panels

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During



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Old 09-25-2008, 06:19 PM
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Re: dsms detail - Champagne Audi Gloss**

Then back to the interior which needed a lot of work

I used

Gloss It leather cleaner
1Z CP on plastic
Edge detailing sticks
APC
5.5hp shop vac

Door before



Door after

















A 50/50 shot after cleaning with only the Satin leather cleaner from gloss it



All small plastic trim was cleaned with 1Z CP



Interior all finished off









Trim was dressed using Adams In and Out spray - awesome product alternative to Black Wow if your in a hurry. Doesnt have the durability though





Metal polished using Adams metal polish 1



Glass cleaned with 1Z Glas Polish and IG



Finishing touches



Tires dressed with Gloss It signature tire dressing, deep shine like Zainos but it lasts about 2x as long



Key was cleaned with a toothpic and 1Z CP (it needed it)

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Old 09-25-2008, 06:20 PM
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Re: dsms detail - Champagne Audi Gloss**

The LSP of choice was Gloss It Gloss Finish sealant x1 applied by the cyclo polisher using white finishing pads. Cure time is about 10mins, I just went around the car applying the Gloss Finish to each panel and by the time I finished it was about time to go and buff it off

I followed up with a Gloss Enhancer QD wipedown

The final results...I think this color really pops when clean but I would have liked to see what it would have looked like fully polished.











Very nice clarity for a light colored car

























And one more... I was playing around in iphoto and came up with this as my new background for my computer, thought it looked artsy :computer:










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Old 09-25-2008, 08:33 PM
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Re: dsms detail - Champagne Audi Gloss**

Awesome work, this Audi really needed some detailing!!!
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Re: dsms detail - Champagne Audi Gloss**

Really nice job, the Audi looked like it just came back from a rally at first!! Despite the tight time frame, you really accomplished a lot of work.
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Old 09-29-2008, 08:23 PM
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Re: dsms detail - Champagne Audi Gloss**

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Awesome work, this Audi really needed some detailing!!!
Yep this car was pretty neglected, wish I could have fully corrected it as well. That would have brought out the gloss even more!

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just came back from a rally at first!! Despite the tight time frame, you really accomplished a lot of work.
Thanks Emile! I hate working on a tight schedule but every once in a while its good to push yourself a bit.
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Re: dsms detail - Champagne Audi Gloss**

Nice job on that audi, too bad we didnt see it polished.
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Nice work!
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