jarred767
11-16-2014, 06:26 PM
Hey guys, so I did this Audi Q5 for a new customer a little over a month ago and finally got the time to put the pictures up. (Busy autumn to say the least:xyxthumbs:) I was wasn't planning on doing a full Show N' Shine when I started so I didn't take many before pics, but it turned out so well that I had to take pictures after it was finished.
So the customer was referred to me by a friend of his who's car I had done a couple months prior, so I knew I had to live up to the expectations. The owner had a few issues with the car even though it was still fairly new where he had tried to rub some sap off the car, tried to polish out some scratches (quite aggressively) and then other places where he had simply scrubbed too hard when washing and caused a pretty decent amount of marring/fine scratches in the paint. Just a little test spot and I quickly came to find out how he had so easily caused the scratches and swirls in the paint - this Audi paint was super super soft!! A 5" orange LC pad on my Rupes 21 with M205 practically made the paint look brand new.
I was only being paid to do a 1-step polish followed by sealant, but the results could have easily been passed off as an "almost full paint correction" as the paint was really easy to work with.
So, the worst part of the car was the drivers side rear quarter panel where he had gone to town a little too hard trying to scrub something off the paint. I took some 50/50 shots and unfortunately those are my only before shots, but the rest of the car was in similar condition, just not quite as bad.
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/watermark.php?file=87007
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/watermark.php?file=87008
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/watermark.php?file=87009
Yes, those results were achieved with simply M205 and an orange foam pad, this paint was SOFT!
I went around the car and replicated the process everywhere and the paint really started to impress me. I couldn't wait to see what it was going to look like after it was sealed with some BlackFire Wet Diamond. A quick once over with a black finishing pad and the BFWD, finished the windows with D156 and dressed the tires and it was ready for pictures.
The BlackFire really gave it incredible depth and gloss while making the paint look "wet." It is definitely one of my favorite LSPs to work with!
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/watermark.php?file=87018
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/watermark.php?file=87016
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/watermark.php?file=87012
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/watermark.php?file=87017
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/watermark.php?file=87010
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/watermark.php?file=87013
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/watermark.php?file=87011
Nothin to crazy fancy, but a definite endorsement for the BlackFire Wet Diamond sealant; great product :props:
Thanks for lookin!!
So the customer was referred to me by a friend of his who's car I had done a couple months prior, so I knew I had to live up to the expectations. The owner had a few issues with the car even though it was still fairly new where he had tried to rub some sap off the car, tried to polish out some scratches (quite aggressively) and then other places where he had simply scrubbed too hard when washing and caused a pretty decent amount of marring/fine scratches in the paint. Just a little test spot and I quickly came to find out how he had so easily caused the scratches and swirls in the paint - this Audi paint was super super soft!! A 5" orange LC pad on my Rupes 21 with M205 practically made the paint look brand new.
I was only being paid to do a 1-step polish followed by sealant, but the results could have easily been passed off as an "almost full paint correction" as the paint was really easy to work with.
So, the worst part of the car was the drivers side rear quarter panel where he had gone to town a little too hard trying to scrub something off the paint. I took some 50/50 shots and unfortunately those are my only before shots, but the rest of the car was in similar condition, just not quite as bad.
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/watermark.php?file=87007
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/watermark.php?file=87008
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/watermark.php?file=87009
Yes, those results were achieved with simply M205 and an orange foam pad, this paint was SOFT!
I went around the car and replicated the process everywhere and the paint really started to impress me. I couldn't wait to see what it was going to look like after it was sealed with some BlackFire Wet Diamond. A quick once over with a black finishing pad and the BFWD, finished the windows with D156 and dressed the tires and it was ready for pictures.
The BlackFire really gave it incredible depth and gloss while making the paint look "wet." It is definitely one of my favorite LSPs to work with!
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/watermark.php?file=87018
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/watermark.php?file=87016
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/watermark.php?file=87012
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/watermark.php?file=87017
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/watermark.php?file=87010
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/watermark.php?file=87013
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/watermark.php?file=87011
Nothin to crazy fancy, but a definite endorsement for the BlackFire Wet Diamond sealant; great product :props:
Thanks for lookin!!