Detailer's Domain: Audi A4 - Going back to the basics of detailing
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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
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
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integra92red (07-02-2012)
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I've never heard of the Decon, reminds me of the Sonax full effect in many ways. I'll have to try it, I love the Sonax. Even the Iron I'm assuming must be similar just in a cc safe formula?
Last edited by integra92red; 07-06-2012 at 08:06 PM.
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