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Gleaming Kleen - Simply Divine

Posted: Wed May 27, 2009 11:04 am
by JayPlay
Not a Audi I know

In total this had over 40 hours of work put into which was done over 5 days

Vehicle was washed in normal manner of pre wash/foam, 2bm wash and clayed.

Owner requested wheels to be removed and thoroughly cleaned and sealed which allowed me to give wheel arches a good clean
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Arches were cleaned with Autosmart G101 and Megs Super Degreaser and then dressed with Megs ASD. Brake calipers were sealed with Zaino CS
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Wheels cleaned with Epsuma Revolation wheel cleaner and clayed
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old weight adhesive removed
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Inner tire walls were dressed with SV Pneu and inner rims protected with a coat of Zaino AIO and then topped with Zaino CS
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Mesh vents on front bumper were also carefully repainted gloss black as they had started to turn white..I thought I took a before and after pic but only found the after:confused:
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Paint readings were taken with Positest 200 which showed healthy amount of clear coat was present all over apart from the lower doors

Some of the defects clearly showing in the sun
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PAINT CORRECTION

I spent a good amount of time working my way up finding a combo to remove the defects and settled on using a LC Purple Foamed Wool pad and Menz 3.02which removed the deep swirls and defects.

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A few before & after pics, yet to be refined

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Bumpers and lower skirts were corrected with a LC light cutting pad and Menz 3.02

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After all correction was complete i refined the paint using Menz 203S and a 3M black polishing pad
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As sun was out I rolled car out to check my work
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I then refined te paintwork using SV Cleaner Fluid Pro on a 3M blue finishing pad with all tight area's including door/boot shuts done by hand using regular cleaner fluid

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Tyres were dressed with SV Pneu and wheels protected with SV Autobahn

A coat of Divine was applied before heading home at end of day 4 with 2nd coat applied following morning on day 5.

And the end result
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Thanks for looking