May Entry - Red Audi Detail

Axe · 05-10-05, 02:10

Firstly I would like to thank Mike (1 Clean WS6) for his help and Sean (GSRstilez) for his too. OK onto this detail and the reason I am entering this straight into the Extreme competition, is because the results are Extreme! People were walking past as I had the tape on the car 'wowing' at the thing, the owner (well his son actually) could only keep saying 'F***in***' Paul F***in***'' I had to laugh, but he was absolutely gobsmacked. He can't wait for his dad (the owner) to get back off holiday so he can see it. You see the car belongs to my next door neighbour who is rather elderly and had just gone on holiday, his son asked me if I would do it and how much would it cost, (Bare in mind that I DON'T do this for a living) I decided that I wouldn't charge, a neighbourly present if you like

Ok onto the process, as some of you will be aware I recently, as in yesterday! acquired a Makita Rotary, and with some nudging and confidence boosting from Mike and Sean and one or two other autopians (thanks

) I decided to attack this thing with the Makita first (after washing with BMW shampoo and claying wih 3M blue clay). I used DACP on a polishing pad, and set the rotary to around 1500 RPM, it worked! I was covered from head to foot in sling, and so were the windows of the car, and the windows of my house ! I was getting better at controlling it though, at least towards the end of the detail I was!

Once I had removed all of the oxidisation with the rotary I went to work with my Cyclo and #80 green pads, this gave a real nice glaze to the rotary'd worked panels I did earlier.

For the third pass I used the PC, and hit the car with AIO on a slow setting with a polishing pad and wiped off each panel with a MF.

The LSP I chose to use applied with the PC was Collinite 845 - I chose this because the owner likes to drive a lot of miles as he is retired and he and his wife go away almost every weekend in it, so I needed something that looks good, but importantly will keep looking good even though it will be driven hard, so I hope this was the right product for the job.

OK then, onto the pics, there are 32 pics here! The beginning ones are the befores, the middle ones are during and the last ones are the finished item. I hope you enjoy the pics

B E F O R E

Axe · 05-10-05, 02:11

Axe · 05-10-05, 02:13

D U R I N G

Fast becoming obligatory self portrait

Axe · 05-10-05, 02:14

A F T E R

Axe · 05-10-05, 02:15

Thats all

Lowejackson · 05-10-05, 02:16

Wow

I wish I could get my paint looking that good

Spilchy · 05-10-05, 02:22

Looking Good!!!

That's going to be a tough one to beat!

Fantastic rotary work

haha, covered in sling

Beach15 · 05-10-05, 02:24

AMAZING! What more can I say?!

Nick M · 05-10-05, 02:29

Wow Paul, that's some superb work there and I can see why people were so

at the difference.

The half taped bonnet photo is amazing

Keep up the good work !

Axe · 05-10-05, 02:36

Wow you guys are quick, thanks very much for your positive comments

Heh heh ye spilchy it ain't no fun being covered in that stuff, worst of all I will have to go out on the weekend and clean our house windows too !

Unreal · 05-10-05, 02:54

Looks awesome AXE.

Have fun with the clean up

G35stilez · 05-10-05, 03:16

Absolutely stunning

I really didn't think it would come up that beautiful. A lot of times with paint that old and abused, the clearcoat is too far gone to produce notable depth and gloss. But Paul, you outdid yourself. IMO, this is an instant winner!

BTW: Put this up on your website (if you have one) and give your neighbor some cards/flyers to pass out. It looks like a different car!

PS - Can you put a cover on it and videotape the owner's reaction? Kinda like Extreme Home Makeover... "Paul, move that cover!" I'd be interested to see the reaction.