Some of my best work so far (56k DEATH):

xfire · 06-29-06, 05:42

My friend's GTI got a detail today. The car has 8800 miles on it. The paint was curiously difficult to work with. I spent almost 2 hours figuring out what works best to remove the swirls and slight random microscratches. In my opinion, this vehicle has been my most reflective work so far, especially from close-up. Here was my process:

-Wash
-Clay Bar
-Sonus DAS Orange pad on PC with OC
-Sonus DAS Green pad on PC with OP
-Sonus DAS Blue pad on PC with OP
-AIO
-P21S
-Tires dressed with Autoglym liquid.

Here are many pics that I am very proud of:

The next two are pics taken of the actual paint

xfire · 06-29-06, 05:47

truzoom · 06-29-06, 06:59

Looks excellent. Did you find the paint to be too hard?

seth812 · 06-29-06, 07:08

great work man, looks fa-bu-lous lol

german paint, esp VW and audi, is a ***** to work with. i usually just whip out the rotary and OHC

xfire · 06-29-06, 07:27

Thanks! Yeah, German paint is hard it seems...to the point of frustration for PC owners like myself. Which reminds me...The rear hatch had some crazy deep super fine scratches...as if someone wetsanded it (no, not me). The owner told me that some people wrote letters with their fingers into the paint when there was salt all over the car. I tried my best with the PC and Edge 2000 yellow pads, with improvement, but they are still visible. A rotary is needed here...maybe even more

seth812 · 06-29-06, 09:10

yea, i feel your pain lol. i had to do an audi S6 wagon not too long ago in awfull shape. It took the rotary with a yellow pad and OHC. Uggh

Slickery · 06-29-06, 10:19

Nice job! Your killing me with the extra picutres but I'm sure you're proud of the good job. I really like that wax too, I can see why p21s is the most popular wax and it really looks like AIO boosts the depth, nice combo.

Scottwax · 06-30-06, 04:40

Yeah, VW/Audi paint is tough but it appears that overall, you did a really excellent job. Love that first full car shot outside, the paint looks killer.

Stickman81 · 06-30-06, 04:58

That looks great - like I'm looking into a mirror.

gmblack3a · 06-30-06, 07:36

V-dub, the way it should be.

DuMouixe · 06-30-06, 07:50

those wheels are tight

admac · 06-30-06, 10:11

whee, i see at least a zx10r and a gixxer of some sort in your garage. which means you did a great job on the paint for me to recognize them by reflection.