2019 Audi GTRS - Daytona Grey - 🌴 A Miracle Detailing - CQuartz SiC

[Lonnie]

Merlin:
I never tire of your trademark Merlin Shot photos. Maybe it`s the exquisite mirror-like reflection that you always achieve in your detailing; maybe it`s the type of cars you detail, or maybe it`s your photographic skill incorporating the indigenous Florida palm trees that we do not have in the upper Midwest, or a combination of all three.
Anyway, I like the Merlin Shot. Imitated, but never duplicated.
Well, that`s not completely true. Mike lambert has his trademark "Maryland Merlin" with the deciduous trees in his area reflecting the hoods of vehicles he has detailed. Looks "different" with bare leafless limbs of the trees in the late fall, though. Reference: 2019 Toyota Avalon, a ton of paint!

AND, thanks for taking the time to answer the questions posed by other Autopians in this thread. They are along the same lines of inquiry as I had, so again, kudos for doing so.
My only questions then are, did you find any unusual paint thickness on this Audi TT with your paint thickness gauges??
How would you characterize Audi OEM paint quality? IE, does there seem to be less orange peel in higher-end vehicles, like Audi??
I ask because I think detailing the paint on high-end cars seems to "easier" to correct and make look outstanding because the factory has taken the time to mitigate this paint problem. Then again, it might be my mis-perception about high-end vehicle having "better` quality paint, as you and many other professional detailers see and work on these late-model vehicles on a (much) more regular basis.

[Merlin]

My only questions then are,

1 Q) did you find any unusual paint thickness on this Audi TT with your paint thickness gauges??

2 Q) How would you characterize Audi OEM paint quality? IE, does there seem to be less orange peel in higher-end vehicles, like Audi??

I ask because I think detailing the paint on high-end cars seems to be "easier" to correct and make look outstanding because the factory has taken the time to mitigate this paint problem.
Then again, it might be my misperception about high-end vehicles having "better` quality paint, as you and many other professional detailers see and work on these late-model vehicles on a (much) more regular basis.

1 A) Paint thickness seemed to be in the "normal" range.

2 A) About the same (if not a little better) than most.

Most of the higher-end car paint is a little bit better.
Some are a lot better...some not so much.