This one may be a DSL/IE killer and instant death to 56k...sorry!
Continuation of this thead: http://autopia.org/forum/showthread.php?t=78478
This time with my pictures and full process/products.
I went down to Austin again, the Z06 I was supposed to do last time was finally finished and they had 4 other vehicles lined up.
This is what we started with on day 1:
As you can see, the Acura and Corvette aren't too dirty, the A6 was filthy.
The A6 has had some body work and a crappy buff job. Halo and rotary swirls...and hard Audi paint. Luckily, Audi black doesn't seem quite as hard as their other colors and the combination of Optimum Compound and orange Cyclo cutting pads did a great job with minimal hazing. I followed with Optimum Polish using green Propel lite cut Cyclo pads and followed with the soon to be released Optimum Opti-Seal (not sure if that is the final name) using white Cyclo finishing pads.
It was very late afternoon when I finished so no full sun pics (there is one that isn't that great in the link to the initial thread) but I did about half the car in the sun to make sure my process was removing the swirls and finishing out properly.
The interior was pretty rough up front, some spills and very dusty. I got a few new interior products from fellow Autopian Grouse to try, so the carpets got Bio-Kleen's Traffic Lane Cleaner (I believe that is the correct name) and it does an excellent job-on the mats, you could spray it on and watch the stains melt away! The rest of the interior surfaces were cleaned with Woolite/water and the interior was dressed with Optimum Protectant Plus.
This same process was used for all interior pics in this thread.
Continuation of this thead: http://autopia.org/forum/showthread.php?t=78478
This time with my pictures and full process/products.
I went down to Austin again, the Z06 I was supposed to do last time was finally finished and they had 4 other vehicles lined up.
This is what we started with on day 1:
As you can see, the Acura and Corvette aren't too dirty, the A6 was filthy.
The A6 has had some body work and a crappy buff job. Halo and rotary swirls...and hard Audi paint. Luckily, Audi black doesn't seem quite as hard as their other colors and the combination of Optimum Compound and orange Cyclo cutting pads did a great job with minimal hazing. I followed with Optimum Polish using green Propel lite cut Cyclo pads and followed with the soon to be released Optimum Opti-Seal (not sure if that is the final name) using white Cyclo finishing pads.
It was very late afternoon when I finished so no full sun pics (there is one that isn't that great in the link to the initial thread) but I did about half the car in the sun to make sure my process was removing the swirls and finishing out properly.
The interior was pretty rough up front, some spills and very dusty. I got a few new interior products from fellow Autopian Grouse to try, so the carpets got Bio-Kleen's Traffic Lane Cleaner (I believe that is the correct name) and it does an excellent job-on the mats, you could spray it on and watch the stains melt away! The rest of the interior surfaces were cleaned with Woolite/water and the interior was dressed with Optimum Protectant Plus.
This same process was used for all interior pics in this thread.
