HORROR SHOW Audi A6, piece o' cake Trailblazer

[Scottwax]

Mega pics, sorry 56k people!



2002 Audi A6. Rear passenger fender repainted because the car had been parked on the dealer's lot under a tent and one of the straps unbuckled and beat against the car for quite some time before they noticed. As you can see in this picture, pretty nasty orange peel. Plus they burnt the paint on the edges of the gas cap door with a buffer.

As you can see in the before shots, pretty lousy job buffing it out...and how the heck do you leave rotary swirls but not remove any of the halo swirls and still not get all the paint overspray?!!!

After washing with Optimum No Rinse Wash and claying with Clay Magic, I had a better idea of what I was up against. On the repainted fender, the top of the fender near the pillar had some scratches that appeared to be under the clear coat itself. Ugh.

After polishing with Clearkote's Compound and a burgandy Meguiars cutting pad:

As you can clearly see here, rotary swirls come out more easily (in the majority of cases) than halo swirls!

After following with Optimum Hyper Compound and a yellow LC cutting pad:

The first two steps polishing took a little over 2 hours to complete!

 

[Scottwax]

I then followed with Meguiars DACP using a white LC polishing pad and Menzerna 106FF/Clearkote RMG again with a white LC polishing pad, buffed off with Optimum Car Wax.



The repainted fender/pillar isn't perfect but definitely a huge improvement, really pushed the limits of the PC on this one! there were some scratches on the hood that wouldn't come out completely, it was apparent that something had slid down the hood but the scratches were hard to see unless you got the angle just right. Obviously, quite a bit of time passed after taking the first set of pics, so the sun isn't hitting in the same spots, I spent a total of 4.5 hours polishing this car! About 6 1/2 hours total on the car, mostly because the interior needed very little, just gave it some Meguiars Interior QD and Turtle Wax Leather Conditioner (sorry, no interior pics, pretty much looked brand new still).

I finished off by sealing with Poorboy's EX w/carnauba.

 

[Evenflow]

"2002 Audi A6. Rear passenger fender repainted because the car had been parked on the dealer's lot under a tent and one of the straps unbuckled and beat against the car for quite some time before they noticed. As you can see in this picture, pretty nasty orange peel. Plus they burnt the paint on the edges of the gas cap door with a buffer."



Wow... who the heck do these jobs, monkeys? That burnt paint is totally unacceptable.



But what a turn around. Awesome job as usual Scott. Looks like a whole new vehicle. I bet the owner was very pleased :2thumbs:

 

[Scottwax]

2006 Chevy Trailblazer. Was originally just supposed to be a wash but he said it wasn't beading as well as it had been (no suprise, I had applied Collinte 845 in October and it is now May!) but he didn't want to spend too much because it is a company car. I suggested Optimum Car Wax and said I could give him a good price because it is so easy to use-plus not only is he a good customer but so is his father-in-law. Plus, if I can make double what I was expecting with maybe 30 minutes more work total, I go for it!



Our version of "do you want fries with that?" is a lot more profitable!



I ended up having to polish the front end by hand with Werkstatt's Carnauba Prime because apparently he'd been behind a garbage truck that was leaking. Really made my bucket of Optimum No Rinse take on a lovely fragrance. :eek



Total steps, Optimum No Rinse Wash, Carnauba Prime on the front end (by hand) and Optimum Car Wax, along with wheels/fenderwells and vacuum. Took me about 1.5 hours total.

 

[tom p.]

Scott, you're living up to your reputation with that beast. She's lookin' good!

 

[Scottwax]

Looks like a whole new vehicle. I bet the owner was very pleased :2thumbs:

He was quite happy, said I took a 10 foot car and turned it into a 2 foot car and told me he could maintain it at that level.

 

[YukonG]

Scott,



Your work continues to amaze me! I always look forward to your posts because I know that I will see an amazing transformation and a very, very shiny car :2thumbs:



George (YukonG)

 

[imported_Picus]

I couldn't help but laugh when I saw that first pic. I mean seriously - what the hell were they thinking? You did a great job on the fender, it was a total mess - really shows when you're up against when clearkote compound AND hyper leave that much marring, you earned the cash on that one.

 

[jvriii1942]

Nice recon on the Audi.



The Trailblazer would take me at least an hour just to wash, dry, jambs, vac, dust, tires, windows inside & out. Time to research the no rinse.

 

[Scottwax]

it was a total mess - really shows when you're up against when clearkote compound AND hyper leave that much marring, you earned the cash on that one.

Not sure I follow...because that picture is a before shot, no polishing done. Now that you mention it though, the marring from CC and HC was actually pretty minimal for such aggressive compounds. However, what was left was easily cleaned up with DACP, really noticed more depth and 'blackness' in the paint after DACP.



And for the life of me, I cannot understand how Baillargeon Audi of Fort Worth can consider that to be acceptable work.

 

[1 Clean WS6]

Killer work as usual Scott!!!



Good to see the PC working the Audi clear to that degree...though 110% of that has to do with the man behind the machine!!! :waxing: :bow

 

[stilez]

Nice work, Scott!





Huge comeback on the Audi...I see that schtuff wayyy too much.





I love those quickies, like the Trailblazer . How come Chevy left such a 'dumpy' looking muffler in the back? Ruins the whole tailend .

 

[ritchic]

Wow nice work on the Audi!!!!! Gotta love/hate german paint!

 

[DragonCub]

:wow: Wow, I'm really amazed at the work you do especially on the Audi. :bow

I myself have a 98 silver A4 that I will begin to detail next weekend. do you have any suggestion?



I'll be purchasing a PC in a couple of days also. I have a quick question. I know your suspose to keep the pad as flat as possible, but who do you use the pad on conture or curved areas? for example on the hood of the audi there is a grove on both sides, how do u work that area?

 

[Scottwax]

Nice work, Scott!





Huge comeback on the Audi...I see that schtuff wayyy too much.

How I miss his '91 pearl CS100 (I think that was the model), I used to detail it about twice a year and quite honestly, the interior barely needed a quick vacuum he keeps his cars so clean.

I love those quickies, like the Trailblazer . How come Chevy left such a 'dumpy' looking muffler in the back? Ruins the whole tailend .

I guess that is GM being GM. :nixweiss



Best thing about the Trailblazer (and the later wash on an Escalade) was I wasn't expecting any work today due to the forecasted storms tonight and 80% chance of heavy rain and storms tomorrow.

 

[Scottwax]

:wow: Wow, I'm really amazed at the work you do especially on the Audi. :bow

I myself have a 98 silver A4 that I will begin to detail next weekend. do you have any suggestion?



I'll be purchasing a PC in a couple of days also. I have a quick question. I know your suspose to keep the pad as flat as possible, but who do you use the pad on conture or curved areas? for example on the hood of the audi there is a grove on both sides, how do u work that area?

The PC is not like a rotary in that tilting it can quickly burn paint. You can tilt it as needed, just be sure the part of the pad you are using does have some polish on it. The Variable Contour Lake Country pads help too, concave center and angled edges.



Honestly, without seeing your car, I really have no suggestion where you should start, just begin with a medium grade polish and a polishing pad and go up in aggressiveness first with the polish then with the pad as needed.

 

[gmblack3]

Great work Scott!

 

[imported_Picus]

Not sure I follow...because that picture is a before shot, no polishing done. Now that you mention it though, the marring from CC and HC was actually pretty minimal for such aggressive compounds. However, what was left was easily cleaned up with DACP, really noticed more depth and 'blackness' in the paint after DACP.



And for the life of me, I cannot understand how Baillargeon Audi of Fort Worth can consider that to be acceptable work.

I should have been more clear. I was basically agreeing with this seniment - "I cannot understand how Baillargeon Audi of Fort Worth can consider that to be acceptable work."



It's absolutely madness that they did that to a car, and then gave it back to the customer.



All I was saying about the process was that it is kind of incredible that it was so bad it took both those compounds, and that it required enough abrasion to create the hazing in the "before DACP" pics. Just shows what a tough panel it must have been.



Anyway, killer job. :up

 

[Ben Kenobi]

Great work Scott, you wonder what kind of dolts would do such things to paint. You certainly resurrected that Audi. I hope the owner got a good deal on the car or gets them to pay for your work. Sean is right with the muffler on the Trailblazer, it's a nice looking vehicle but the muffler looks el cheapo. You'd think they could put a decent tip on it but GM does some mystifying things. Always a pleasure to see the difference you make! :bigups

 

[Diesel1]

Man that Audi looked more like a nightmare then a horror show! Horror shows end, nightmares come back to haunt! LOL I hate dealerships! Does it really cost that much more for dealers to do the "right thing"??? Apparently so!



Great job!