Invisible Touch Detailing Posted May 19, 2014 Report Share Posted May 19, 2014 Hi, Here we have an Audi RS4 belonging to a friend of Amir. Fantastic cars these, but unfortunately the paintwork was a little tired. Ideally a stage 2 treatment would have been required, but we went with a stage 1 plus leather condition. This was the car on arrival... So, starting with all boot/fuel/door shuts being cleaned with APC. The wheels were cleaned with Bilberry, tyres with APC. The car was then washed with Meguiars Shampoo Plus, clayed and then washed again. It was then taken inside to be dried and inspected under halogen and LED lighting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Invisible Touch Detailing Posted May 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2014 Lovely The effects of bad wash routines, car washes and some panels being previously machined (badly) after paintwork. Next step was to take paint thickness readings For machining i used the Makita rotary, Meguiars polishing pad with #80 and #83 polishes mixed together. The defects really were quite bad, especially with being on quite a tough paint, but it made a noticeable improvement Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invisible Touch Detailing Posted May 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2014 Once all machining was complete and IPA'd, i applied Lime Prime Lite by hand, giving the next step of wax application a perfect base to bond to. For wax i chose to apply Victoria Concourse Any exterior rubbers and plastics were treated The interior was hoovered, dusted, glass cleaned inside and out. All leather cleaned with APC and then conditioned with Gliptone The tyres were dressed with Endurance gel and alloys sealed with Collinite. Exhausts polished. These were the final pictures Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Invisible Touch Detailing Posted May 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2014 Hope you enjoyed the read... Christian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parthiban Posted May 19, 2014 Report Share Posted May 19, 2014 Amazing work as always. Can you handle doing paint work as part of the job (either smart repairs or full on respray work)? And of course to a similar standard of quality as your detailing work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted May 19, 2014 Report Share Posted May 19, 2014 Awesome work Christian, love your attention to detail Some tasty motors in the reflections as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invisible Touch Detailing Posted May 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2014 Cheers guys. I am also a fully trained painter as i did this a lot when i was based at my previous site. The company there restored 80's 911's which i helped a lot with. But unfortunately there are no facilities to paint at my new location. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve-O Posted May 19, 2014 Report Share Posted May 19, 2014 That half corrected door says it all really. Great stuff. I am going to try and have a stab at this on my black S3 at some stage. Something therapeutic about the whole process. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invisible Touch Detailing Posted May 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2014 Therapeutic?! Why do i seem to go home shattered most days then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve-O Posted May 19, 2014 Report Share Posted May 19, 2014 Therapeutic?! Why do i seem to go home shattered most days then Haha not saying its like that when its your day job If i had a free weekend where i could just immerse myself in it and take my time i reckon i would quite enjoy the process. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invisible Touch Detailing Posted May 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2014 I know exactly what you mean. it can be very easy to just get into a detail and suddenly realise a lot of hours have gone by! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parthiban Posted May 19, 2014 Report Share Posted May 19, 2014 Cheers guys. I am also a fully trained painter as i did this a lot when i was based at my previous site. The company there restored 80's 911's which i helped a lot with. But unfortunately there are no facilities to paint at my new location. That's a shame, I actually meant in terms of maybe a bodyshop or smart repairer that you work with who could come in and do the work while the car is with you (overseen by your perfectionist eye!), of course it would be even better if you could handle the paintwork yourself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted May 19, 2014 Report Share Posted May 19, 2014 I know exactly what you mean. it can be very easy to just get into a detail and suddenly realise a lot of hours have gone by! I remember those days, I hardly have time ATM to even clean the cars! Once I've finished all the decorating and sorting the garden so I have some 'me' time again I want to get the rotary out and get the cars looking good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invisible Touch Detailing Posted May 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2014 Parthiban, i do have a pretty good smart repairer guy that comes in and does small touch up jobs on the supercars. Have always been happy with his work. It just depends how big the job is and therefore whether it was better for it to go to a bodyshop instead? We use Unit 24 in Camberley as our preferred bodyshop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted May 20, 2014 Report Share Posted May 20, 2014 Jeebus the initial paint condition was horrendous, what was they using a wire brush!!!......... As said the 50/ 50 image really shows how your work turns back time and revives the paint probably to better than new..... Reminds me of the Lotus you did for me 20yr old car re-born by your goodself Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invisible Touch Detailing Posted May 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2014 I loved that car Tony. I know you did to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted May 21, 2014 Report Share Posted May 21, 2014 You did a better than great job on it, i was proud to drive it. I regret selling it after Lynn died but at the time it reflected my emotions...... Anyway the Audi looks stunning and a credit to your attention to "detail". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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