Detailer's Domain: 12 S4 - New Car Prep

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Brand new car prep 2012 Audi S4 - Adhesive residue left by dealer, a few scratches from the port. We stripped the car down, clayed, polished it out and applied Aquartz on the glass, and paint.

What was done -
Exterior

- Wheels were prepped with Sonax Wheel Cleaner and cleaned up with various brushes
- Tires were spritzed down with Adam’s All Purpose Cleaner and washed down
- Wheel wells were cleaned up
- Pre Washed with W99
- Wash down and rinsed
- Door jambs were cleaned up
- Clayed
- Dried
- Tires dressed
- Masking
- Paint Measurement
- 1 Step - Menzerna Super Finish
- Inspection with Fenix, 3m Sun Gun, Infratech, and natural sunlight
- Last Step – Aquartz
- Rubber and Plastics Treated
- Exterior windows and mirrors cleaned and sealed
- Exhaust tips cleaned
- Windows were clayed, cleaned, and sealed
- Jambs steam cleaned

Interior
- Vacuum
- Interior Wipe Down
- Adhesive and cloudiness removed from interior glass
- Leather wiped down and conditioned

Links to products used -

1Z einszett W99
Iron Cut
Adam's All Purpose Cleaner
Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner
Uber Clay Bar Kit
Menzerna Super Finish with Uber Green Pad
Aquartz
Adam's Super VRT
Optimum Metal Polish
Adam's Glass Cleaner

Interior
1Z einszett ****pit
1Z einszett Leathercare
1Z Windscreen Cleaner

Tools used
Uber Wool Wash Mitt
Uber No Name MF Towels
Porter Cable 7424XP
Flex PE14-2-150
Uber Buffing Pads
Defelsko Paint Meter
Fenix TK11
Brinkmann
Kranzle Pressure Washer
Cam Spray Foam Canon
2 Grit Guard Buckets with Caddies
Uber Firehose Nozzle

Interior
Before shots



After




Exterior
Before







Wheels



Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner



After


Wash






Drying with the Metro Blaster

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Here is what we saw before the clay bar - adhesive and light scratches on the hood, trunk, roof - all were polished out with a green or blue Uber Pad with Menzerna Super Finish











After inspection we went on to clay the glass and the paint




Final touches
Glass cleaned



Door Jambs wiped down and sealed



Aquartz applied
Inspecting and dusting panels prior to Aquartz





Shots after Aquartz







After Shots














Enjoy!

[FiftyPence]

We would prefer to see a detailed R8 on this R8 forum.

[jh001ace]

Great photos and very useful links.

[R8_Sweden]

Great photos. Good job!

[detailersdomain]

thanks guys!

once one of you come by for a detail we can post an R8