Detailer's Domain: 2013 Audi S4 - New Car Prep and Opti Coat insta
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My Ride: 2003 Audi RS6/2002 Porsche 911 Turbo/2007 Toyota FJ Cruiser
Subject: 2013 Audi S4
Requirements: New Car Prep with Opti Coat 2
Customer dropped me an email about a month or 2 ago about his 2013 Audi S4. He asked me about or new car prep services and opti coat. The customer called me 12 hours of delivery of his new car to make sure it was properly prepped and protected before he starts to put the miles on it. I love it when a customer wants to start his new car care the right way.
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
- Washed with Adam's Car Wash
- Aquartz Iron Cut
- Wash down and rinsed
- Door jambs were cleaned up
- Nano Scrub AutoScrub
- Dried
- Tires dressed
- Masking
- Paint Measurement
- Menzerna SF4000 with Uber Green Pad - Griots Orbital
- Opti Coat 2
- Inspection with Fenix, 3m Sun Gun, Infratech, and natural sunlight
- Wheel wells were cleaned and dressed
- Rubber and Plastics Treated
- Exterior windows and mirrors cleaned and sealed
- Exhaust tips cleaned
- Windows were autoscrubed, cleaned, and sealed
Interior
- Interior Vac
- Leather Cleaned/Conditioned
- Plastic - wiped down and protected
Products used
Links to products used -
Adam's Car Wash
Aquartz Iron Cut
Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner
NanoSkin AutoScrub System
Menzerna SF4000
Opti Coat 2
Adam's Super VRT
Optimum Metal Polish
1Z einszett Cockpit
Sonax Leather Foam
Tools used
Uber Wool Wash Mitt
Uber No Name MF Towels
Griot's 6 inch Random Orbital Polisher
Uber Buffing Pads
Defelsko Paint Meter
Fenix TK35
Brinkmann
Kranzle Pressure Washer
Cam Spray Foam Canon
2 Grit Guard Buckets with Caddies
Uber Firehose Nozzle
Metro Air Force Blaster
Before shots
Prep - Wash, Decon, AutoScrub, Wheels, and Tires
Wash shots
Wheels were hit first
Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner going to work (some brushing required)
Requirements: New Car Prep with Opti Coat 2
Customer dropped me an email about a month or 2 ago about his 2013 Audi S4. He asked me about or new car prep services and opti coat. The customer called me 12 hours of delivery of his new car to make sure it was properly prepped and protected before he starts to put the miles on it. I love it when a customer wants to start his new car care the right way.
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
- Washed with Adam's Car Wash
- Aquartz Iron Cut
- Wash down and rinsed
- Door jambs were cleaned up
- Nano Scrub AutoScrub
- Dried
- Tires dressed
- Masking
- Paint Measurement
- Menzerna SF4000 with Uber Green Pad - Griots Orbital
- Opti Coat 2
- Inspection with Fenix, 3m Sun Gun, Infratech, and natural sunlight
- Wheel wells were cleaned and dressed
- Rubber and Plastics Treated
- Exterior windows and mirrors cleaned and sealed
- Exhaust tips cleaned
- Windows were autoscrubed, cleaned, and sealed
Interior
- Interior Vac
- Leather Cleaned/Conditioned
- Plastic - wiped down and protected
Products used
Links to products used -
Adam's Car Wash
Aquartz Iron Cut
Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner
NanoSkin AutoScrub System
Menzerna SF4000
Opti Coat 2
Adam's Super VRT
Optimum Metal Polish
1Z einszett Cockpit
Sonax Leather Foam
Tools used
Uber Wool Wash Mitt
Uber No Name MF Towels
Griot's 6 inch Random Orbital Polisher
Uber Buffing Pads
Defelsko Paint Meter
Fenix TK35
Brinkmann
Kranzle Pressure Washer
Cam Spray Foam Canon
2 Grit Guard Buckets with Caddies
Uber Firehose Nozzle
Metro Air Force Blaster
Before shots
Prep - Wash, Decon, AutoScrub, Wheels, and Tires
Wash shots
Wheels were hit first
Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner going to work (some brushing required)
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Rinse
Drying the car with an Uber Super Drying Towel
Blowing out the car to ensure all the water is off
Removing all the dealer installed tire dressing with Stoner's Tarminator
Drying the car with an Uber Super Drying Towel
Blowing out the car to ensure all the water is off
Removing all the dealer installed tire dressing with Stoner's Tarminator
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Polishing a known trouble spot on the Audi
Before
After
Prepping the wheels and paint for opti coat - after polishing we used some IPA to ensure a clean surface
Opti Coat 2 applied on paint, glass, and wheels
Buffing off Opti Coat
Before
After
Prepping the wheels and paint for opti coat - after polishing we used some IPA to ensure a clean surface
Opti Coat 2 applied on paint, glass, and wheels
Buffing off Opti Coat
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