Polished Bliss Detailing vs Audi RS6 - The full works!

[PolishedBliss]

A trip north again to Elgin (near Inverness) for Clark and I yesterday, to do an 03 plate Audi RS6. Another detailer only recently detailed the car, but the owner was unhappy with the results, so called us in to have a look at it. On the phone the owner had told us that the paint correction work done by the other detailer was good, and that it had been the little things that had let the job down, such as not cleaning polish residues out of the panel gaps and shuts, and not polishing the exhaust tips, etc. However, just to be on the safe side, we recommended allowing up to 12 hours for the work, and as it turned out, it was a good job we did! Here’s the process and pics…

Before

Here’s how the car looked when we arrived…

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Overall not too bad, just the usual autumn grime, but I knew the alloys were never going to be able to be brought up 100% due to the kerbing...

Wash

Wheels, arches and all plastics pre-treated with P21S Total Auto Wash
Whole car foamed with mix of PW Slick & Suds via the Gilmour
Whole car rinsed off with the Karcher, arches blasted out
Whole car washed by hand using two buckets/Megs Lambswool Mitts
Whole car dried with PW Waffle Weave Towels

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The P21S pre-treatment didn’t shift as much of the baked on brake dust as I would have liked, so we then used Megs Wheel Brightener cut 4:1 to further clean up the alloys. The owner had specifically asked us not to get any strong wheel cleaners on the brake components, so we did the opposite sides of the alloys first, then rolled the car forward a couple of feet and did the other side – this allowed us to fully clean the rims whilst completely avoiding the brake components. Here are the final results…

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Clean

The fingertip test revealed no bonded surface contaminants, other than a small amount of paint spots on the nearside front door, so no major claying was done.

Interior

The dashboard, air vents, crevices, etc, were all dusted down with a Meg Slide-lock Brush and then wiped down with a damp work towel. All carpets (inc. the boot) were then hoovered. All plastics/vinyl was then wiped down with PW APC and work towels. The mats were brushed using a Megs Upholstery Brush and hoovered, and a few random grubby bits on the seats were wiped off with PW APC and work towels. The windows were then cleaned with Megs NXT Glass Cleaner and work towels, and the leather seats finally fed with Megs Leather Conditioner applied using a German Pad. The door shuts were treated with JEFFS Werkstatt Prime Acrylic.

Engine

The engine bay wasn’t bad at all, just the usual build up of grime and debris, so I opted to wipe it down with a P21S solution (cut 10:1) and work towels, and then dressed all the plastics with 303 Aerospace Protectant. The engine cover had a fairly severe scratch on the main cover, so what with it being carbon fibre, I machine polished it with a 4” polishing pad and Blackfire Finishing Polish. This greatly reduced the severity of the scratch, and left the engine cover with an awesome gloss. I then sealed it with JEFFS Werkstatt Prime Strong, and finished off by treating all of the visible painted surfaces to a coat of JEFFS Werkstatt Acrylic Jett Trigger.

Before…

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After…

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Polish

We then moved the car inside the garage, taped off all the trims with 3M 3434 masking tape, and had the first nasty surprise of the day…

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:doublesho

It didn’t get much better elsewhere either…

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Fortunately most of the car was sitting a lot higher in the usual territory of 100-120 microns, but some areas had obviously been worked hard, and how the hell 52 microns still had any clear coat left we’ll never know!

We proceeded to work our way around the car, taking a side each, and me doing the bumpers with the PC while Clark tackled the horizontal panels with the Makita. Clark found Blackfire Finishing Polish and a mix of Megs Polishing and Finishing pads sufficient to achieve 95% correction on his sections, while I found an initial attempt with PowerGloss and a 4” light cut spot pad followed by Blackfire Finishing Polish on a 7.5” orange light pad did the trick for me. Just goes to show what a rotary can do, and I still can’t wait for my Metabo to arrive! Why only 95% correction I here some of you ask? Deeper random scratches unfortunately, on almost every panel, which was a bit of a bummer, but as always, you can only do so much safely without compromising the long term integrity of the clear coat. Here’s some shots…

Before…

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After…

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Before…

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After…

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(notice I couldn’t get the machine into some awkward areas, hence no correction)

[PolishedBliss]

Combined image (left before, right after)…

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A lot of folk on here seem to be using way too much product when using the new generation of polishes designed for scratch resistant clear coats, whether by PC or rotary, so here is a guide to what I use to do a largish area, such as the top half of an Audi door…

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The above pad is also getting near to the point where I would either swap it for a fresh one or wash it out in order to avoid clogging and micromarring. Keeping the foam fresh gives better results.

More paint defects visible in this shot, not only normal wash marks and deeper random scratches, but also some serious holograms, which required two attempts with PowerGloss and light cut spot pads followed by a final going over with Blackfire finishing polish and a polishing pad to fully correct…

Before…

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After…

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We finished up the polish stage with a coat of JEFFS Werkstatt Prime Acrylic by PC using a 7.5” Lake Country Black Glazing Pad – this removed any remaining traces of the slightly greasy residue left by the Blackfire SRC Finishing Polish, and left the surface ready for the application of final protective layer.

Protect

JEFFS Werkstatt Acrylic Jett Trigger, applied with the wipe on, wipe off method using PW Deluxe Mega Towels, and a spritz of JEFFS Werkstatt Acrylic Glos where necessary to remove any minor smearing.

Finishing Touches

All panel gaps dusted down with Megs Slide Lock Brushes and PW Deluxe Mega Towels
Alloys were protected with PW Wheel Sealant, applied using Megs foam pads
Tyres were dressed with Blackfire Long Lasting Tyre Gel, applied using Megs foam pads
Exhaust tips were polished with Blackfire Fine Cut Metal Polish, applied using a German Pad

All panel gaps properly cleaned out…

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Exhaust tips properly polished…

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After

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All in all, it was a 12 hour detail, and a 16 hour day for Clark, as he also had to drive to my place at the start and end of the day! I have to say this job was a joy to do, as it was the first time in ages that we’ve been asked to do a FULL detail, and nothing was left untouched. The working conditions were great, the owner a pleasure to work for, and overall it was a very enjoyable and satisfying day.

[hesslevtr]

love them cars

i want your job working on cars like that all day

another cracking job as usual

[James]

Very nice again :)

[Polished_Bliss_Detailing]

love them cars

i want your job working on cars like that all day

another cracking job as usual

10-12 hours a day every day though, it's not always fun ;)

[m20pub]

10-12 hours a day every day though, it's not always fun ;)

but i bet the £20 an hour is thow lol

[Polished_Bliss_Detailing]

it helps yes ;)

[Predator_R32]

top work again lads bet the owner was well pleased

[VTSKris]

:Y: Lovely car and a top job :Y:

[Jimbo]

My mates Dad had one fo these. Silly quick cars.

Fantastic work, looks showroom.

[rushy_23]

Damn u guys are good!

Book me in soon!

[Destiny]

That is quality the car looks like new.

[Dean-T]

sweet bet that took a while still at least you go into all the detail like the exhaust tips and stuff not many ppl do.

good job

[hesslevtr]

10-12 hours a day every day though, it's not always fun ;)

i dont mind 12 hour days especially if its something worth doing and see great results like

i used to work 12+ putting shelfs up in supermarkets now that wasnt fun

[Tupps]

Great job mate, looks great....love the engine bay did you see what the milage was because that is CLEAN!

[PolishedBliss]

35k on the clock if I recall correctly. :)

[Japman]

as always awsum job

[srcnix]

Amazing work, as per usual. Nice one PB!

[barrett]

top job chaps!!

Something I keep meaning to ask, if it took 12 hours between you, would it have taken 24hours as a one man job, or do you just do more of the little things in that time frame?

[vtskid]

:shock: shoopa shineys!!
you guys work miracles! :clapping: :clapping:

[Dan]

Awesome job again guys!!!

[hellonpluto]

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is that the owner on the left?

[PolishedBliss]

Aye, big lad. :fcuk:

[PolishedBliss]

top job chaps!!

Something I keep meaning to ask, if it took 12 hours between you, would it have taken 24hours as a one man job, or do you just do more of the little things in that time frame?

Good question, I reckon it would have taken one of us at least 16-18 hours to do the same amount of work, but the tag team approach allows us to take it to another level in a single (long) day. :)

[JamieB]

lovely car, and a top job. i prefer the estate version of the rs6's though, look a lot meaner in my opinion

the owner looks like the sort of bloke you really dont want to piss off! wudnt like to twang into his car! lol

still, an amazing effort and can be seen by the time put into it!! nice one!! :Y:

[Polished_Bliss_Detailing]

the owner looks like the sort of bloke you really dont want to piss off! wudnt like to twang into his car!

Glen runs a business that provides bouncers/doormen for nightclubs, you'd have never of guessed eh? :P

[hesslevtr]

Glen runs a business that provides bouncers/doormen for nightclubs, you'd have never of guessed eh? :P

looks a bit of a :homme: to me




































dont tel him though

[Mark51]

very nice chaps a job very well done

[hellonpluto]

Quality work! Did the previous detailers have a wank over his wheels??? LOL!
They must have been cowboys!

http://hoover.archives.gov/exhibits/HollywoodCowboys/leading%20men/JOHN%20WAYNE.jpg

Also do you send your story to the customer as well? Maybe a good idea...need a marketing manager? :op Lol !!

[JamieB]

rolf @ hessle!!

Glen runs a business that provides bouncers/doormen for nightclubs, you'd have never of guessed eh? :P

really! thought he might have been into hairdressing! :P

[gotamintvtr]

very nice work mate well done

[platty]

very nice cars and so quick.

yeh, quite a big lad!,

too often blokes with a big wedge just buy cars for the fun of it but nice to see he actually cares and treasures it. good on him.

[clipz]

god sake, all your work it top notch mate!! well done, lovely car aswell for the portfolio!