Detailer's Domain: 11 Audi S4 - New Car Prep - Aquartz Nano Coating Applied
 

Brand new car prep - 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.
Wheels were done with Opti Coat.

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
- Iron Cut
- 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

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
Optimum Opti Coat
Adam's Super VRT
Optimum Metal Polish
Adam's Glass 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

Before Pics packed with Audis today
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Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner
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Wash
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Rinsed
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Drying the car with the Uber Super Drying Towel
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Claying
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Before shots (imperfections from the port)
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After polishing
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Aquartz
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After shots
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Permission for this write up granted by the owner

Enjoy!

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How did you remove the adhesive residue? My car had tons of tiny strips of leftover glue on the paint.

you can use 3m adhesive remover.

thanks!