WaxWerks & OTDetail Tagteam: 2001 Audi B5 S4 Avant Cactus Green Detail

[bretster]

Here is a 250+ picture write up on a B5 S4 Waxwerks (me) and Franki over at OverTime Detail collaborated on. Customer wanted a pinstripe removal as well as a 80% correction on exterior and interior vacuum + wipe down. Franki made a sick video with his new crane and slider, check us out and PM me for any more information! Onto the write-up

B5 S4 Avant - YouTube

What was done:
- Before pictures
- Wheels hit with Sonax full effect and iron x
- Tires treated with Adams APC and prima nero
- Engine sprayed down and treated with in and out spray
- De-Bugged with 1Z Bug and Tar Remover
- Exterior wash using lusso auto bathe and foam gun w/ CG MSii
- Door, hood and trunk jambs cleaned
- Prima nero on undercarriage
- Aquartz Iron Cut to decontaminate
- Clayed entire exterior including windows
- Taped up
- 2 step - m105 -> menz sip -> opti poli-seal
- Rubber and vinyl cleaned w/ In and Out, Prima nero
- Exhaust tips cleaned
- Windows clayed again and cleaned with prima clarity
- Wheels waxed with Prima Wheel Armour
- Exterior Wax -> 1Z Glanz Wax

Interior:
- Vacuum
- Trims treated with Prima Nero, Adams in and out and 1Z Cockpit Premium
- Interior glass cleaned with clarity

Products used:
Exterior wash:
- Lusso auto bath
- Gilmour Foam gun w/ CG MaxiSuds
- Blue microfiber wash mitt
- Uber super drying microfiber towel
- Prima nero on undercarriage
- Aquartz Iron Cut
- 1Z Bug and Tar Remover

Engine:
- Adams In n out spray

Interior:
- 1z Cockpit Premium
- In n out and Prima Clarity and Nero to clean the trims

Paint correction:
- Porter Cable PC 7424XP
- Griots Orbital
- Flex PE-14
- Uber green orange and blue 4/5.5 pads
- Surbuf pads 5.5
- Megs 105
- Menz SIP
- Opti Poli-seal
- 1z Glanz Wax

Now for the pictures

Before














Wash

[bretster]

Just to see what we were dealing with after decon







Optimum Metal polish on the rails






done for that day

attempt at pinstripe removal with 3m pinstripe remover, did not work at all

[bretster]

So, we proceded to clay and wetsand the pinstripe off


reflection shot


left side corrected right side uncorrected

[bretster]

Polishing step






before

after

post polish wash and ipa spraydown











Post polish and wash pictures, no lsp applied

[bretster]

Interior clean up




applying lsp







this is my "shop" lol

putting the trunk carpet cover back in

engine clean up



1z glanz applied

Customer pick up and final pics






Another happy customer


Thanks for looking!

[Mr. Angier]

that was fun looking through . Hope you taught that customer how to properly wash and dry a vehicle or they will be back real soon!

[bretster]

that was fun looking through . Hope you taught that customer how to properly wash and dry a vehicle or they will be back real soon!

Thanks man and we did

[FliGi7]

It's tough leaving that much marring in the paint after polishing. You have more discipline than I. I would have just removed more of it for my own OCD benefit.

No attempt at using a hair dryer or heat gun to remove the pinstripe? Why the choice to wet sand instead of that?

[Chalm]

Do I see a Rac a Tac cart? Haha....I used that when I was a tile setter. Now it's my go to for detailing. Nice work

[bretster]

It's tough leaving that much marring in the paint after polishing. You have more discipline than I. I would have just removed more of it for my own OCD benefit.

No attempt at using a hair dryer or heat gun to remove the pinstripe? Why the choice to wet sand instead of that?

It's not vinyl pinstripe it was painted on so hair dryer or heat gun will do nothing lol

[FliGi7]

It's not vinyl pinstripe it was painted on so hair dryer or heat gun will do nothing lol

Well, then, that makes more sense. I assumed it was vinyl since the 3M pinstripe removal discs like you tried to use are for vinyl pinstripes. They obviously don't remove painted ones.

[TXR32]

Looks like a lot of fun was had! Great write up and great results.

[bretster]

Well, then, that makes more sense. I assumed it was vinyl since the 3M pinstripe removal discs like you tried to use are for vinyl pinstripes. They obviously don't remove painted ones.

Yeah we realized that but Franki tried anyways. It's worth a shot, especially since the next option is wetsanding. Slight marring of the paint is no problem if the next step is to wetsand it.

Looks like a lot of fun was had! Great write up and great results.

Thanks man