Paul Smith
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A friend of mine purchased a new toy recently and I was asked to put some life back into the paint and get it ready for some track days through the summer.
He wasn't wasn't looking for 100% correction on the paint, something I wouldn't recommend on a daily driver anyway. In my opinion it should be left for show cars as the maintenance on them is just too much work or the average owner.
The paint wasn't heavily swirled and there were very few random deep scratches. I knew these would require a good few of hours of correction as AUDI paint has a reputation for being rock solid. I was only carrying out a single stage machine polish so I could only concentrate on removing the swirls and at best, the light scratches.
My partner for the day -
The Accord (my car) looked tiny in the shadow of one of AUDI's finest-
Time to get the car power washed down and get some snow foam on-
Two bucket method, lambs wool mitt and some Britemax Clean Max shampoo -
Time to get it inside, dried down, get some light on it and start claying-
I was using 3M blue for the first time, quite sticky and aggressive, a change from Bilt Hamber -
Time to get the car all taped up to protect the silver trim and any other edges that could catch the pad-
So, on with the polishing, in this case 3M Ultrafina SE -
He wasn't wasn't looking for 100% correction on the paint, something I wouldn't recommend on a daily driver anyway. In my opinion it should be left for show cars as the maintenance on them is just too much work or the average owner.
The paint wasn't heavily swirled and there were very few random deep scratches. I knew these would require a good few of hours of correction as AUDI paint has a reputation for being rock solid. I was only carrying out a single stage machine polish so I could only concentrate on removing the swirls and at best, the light scratches.
My partner for the day -
The Accord (my car) looked tiny in the shadow of one of AUDI's finest-
Time to get the car power washed down and get some snow foam on-
Two bucket method, lambs wool mitt and some Britemax Clean Max shampoo -
Time to get it inside, dried down, get some light on it and start claying-
I was using 3M blue for the first time, quite sticky and aggressive, a change from Bilt Hamber -
Time to get the car all taped up to protect the silver trim and any other edges that could catch the pad-
So, on with the polishing, in this case 3M Ultrafina SE -