A8 W12 cleaned on Friday

[craigyb]

Here is the car when Iain from Finer Details arrived in the morning, already sat under my canopy ready for the day's work.

The first job was to clean the alloys. Iain cleaned the alloys first, this way if any dirt is splashed on onto the paintwork it can be removed when the body work is cleaned after wards.

So out with the Pinnacle wheel gel cleaner and my many brushes:

The wheels, tyres and arches were then sprayed with the Wheel Gel:

and aggravated with the many brushes, ensuring the alloys were clean front, and inside:

I then sprayed the alloys with a snow foam. This is done to ensure all the wheel gel is lifted and cleaned away to leave a nice streak free finish after rinsing:

Once the alloys were all rinsed down, it was time to start on the paintwork. I then applied snow foam layer to the paintwork:

This was left to sit for a few minutes before being rinsed off with the pressure washer. A second snow foam was then applied and used with a lambs wash mitt and the Pinnacle Bucket, grit guard and dolly for a wash down. Once fully cleaned, from top to bottom, a further rinse with the pressure washer to remove all soap and foam.

Next, using Pinnacle Ultra Fine Poly Clay and quick detailer Iain clayed the car, using the clay to remove all surface contamination and prepare the car for the paint correction machine polishing.

Once the claying was complete Iain started on the interior, waiting for the brighter weather to appear around lunch time.

Here is the car interior before:

First job was to vac the car out, removing all loose dirt and grit from the seats, floor and car matts. Next out with the Leather cleaning kit, Pinnacle Leather Cleaner, Pinnacle Leather Conditioner, a leather cleaning brush and a few Micro fibre cloths.

Iain sprayed the leather with the Leather Cleaner before giving each area good scrub with the special brush, paying attention to the creases, stitching and folds. After each area was cleaned Iain wiped away the dirt and spray with the MFA cloth. Once all the leather had been cleaned and was suitable free from dirt, stains and marks I applied with Leather Conditioner with a Microfiber pad. Working the conditioner well into the leather and leaving it to soak for 30Min's or so.

Whilst the seats were soaking in the conditioner Iain cleaned all the vents, dash, rear shelf and doors with interior cleaner, a MFA cloth and a double ended interior brush. Iain then used upholstery cleaner, the Meguiars multi purpose brush and the wet n dry vac to clean the interior floor Matt's. Once clean and dry they were placed back into the car. Iain then used a MF cloth to buff the seats, leaving a nice clean, fresh and Matt finish to the leather.

With the interior finished for now, it was time to start on the exterior. First job was to improve a smart repair. Here is the passenger door reflection:

Next he went around the car, checking the paint depth and recording them on my Vehicle Detail report. He paid particular attention to the readings on the passenger door ready for the next stage.

to show the difference here is the reflection in the rear passenger door:

I hadn't seen wet sanding work being completed before, and Iain thought he might find it useful to watch, especially since its my W12 that he’s about to scratch up...

Next he used the rotary, a Wolfgang polishing pad and 3m finesse it final finish polish to start to polish out the wet sanding marks:

Once all done, he checked the area, and the paint depth readings before doing some parts a second time.

Once full happy with the finish he then moved to the paint correction work. Using the same combination as the wet sanding correction he worked around the car to remove these:

Once happy with the results he used a pre glaze to prepare the surface for the wax stage. The wax used was Swissvax best of Show, massaged and applied by bare hands. This was applied to the whole car and then wiped clear and buffed with 2 ultra plush MF cloths. The alloys were coated with Wolfgang Sealant to protect them, the front arches dressed with AS finish, and all glass cleaned with Stoners Invisible glass. Tyres dressed with Pinnacle Onyx Black Tire gel.

The afters:

remember that dull door:

and them swirls:

and those alloys:

and as a little extra, I couldn't resist treating this to some TLC:

Overall I'm well impressed with the results, Iain pointed out many defects in the paint that I was not aware of and cleaned and polished them out.

[ahaydock]

Good work there mate!

[J_C]

Outstanding!

[RReflections]

Top work as always by Iain, one of the finest detailers in the UK

www.finerdetails.co.uk

[steelwind101]

Looks great!!

Your car was in good hands Ian is always does good work.

Geoff

[AntW]

looks fantastic

[Ska]

Clinical

[johnss8]

That looks great mate

[CarMad]

Very nice indeed, looks like a great job.

[craigyb]

Pity it doesn't look so clean now, but a decent shampoo and rinse should do the trick.