Black Audi Q7 enhancement polish
FIrstly I need to apologise for the quality of the photos in this page. My proper camera packed up on site, so I had to resort to using my phone.... Anyway.
This Audi Q7 was only 18 months old but it had suffered due to a poor choice of polishing machine / setup, used by the owner so I came in to correct the paintwork swirls which had been left in as a result. It wasn't terrible and being quite new, needed little in the way of decontamination.
First job was the huge 21" rims which were cleaned thoroughly inside and out, dried, and then treated to Poorboys wheel sealant to lock in the finish. They were polished as standard so needed no other work.
Then on to the paint. I tried a mild polish first, but this did not cut enough, so I went to my favourite MZ fast gloss which dealt with it fine. The paint was then treated to Megs Speed Glaze on my dual action machine to refine the finish more. There was a lot of metal to cover with this being such a big car, so this took some time! Once done, the finish was sealed in using my brand new pot of Collinite 915 wax. As can be seen in some of the Devon mizzle beading shots below, this came up nicely, and even my rubbish phone captured it in macro mode.
The final touches were done by cleaning the glass thoroughly and polishing the windscreen with a glass polishing compound, in readiness for a windscreen repellant treatment. I ran out of time to apply sadly so shall be doing that next week hopefully. The exhausts were cleaned and polished, and the tyres dressed with 3M restorer.
As darkness fell, I ran out of time to inspect properly, but I am back hopefully next week to do the other car - a Citroen DS4. :) Photos are below.
This Audi Q7 was only 18 months old but it had suffered due to a poor choice of polishing machine / setup, used by the owner so I came in to correct the paintwork swirls which had been left in as a result. It wasn't terrible and being quite new, needed little in the way of decontamination.
First job was the huge 21" rims which were cleaned thoroughly inside and out, dried, and then treated to Poorboys wheel sealant to lock in the finish. They were polished as standard so needed no other work.
Then on to the paint. I tried a mild polish first, but this did not cut enough, so I went to my favourite MZ fast gloss which dealt with it fine. The paint was then treated to Megs Speed Glaze on my dual action machine to refine the finish more. There was a lot of metal to cover with this being such a big car, so this took some time! Once done, the finish was sealed in using my brand new pot of Collinite 915 wax. As can be seen in some of the Devon mizzle beading shots below, this came up nicely, and even my rubbish phone captured it in macro mode.
The final touches were done by cleaning the glass thoroughly and polishing the windscreen with a glass polishing compound, in readiness for a windscreen repellant treatment. I ran out of time to apply sadly so shall be doing that next week hopefully. The exhausts were cleaned and polished, and the tyres dressed with 3M restorer.
As darkness fell, I ran out of time to inspect properly, but I am back hopefully next week to do the other car - a Citroen DS4. :) Photos are below.
