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Detailer's Domain: New Car Prep - Opti Coat - Clear Film Installation - 2013 Audi S4
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10-17-2012, 10:52 AM | #1 |
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Detailer's Domain: New Car Prep - Opti Coat - Clear Film Installation - 2013 Audi S4
Subject - 2013 Audi S4
Requirements - New Car Prep - Opti Coat - Full Front Clear Film Install Exterior - Wheels were prepped with Sonax Wheel Cleaner and cleaned up with various brushes - Tires were spritzed down with Auto Finesse Citrus - Wheel wells were cleaned up - Washed with 1Z einszett W99 - Auto Finesse Iron Out - Wash down and rinsed - Door jambs were cleaned up - Nano Scrub AutoScrub - Dried - Tires dressed - Masking - Paint Measurement - Sonax 3/6 Fine Abrasive Paste - Uber Green Pad - Griots Orbital - Opti Coat - Inspection with Fenix, 3m Sun Gun, Infratech, and natural sunlight - Wheel wells were cleaned and dressed - Rubber and Plastics Treated - Exterior windows and mirrors cleaned and sealed - Exhaust tips cleaned - Windows were autoscrubed, cleaned, and sealed Products used Links to products used - 1Z einszett W99 Auto Finesse Citrus - Grime Remover Auto Finesse Oblitarate Auto Finesse Iron Out Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner NanoSkin AutoScrub System Sonax Compound 3/6 Opti Coat Adam's Super VRT Optimum Metal Polish Tools used Uber Wool Wash Mitt Uber No Name MF Towels Griot's 6 inch Random Orbital Polisher Uber Buffing Pads Defelsko Paint Meter Fenix TK35 Brinkmann Kranzle Pressure Washer Uber Foamer Attachment for Pressure Washer 2 Grit Guard Buckets with Caddies Uber Firehose Nozzle Metro Air Force Blaster Before Wheel Wells, Wheels, and Tires Before Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner in action Wheels wells cleaned up Wheels rinsed Auto Finesse Iron Out (Decon Gel) was used on the car - no iron particles or fall out on this new car, but always good to have checked Driver's side Super Charger badged removed for clear film install Left over adhesive removed with Auto Finesse Oblitarate All gone Passenger side Super Charger badge Removed for clear film install Left over adhesive removed with Auto Finesse Oblitarate All gone Adhesive on the wheels removed with Auto Finesse Oblitarate After Wash Rinse NanoSkin AutoScrub - replaces the clay bar Blow drying with the Metro AirForce Blaster Marring on various spots of the car were taken care of with a Griot's and Sonax 3/6 Much better Opti Coat on all 4 wheels and paint Random shots of the clear film installation Finishing touches Super Charger Badge installed Exhaust tips polished up Cleaning up the glass Adam's Super VRT on the tires Final shots |
10-25-2012, 05:21 PM | #5 |
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That's a heck of a wrap job! The bumper must have been 'fun" with those lips.
Does the OptiCoat go on the paint, or the clear wrap?
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10-26-2012, 02:47 PM | #6 |
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Question.
Why Debadge the supercharger emblem, wrap it and them reattach i instead of just cutting the film around the emblem. Won't it be a hassle when you need to remove the clear bra?
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10-29-2012, 04:10 PM | #7 |
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Awsome !
The warp is very intelligent to keep the paint cleen !
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11-05-2012, 05:23 PM | #8 |
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holy shit I third that.
one question, I read somewhere, maybe even in my bimmer manaul, not to wrap the car since it will discolour with time.... Or is there some post I should be reading first before asking silly questions? |
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11-06-2012, 11:00 AM | #9 |
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clear film over time will turn yellow - or better yet the adhesive will turn yellow, it will all depend on the elements the film is exposed to.
3-5 years is the normal life span on clear film (on a daily driven car) |
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