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Donald, your free to steal those pictures if you want them!

Enjoy.

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C’est assez rare que je travail sur des Audis, mais c’est pourtant pas une nouvelle pour moi car j’ai déjà travaillé chez Audi. La S4 et la R8 étaient de loins mes préférés

Donc voici une belle S4 en bonne shape.

Je me suis attardé à l’intérieur avec un quick polish pour l’extérieur + une bonne cire pour un beau shine.
Before :





**The owner was waiting for his car so I didn’t want to take too much pictures and keep him longer.

Polishing all carbon trim


Then waxing them


Sealant for wheel



So with that said, here’s the after pictures!







Wolfgang tire gel:


Nice wet shot:








See the nice reflection on the trunk.




Some product left on the table haha!




Comme toujours, l’exhaust tip est poli

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And here’s the interior shot :











No more salt, just a clean floor




Sexxxxxy!


Bonne santé! On se revoit bientot!

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Today, I only did a basic in and out + wax. Enjoy!

Before:









Maudite coulisse d’anti-rouille!




Water spot :



Foaming the car :


Washing the wheels:


+ clay bar.

After-shot:

Wax used:























At the end, it just clean. No super hyper sick reflection or such but just a clean looking car and protected.

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Juste de belle réflexion comme lorsqu’elle sortais du dealer:

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Beeing a hot sunny day and a silver paint, i twas quite hard to capture all the defects so I pretty much skipped that part.

Let’s start:

Car was already clean so I only cleaned using ONR:

1) Clean badge:

En utilisant ma brose préférée en poil de cheval:
















2) Tape the whole car :

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3) Mesure la peinture avec mon Paint thickness gauge

All those variables make me believe the car has already been polished before.

Les variations d’épaisseur me laisse croire que l’auto a été poli dans le passé











4) Clay bar :

Forgot to take apicture of the clay bar but here’s somes random defect the clay bar took care of :


5) Wheels

Évidement ici, j’utilise mon Sonax Wheel cleaner. Turns purple under the contact of brake dust.





Après, j’applique une couche de scellant spécialement conçu pour roue :


Assez clean pour vous?

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6) Hand polishing :

Ici, des exemples de place où j’ai du polir à la main :









Windows polishing :




Les lumières avant sont fait de vitre, alors, j’utilise la même technique.



Les lumières arrières ne sont qu’en plastiques, alors je les poli comme d’habitude :





7) Trim protector:




Un fifty-fifity :






Now, that was FUN loL!!


8) Engine bay :








That’s the best I can do on this exhaust. Bear in mind it’s 30 yr old loL!

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9) After-shot

La piece de résistance!!!

Wax used: my finest Wolfgang Estate wax.






Enjoy!!!! I tried to take as many shots as possible to try to capture the finest reflection of this high-end paint but keep in mind that it’s a silver and I think the reflection is exceptional for such a light colored paint.

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See, what the windows polishing does?




Mirror finish:






























Très bientot, le site web sera en ligne!




Stay tuned for more sick ride!

Effet du polissage + Fuzion sur l'eau:

Walk-around.:

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With times, I tried a ton of last step product (LSP) and I’ve been able to create my own collection of quality LSP that fits every kind of paints and expected result.

- What’s the advantage of applying a protective coating on my paint?

1) Your paint will get a look that was impossible to achieve before that only a wax or sealant can offer you.
2) The coating protects your paint from the harsh UV rays, headlight turning yellow, red paint turning pink, white paint turning yellow etc.
3) The coating makes the paint ultra-slick which make the dirt and debris easier to wash off because they don’t have anything to grip to. This result in fewer scratches on your paint!

Have a look at this video, what I wanted to show is how the water sheet of the panel, same thing happens with contaminant, a good pressure washer regularly and you barely have to touch your paint to clean your car. It takes now fewer times to wash the car.

- What the difference between a liquid wax and a paste wax ?

Pretty simple, a paste wax contains more carnauba than a liquid wax. So you can conclude that a paste wax usually is a more concentrated and purer wax than liquid resulting in a greater shine and better protection for your paint. Worse, must of the times a liquid wax contains polish that can damage your freshly polished paint and even scratch your paint.

I classified waxes in 3 category:

The wet-looking wax: Usually made with pure white wax, they give the wet-look you might be dreaming of.
The metallic look: carnauba wax with a touch of polymer to make the pearl of your paint popping!
The durable look: wax with a good load of polymer for added durability and a warmth look but not as wet as a pure white or yellow carnauba. Similar to sealant but with a wax-look instead of a sealant looking paint.

Uusually showroom wax last between 2 to 16 weeks. Durable wax can last from 6 to 12 months.

- What is a sealant?

A sealant is 100% made from chemical, there’s nothing natural about it resulting in longer lasting layer of protection and usually sealant sheet water better and are slicker. However, even the ‘’wettest looking’’ sealant can’t be compared to showroom wax in term of warmth and deep look of the paint. Another advantage of this product is they are suppose to attract dust least than wax. However, don’t expect miracle! It does help but the difference is slight.

So on the market there’s 4 differents types:

Acrylique: Gives a very mirror, hard glass look to the surface. Last 6-9 months.

Polymère: Gives a look closer to carnauba. Last 3-6 months.

Nano-coating: This coating is pretty unique; it kinda transform to the paint your working on ( i.e: will make dark paint wet and the flake on metallic paint should pop out more than you ever see). Since the coating is harder than the clear-coat, it make washing the car easier and it has anti-scratch properties so your car look better longer! Last between 12-24 months. Can be topped with another carnauba after the drying time.

Resin-coating: Same to the nano-coating but you can’t top it off with anything after this application.Once you do that treatment there’s no need to touch your car after, simply wash it. The coating is PERMANENT.

For the last 2 coatings, only pro can apply those products and it’s not everyone who stock these.

Why did my LSP only lasted 6 weeks when you said 2-4 months?

I will start by saying that every single LSP I apply on a vehicule, I previously tested it on my own personal car or family car so the claims I make are real and proved. So, how long the protection layer will last on your car depends on how good you take care of your car, if it sit under a tree where you get 10 bird boops per day or inside and if you drive 300-500 kms a week or 1000 will differ the result.

My test are done on car that sit outside 24/7 and drive about 1000-1500 kms a month.

Now that I learned the difference, which one is better for me?

Well it depends on the kind of look you prefer and durability your expecting. However, I tend to go with carnauba for a summer ride and sealant for winter driven car or daily-driven car or high mileage car too. Another thing you should know is that you can top a carnauba over a sealant but you can’t top a sealant on a wax. So let say you like to wax your paint once in a while, I would recommend you to go for a sealant so you can top it off with a wax later.

I hope this helped a lot of people because I must of answered that questions over 50 times.

Enjoy!

Voici un autre 50-50 que j'ai fait. sans cire et avec cire. voyez la différence.

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1) Wheels

Before :







Sonax and my boars hair brush is taking care of the job :





I then spray cleaner inside the wheel well and brush it off.


I then clean the inside of the wheel see how passe-partout is that brush!


Boar hair lug nut brush and calliper


Rinse!

Dry with a quality MF.

Seal the rims and put a tire dresser. Job done my friend!


Clean!?



2) Engine:

Before:



After the cleaning with various brush and cleaner.It’s time to dry the engine, I like to use a blower for this.

After applying a protectant on hose and such:













See the difference:

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3) Preparation.

- Rinse

Foam:



-Rinse.

Clay bar in order to remove these rubber marks ( I guess this z06 is too powerful for the tires lol)




- Wash again now using the 2 bucket wash method and then I use my boar brush to clean crevisse.



Under the door


I then open up all doors to make sure I didn’t forget any spot:


Dry the car with quality MF.

Tape the car:




And then it’s time for correction:

4) Correction:



After:


Final result:




Different panel, 2x 500w










For sure, taillight were done too.




Convinced !?

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5) MISC:

After, I need to pass between crak to remove polish residu:






Metal polish on exhaust:




Polishing and sealing all door jams:




Polishing windows:


Applying aquapel:


Not only on windshield like any other garage, but driver windows too:


..and mirror!


6) Interior:

See that white paint stain, let see if it can go away. The owner told me he would really like to see that go and it totally make sens.



2-step treatment on leather.

1 beeing leather cleaner with a horse hair brush:


2 consist of re-hydrating the elather with a conditioner

And then see if the stain is still there?






It’s now getting late so I will come back tomorrow!












Polish the cluster:






Nice semi-matte finish

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7) After-shot!

Sealant of choice:






After the polishing but without sealant:









And with the sealant on..