Polished Bliss®: Audi A1 S-Line...

Clark@Polishedbliss

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Hello and a Happy New Year to you all :wave:

This was one of the first cars to come through the PB doors in 2011 all ready for its All Surface Protection Detail:

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Usual wash process applied here, beginning with a thorough pre-rinse of the wheels, tyres and arches:

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The wheels were then sprayed with R222 wheel gel:

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Then agitated with a Swissvax brush and wheel woolies:

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Followed by a quick rinse:

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Tardis next to remove a few tar spots:

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Another rinse followed this before Iron-X was applied to remove some light iron contamination:

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After a minute or so you can see it doing its thing:

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The wheel woolies were again used here to give the Iron-X a bit of agitation:

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And then rinsed a final time:

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Onto the tyres and arches now, these were sprayed with Meguiars Super degreaser (4:1):

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Super degreaser was also used on the engine bay:

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The car was then foamed with APC at a temperature of approx 60 degrees:

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Left to dwell for a minute or two:

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Then rinsed at high pressure at 60 degrees:

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Final job before washing the car was to clean all the door shuts and exterior trim with APC (4:1):

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This was given a quick rinse off and the car was then washed with the 2 bucket method and a lambswool wash mitt:

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Another rinse!

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Then another application of tardis, this time to the glass and paintwork:

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Wiped off with a microfibre towel:

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The car was then put inside ready to be dried (no claying this time as there were no signs of contamination) with the Black Baron:
 
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The engine bay was dressed with Aerospace 303 sprayed from a Swissvax mixer bottle:

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LSP for this one was Werkstat Acrylic so up first was the Prime:

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This was worked into the paint, going round the whole car before buffing off with a deluxe mega towel:

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Then the first of 3 coats of Jett Trigger was applied to the paintwork and trim:

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Meanwhile, the wheels were being sealed with Blackfire Metal Sealant:

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Buffing off after approx 20 mins:

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Tyres dressed with 3M:

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Tailpipe polished with Raceglaze Alutec:

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Exterior glass was polished and protected with Werkstat Prime Strong:

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By this time the owner had arrived so we cracked on without taking any more pics but the rest of the process was as follows:


- Interior fully hoovered and wiped down.
- Glass cleaned with 3M.
- Mats protected with 303 Fabric Guard.
- Door shuts protected with Werkstat Prime.
- Door seals conditioned with Swissvax Seal.
- Engine bay wiped down.
- Paintwork and glass wiped down with Werkstat Acrylic Glos.
- Tyres buffed off.


And here are the afters :)




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Thanks for looking!

Clark
 
Lovely Clark, well played. Nice colour, although still not sure on the design!
 
Nice little write up Clark to go with a lovely new edition to the Audi range. Really looking forward to see if they make an S1, I think it could be a looker
 
Very nice! Great tutorial, loving the finished product!