Re: Washing the Audi

[Michael Williams <urquattro@surfree.com>]

Jeremy Palenchar decided to speak these words:

>  There were quite a few posts on the list in the past month about
>automatic car washes and 'the right way' to wash a car. I'd like to know
>what the q-listers consider to be the 'right way' to wash and wax a car.


Well, since im obsessive about my UrQ, i follow the 5 hour wash/wax 
thing.  Picture, a cold, dark friday night in san francisco, there is an 
audi get together the next moring, and you want the car to look great....

So you go to your local auto parts store and stock up on the BEST stuff 
you can buy. So that i did, i bout meguires gold class car wash, meguires 
professional line: swirl remover, cleaner/wax, showcar glaze, solid high 
tech yellow wax in the can, and the final step, the high tech polymer 
sealant.  You also get some lexol leather cleaner and conditioner, a new 
sponge, some new polishing cloths, some new applicators, and some othe 
little things.  You get up to the register and are shocked to see a total 
of about 110 bucks...oh well, nothing but the best for my car.

Anyway, the car has some fading to very orange (its mars red btw) on the 
hood and roof, so its the whole thing, from the wash to the sealant.  You 
start at about 8pm.  Anyway, you wash, then you take out the swirls on 
the hood and roof, then you glaze it over, then you put the wax on it.  
You look at your watch, and its about 1:00 am...well, no time for the 
sealant.

I did a different method this time, to prevent swirl marks, i went back 
and forth instead of around and around for the more forceful 
applications....

anywya, the fading is 100% gone and i cant believe how absolutely 
gorgeous the paintlooks.  its a labor of love, but i highly recommend 
those products....

later...


Michael Sheridan Williams
ICQ# 11740998
1983 UrQuattro 170,000 miles, MC'd, koni yellows, borla exhaust, A4 Sport 
Wheels w/ SP8000's
1985 4000 S Quattro 192,000+ miles, Koni Yellows/Coilover (2B), strut 
brace, Sport 8000 Tires, K&N

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