AudiRS4 & Opti-Seal Options

[Anthony Orosco]

This is an 01 Audi RS4 European version with, I am told, a reported 500+ horsepower!! It's a V6 Bi-Turbo and while it looks like a mom and pa "wagon" it sure don't run like like no grocery getter

The Audi owner owns several restaurants here in town and also has a home in Colorado....and owns a very hairy dog plus loves to smoke cigars! The interior rear area was covered in dog hair and the interior as a whole was pretty trashed.









I began the detail with the interior first by getting rid of the dog hair and then a general vacuuming. Here is the rear area after getting the dog hair up and steaming/extracting the carpets.









I then set about getting the stains in the carpet which included your normal dirt plus some coffee stains. I also came across this lovely surprise....it was a strawberry smoothie which leaked behind the driver seat for who knows how long, all I know is that it smelled spoiled and the bottle it leaked from was all bloated so I'm guessing it was there for some time. I treated this area with XO which is a cleaner/odor remover and my steamer and then extracted the whole area.









Looks yummy eh? Here is the area cleaned and deordorized.









I then set about the seats, console and headliner. My biggest goal here was to clean as much of the material as possible with the XO to get rid of the heavy....HEAVY cigar smoke odor. After cleaning with the XO I then gave it 2 fogger treatments....one before doing anything in the interior, even vacuuming, and the other just before treating the leather. This helped a great deal, cut the odor about 95%. In order to get the best results you should run the heater and then A/C while fogging. This cycles the fog through the vents and filters where smoke residue resides also.




Here is the Audi interior all done.









The engine was pretty ugly. I tackled this with a nice pressure washing with some Optimum degreaser and then dressed the engine with Optimum Protectant Plus.




Before:







And After:







Door jam before:





And after:







Exterior

Now the exterior was a real BIATCH because of the really hard Audi clear coat.

I gave it a No Rinse, clayed it and then set about removing that lovely Colorado tree sap which is most likely pine tree sap

The paint had to then be compounded using Hi-Temp's Heavy Cut Compound with a wool pad. This barely did anything, the Audi paint was laughing at me. So I reduced my rotary rpm's, switched to an orange pad and Optimum Hyper and slowed things down a lot which helped correct a great deal more of the paint issues.

After the orange pad I went to an LC white pad and Optimum Polish and my last machine step was Cyclo, orange pads and Optimum Polish.

I then gave it another No Rinse and applied one coat of Opti-Seal. I have no BEFORE pics as when I started this detail it was raining, I have only a few AFTER pics and hardly no sun peeking out.




Pics in next thread

[Anthony Orosco]

Thanks,
Anthony

[exceldetail]

Sheeyat! Nice recovery! Whats your trick with dog hair?

[Woob]

That is some super work Anthony! How is XO as a product? Did you have to really squeeze in for that smoothie stain? Dog hair regimen? Those clearcoats are so freaking annoying, hard to correct even with aggressive products.

Woo

[Russecu]

Nice work Anthony!! What did you use on the door jams? Steamer?

[Anthony Orosco]

Sheeyat! Nice recovery! Whats your trick with dog hair?

Yo dude....

I first gather up the hair wearing a latex glove. Basically the latex grabs the hair and you "rake" your hand over the area several times until you get a nice pile of hair and vacuum it up. I then vacuum the entire area while using the latex glove in some tougher areas. A stiff bristle brush also helps in some carpets. Be careful though as friction can give ya a nice burn!!

Anthony

[Anthony Orosco]

That is some super work Anthony! How is XO as a product? Did you have to really squeeze in for that smoothie stain? Dog hair regimen? Those clearcoats are so freaking annoying, hard to correct even with aggressive products.

Woo

The XO is a very nice product. I also highly recommend ValuGards "Odor Terminator". My main reason for using the XO though is that it is a cleaner as well as an odor eliminator. So the smoothie crap was first removed with a towel, sprayed with XOm allow to dwell and then hit that area with my vapor steamer and extract all that lovely gunk!

Nice work Anthony!! What did you use on the door jams? Steamer?

The door jam areas were sprayed with a degreaser and steamed and then wiped out with a fairly wet microfiber towel. I then went over them with some QD and a dry mf.

Hey thanks for the compliments guys, much appreciated.

Anthony

[flatstick]

Looking good, some crappy looking interior shots on the before pics there. the XO sounds very nice, where could one get it ? paint is looking good as always. thanks for the pics and the write up.

[Bullet Sponge]

and if anyone has to wonder why Anthony is a master at this they need their head examined...GREAT job Anothony!!

lol! good work!!

[Obsessive Detail]

Great work as always Anthony!

What steamer are you using? I have a good extractor now I've been looking into getting a good steamer.

[Anthony Orosco]

Looking good, some crappy looking interior shots on the before pics there. the XO sounds very nice, where could one get it ? paint is looking good as always. thanks for the pics and the write up.

Hey flatstick, thanks for the compliments.

I get the X-O from Top of the Line..it's pricey but it's also in concentrated form so it goes along way. Another option is ValuGards Odor Terminator.

Anthony

[Anthony Orosco]

Great work as always Anthony!

What steamer are you using? I have a good extractor now I've been looking into getting a good steamer.

I have this steamer http://www.topoftheline.com/vaporblitziv.html

I've had mine now over 2 years with no problems other than a broken cord which was very easy to fix and a case that cracked, again easy to fix. As for the mechanics of the machine it's been flawless.

Anthony

[flatstick]

Hey flatstick, thanks for the compliments.

I get the X-O from Top of the Line..it's pricey but it's also in concentrated form so it goes along way. Another option is ValuGards Odor Terminator.

Anthony


You are most welcome. always nice to see what other people are using product and technique wise. do you use the X-0 full strength or do you dilute it ? when we think we know everything, we stop learning and that is not good for us or our customers. I like to keep an open mind

[tdekany]

Fantastic work Anthony.