The owner of this vehicle recently purchased it after it sat outside for 4 years with infrequent use and even less frequent cleaning. Audi paint of this vintage is well known for hard clearcoat and this was no exception. Add the years of neglect and the brilliant black paint that shows everything and this car is a tall order. It also was exhibiting a common issue from this vintage where old factory tape mark appear years later having altered the paint texture deep into the finish, this is a very deep defect and require some patience, skill and knowing when to yield.

Process

Wheels and tires cleaned with Meguairs D140 and Meguiars D108
Prefoamed with Angelwax Fast Foam
Hand wash with Carpro Reset
Mechanically decontaminated with clay mitt and Reset
Compounded with the following combos: Rotary and wool with meguiars M100, Boss 21 with Boss fast MF pads and fast correcting cream, Flex kompakt with wool and M100
Tape marks were thinned with the flex kompakt, denim pads and meguiars M100
Polished with the following combos: Boss21 with Rupes yellow and Menzerna final polish, Adams swirl killer mini, rupes yellow and menzerna final finish, flex kompakt, flex black pad and menzerna final finish
Body Prep wipe down was performed with Prep-Sol
Paint was protected Gtechniq EXO
Tires were dressed with carpro PERL
Wheels were protected with carpro hydro2
Exhaust was polished with Pinnacle Exhaust cleaner and brightener
Trim was protected with Ultima Tire & Trim Guard
Engine with clean with Zep Citrus via Tornador black
Carbon Fiber covers were corrected with the Rupes Nano
Engine Protected with 303AP