Anthony Orosco Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Orosco Posted April 3, 2007 Author Share Posted April 3, 2007 Thanks, Anthony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exceldetail Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 Sheeyat! Nice recovery! Whats your trick with dog hair? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woob Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russecu Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 Nice work Anthony!! What did you use on the door jams? Steamer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Orosco Posted April 3, 2007 Author Share Posted April 3, 2007 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Orosco Posted April 3, 2007 Author Share Posted April 3, 2007 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatstick Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullet Sponge Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 and if anyone has to wonder why Anthony is a master at this they need their head examined...GREAT job Anothony!! lol! good work!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obsessive Detail Posted April 4, 2007 Share Posted April 4, 2007 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Orosco Posted April 4, 2007 Author Share Posted April 4, 2007 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Orosco Posted April 4, 2007 Author Share Posted April 4, 2007 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatstick Posted April 4, 2007 Share Posted April 4, 2007 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdekany Posted May 17, 2007 Share Posted May 17, 2007 Fantastic work Anthony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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