Just about to get my new company car (so I aint gonna to spend as much time on it as my own car used to get :) )

Audi A4 in solid brillant red like this (but in saloon form)


http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1355/541811063_c66b029c20_o.jpg


I am looking for advice as to the best way to start and protect the paint from new so that it should come up shiny as poss. It wont be cleaned every week afterwards but will be looked after.

What is the best starting protection, wash solution and then occasionally touch up polish\protection

and also what is recommended for alloys nowadays

Cheers

Dave.

great looking car. if it was mine i'd start with the following:

rinse,
apc soak for 10 mins,
rinse,
foam,
rinse,
foam and 2 bucket method wash,
rinse,
dry,
claybar,
foam,
rinse,
dry,
top coat protection - i like mothers reflections advanced top coat,
a good wax - at the moment i like zymol products but also like dodo orange on red. the other choice i like is the jeffs werkstatt carnuba kit,
for the wheels i'm using zymol creame at the moment but poorboys wheel sealant is good.

each week or every other a wash with something like megs hyper wash and dry down followed by megs last touch to keep up the protection.

then every 6 - 8 weeks another coat of wax.

once every 6 months, claybar it and start again or at least once a year.

Thanks for the response - Sounds good -

I was looking at this kit from the link above

JEFFS Werkstatt Acrylic Kit
This kit comprises...
JEFFS Werkstatt Prime Acrylic 500 ml
JEFFS Werkstatt Acrylic Jett Trigger 500 ml
JEFFS Werkstatt Acryic Glos 500 ml
Ultimate German Applicator Pad 6" x 3" x 1"
Poorboy's Super Thick & Plush Towel 16" x 16"
2 x Poorboy's Deluxe Mega Towel 16" x 16"

I had heard about the poorboys wheel sealent so that is prob one on the list :)

the jeffs stuff is great. needs a little work to get the best out of it in my experience but it is great.

have a look at this thread

Black scooby detail - Detailing World (http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?p=430875#post430875)[url

these results were after machine polishing and then using the jeffs werkstatt acrylic kit.

Zaino. End of.

kit ordered after a chat with polishedbliss :D thanks for the advice

can't go wrong with advice from Rich and the guys n gal at PB :thumb:

have a look at this thread

Black scooby detail - Detailing World (http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?p=430875#post430875)[url

these results were after machine polishing and then using the jeffs werkstatt acrylic kit.

btw - liking your work :)

cheers :thumb: