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26th January 2009, 09:56 PM
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I would be very interested in mike's original idea and don't mind paying for the priveledge. I love detailing and doing it with a pro around would really ad value as far as i'm concerned.
I'm in the same boat as mike and ska...doing it on your own with decent results but would be great to get a proper pro to teach the ins and outs....audi paint is a real 'mare and some pro advice would help me detail in the future. -Oli 
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1st February 2009, 06:12 AM
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I think it's a top idea. But, only as long as I have the winning ticket
  In all seriousness, the A8OC wants to provide a service to its members, and if this means events like this that they find useful, then I'm all for it. More details of the OC will be coming forth soon, I promise. Just need a few hours to sit down and work out some of the finer details P.S. If Ska or Mike need something to practice on, I know of a lovely Ebony Black A8 in need of attention 
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1st February 2009, 08:07 AM
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Hmmmmmmm Ebony Black? Is that Sven's? No, No, not Svens. You don't have an ebony black 8 do you Ska? No, not you.......................
mkoneman maybe? Could be Zip? Or Abs, or has he sold it? This is difficult.  It's got me beat. Who is it Tony?  Mike
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1st February 2009, 09:31 AM
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So many rerquests to do fellow 8 owners cars; Mike do you want to go in to business together
I could do the top half why you do the lower half of a car & I'm sure we'll get one finished by late August No but seriously our cars are BIG (as if you hadn't already noticed ), and most of us either don't have access to a garage (or one thats large enough anyway) or the time (I can only manage one Full detail in the year then its maintaining details the rest of the year). Detailing an 8 would take a fair bit of time (days perhaps); just depends on how err...detailed you want to be. Bottom line is the idea of a professional detailing our cars, say in a rota basis through an owners club scheme would be great; we could negotiate a lower group buy with the detailer & be safe in the knowlegde that your car will cleaned at least once a year It doesn't need to be a full detail perhaps just paint work correction & protection which is proly the biggest headache on A8 VAG paint (seeing as someone thought it had to with stand a nuclear attck!). The cost for this for our cars may be around £400 at a guess perhaps more; it's a lot of effort - something you never fully realise until you put polish to paint.
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1st February 2009, 06:45 PM
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It's good advice.
 I would love to get my car done just so I could watch and have a base line to work to in the future. It takes me a day, twice a year (end of summer, start of winter). Takes me a full 10 hour day to do a strip, clay, machine polish, seal, glaze and wax.  The inside and engine about half a day and the wheel wells a day! But I love it . Yes I do have OCD!
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13th February 2009, 10:57 PM
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In all seriousness my paint is in need of a strip and respray, not even you guys could help. No fading but many swirls and scratches. Bill
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14th February 2009, 06:36 AM
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Bill,
Unless you can see undercoat and feel the scratches with your nail as you GENTLY drag it across the paint there is a good chance it could be recovered.
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Conan (the Librarian) Watch it if you dare Currently, 2000 S8, Merlin Purple, Leather Pack 1, Winter Pack 1, SPAX adjustable suspension, AP Racing 6 pot front caliper, 385mm fully floating disks, EBC Yellow Stuff Pads, Black Diamond grooved rear disks and predetor pads, D2 Doctors Brake Block. 1997 4.2 A8SQ - the Projekt. 12 years and ongoing! 1997 4.2 A8SQ - Ming Blue. Restoration sat waiting; saved from the Scrapyard 2003 C5 Allroad 4.2Q - Cobolt Blue. Towing car. Laid up awaiting manual conversion. 2005 C5 Allroad 2.5TDi FE - Grey - Workhorse. 2015 Q3QS SLine - Daytona Grey. Lots of extras! Long Haired Admirals cutter. Previously 2003 C5 A6 1.9TDI FWD - Loaner from D2 Doctor Lifex 1997 S8 - Ming Blue. Loaned out and written off. I loved that car. My first engine swap after cambelt failure. 1996 4.2 A8SQ - Ming Blue. 178k on a cambelt! Trader's 8. Delivered to A8Parts at Lifex. 2003 2.8 A8SQ - powder blueish. Fill in for a while. Sold on. 1998 1.8T A4 Avant FWD. Ming Blue (there's a theme here), PEX for the 97 S8. And a list of non VAG going back 40 years before I saw the light.
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14th February 2009, 06:41 AM
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Agree with Mike; the paint on these beasts are tough IIRC Mike uses Menzerna Power Gloss for paint correction and defect removal as do I. This product has a high cutting ability and it still takes quite a new of passes with a rotary polisher to get rid of swirls!
Failing that you could always wet sand if there were not many defects.
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17th February 2009, 01:13 PM
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Mine will just be washed well I'm afraid.!
Spending all day detailing then driving to work down the M6 in the p*ssing rain and roadworks would just depress me too much!
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17th March 2009, 10:53 PM
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Bl**dy swirls!
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I made a tentative attempt on the boot area of my S8 using Meg's SwirlX last weekend with a rotary (not a G220) and wasn't too impressed. I used Meg's products to wash the car, then kept the speed relatively low on the rotary and went over the same area 3 times with SwirlX. It didn't do much. Does anybody know if SwirlX is a weak cutting compound? I did get a good shine using Meguiars NXT polish and carnuba wax though, but those swirls are still there! Last edited by jmw748; 17th March 2009 at 10:55 PM.
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