The Audi needed a good detox after Winter grime, tar, bird poop and everything else had got the better of it so the normal wash routine was followed
Pre-wash with degreaser, rinse, shampoo, detail clean of badges and shuts, rinse, deep clean wheels, de-tar, rinse and dry. In response to customers asking for it, I've bought a wheel cleaner that changes colour when it reacts to iron contamination (eg brake dust) so here's a few shots of that in action
[/url]It's really effective but stinks and costs a bomb compared to the normal stuff so we shall see whether it earns its place in my box of tricks! The weather was already starting to get much worse at this point so I checked and double checked the car was clean with another rinse, de-tar on bumpers and lower sills and then rinsed again.
I also cleaned and protected the engine bay, boot and door shuts, fuel flap and had to leave it that. Very disappointing but I'll return again when we have some dry weather. In a bid to make the best possible use of the time I switched over to the owner's other car, a lovely S15.
I had previously valeted this in November and it was still in very good order so it just required a maintenance wash with some attention required on the window trims, badges and windscreen surround
It was still raining at this point and the owner and I had previously agreed that if the weather caved in, I would just charge him for the time taken and call it quits. With this in mind I wrapped up both jobs so that both cars can be used, cleared up and disappeared for early lunch with a view to come back an hour later if the weather cheered up. That never happened!!
To add insult to injury, as I was loading the car I felt my back twinge. On the 30 mile drive home the twinge became a throb, and now I feel like I've been hit by a truck
Oh well........could always be worse!Big thanks to Scott and I hope to be back when the weather is clear to finish what I've started
Should've got a reflection shot of the bear slippers in one of the photos 
