Audi A6 Paint Correction & Opti-Coat Detail

Swirls? BUT The car is brand new!

This is exactly what a customer would think when picking up their brand new Audi from the dealership. Fresh off of the showroom floor, delicately handled and prepared for you to come take her home. No new car deserves to be covered in severe gloss reducing swirls. The proud owner of this brand new German driving machine wanted to protect his investment and prevent any further damage.

The best product to protect your paint over years is Opti-Coat Pro. No other coating, wax, or sealant will happily provide a 5 year warranty against failure. To apply Opti-Coat Pro, the paints surface needs to be perfect and swirl free. This is where my skills and years of paint correction experience come into play.

We scheduled the client with a Stage IV Paint Correction and Opti-Coat Pro detail. More information on this package can be found here.



Car was delivered to my shop early in the morning, roughly 6 AM. I was expecting the paint to not be perfect as Brilliant Black is a difficult color to maintain and I do not expect dealerships to understand how to safely clean this color. But even I did not expect it to be like this. Long Island’s rough winter and slushy roads did not treat this Audi well.

A BRAND NEW CAR CAN LOOK LIKE THIS

My biggest fear. Brilliant black paint that has almost no gloss and heavily covered in deep long running swirls. This type of swirling is caused by poor wash techniques and possibly wiping the vehicle down with a really low quality towel. Just by looking at the car, I could guess that they washed with a broom and some soap and dried with a house towel. This picture was taken after carefully prepping with a foam presoak and washing using the 2 bucket method.

MEASURE TWICE, CUT ONCE

To learn more about the vehicles paint, I always take measurements before paint correction. The thickness can tell us if the car has ever been repainted or worked on before. In this case, we have an average reading with enough paint to safely continue.

DURING
PAINT CORRECTION

After prepping the surface and taping off the trim and delicate areas I began the paint correction process. I started on the hood to test for the best possible correction method that removes the least amount of clear coat. Less clear coat means less protection and ultimately can lead to premature failure. To protect the paint from failing and wearing out, we will be coating the entire car in Opti-Coat Pro which builds up nearly 3 microns of protection. That’s over 100x the thickness of any wax.

Before
DETAILING

After
Detailing

Before
Detailing

After
Detailing

No corners cut
with my detailing

Every panel that was painted or clear-coated had serious swirls and scratches. I took my time and dedicated 20 hours to correcting every single panel and every single surface. Many other “detailers” on Long Island tend to neglect or forget about these surfaces. No corners cut with Xclusive Autoworks Inc.

After fully correcting the paint, eliminated all scratches and swirls, and prepping for Opti-Coat Pro this is the final product.