Audi paint, hard or soft?

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Im going to be doing a paint correction on an Audi SUV over next weekend, is the paint hard or soft? my most coarse stuff is m105 on a orange LC pad using my GG DA polisher. I told the guy that all swirls will come out and most scratches, should this do the trick or should i get something coarser like a yellow LC pad?
 
I work on two black Audi's on a regular basis (A5/S5) and both of those have paint that is very hard, and very scratch sensitive. As for other colors, I haven't done enough to really make a recommendation.
 
I've got a 03 A4 Champagne color with concrete clear....from what I've read most Audi's have hard paint
 
Flannigan said:
I work on two black Audi's on a regular basis (A5/S5) and both of those have paint that is very hard, and very scratch sensitive. As for other colors, I haven't done enough to really make a recommendation.
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I concur. The black Audi's I've worked on have had paint that was like case-hardened steel.

As a habit, I wait to determine if a car's paint is hard or soft after I've worked it and done some testing.


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All of the ones I've worked on have been hard to very hard. M105, DA, Orange LC should do OK on the light stuff, but deeper defect will likely require a more aggressive method if it's anything like the cars I've worked on.

I think this test panel I did on an S4 was M105/Cyan LC via Flex 3401 using heavy pressure....I ended up using a rotary and M105 with PFW pad as I wanted more correction than what you see below.


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After
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I've yet to work on a dark color Audi, but have a client with an 08 White S4 that is soft. My assumption is the clears they use on different colors, or if the car was repainted by a 3rd party.
 
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