BMW 320d M-Sport with SV Endurance

Discussion in 'Show and Shine' started by Brynjar, Oct 20, 2010.

  1. Brynjar

    Brynjar Birth of a Detailer

    BMW 320D M-SPORT

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    Back in business and a “new” car in the garage. Received a call from a previous customer who had bought a “new” company car. He got a discount from the dealership due to the condition the paint was in, with the thought of me in the back of his head.
    The washing process was not to good documented as it had turned in to night outside:)

    P21S working:
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    Interior was not part of the deal, so just did a quick one with the vacuumer and cleaned the dash with some Scholl Purple9000:
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    Time to take a look at the paint:
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    ..and do some polishing:
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    This was extremely hard paint. This 50/50 is the result after 4-5 very long rounds of S03 (heavy cut) with plenty of pressure. This is going to be fun!!:
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    This is actually after the heavy cut compound, just with releasing the pressure and lowering the rpm's at the end:
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    Or not?!? After a tough round with 3M FCP to compare the cut. It took a little bit more, and also did a test spot with MG105:
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    This is after quite a few rounds with FCP/MG15/S03Gold followed by 3M EF. Four hours in total was spent on the hood:
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    Did a couple of random measurements on each panel. Thickness varieties between 120-150um:
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    Some 50/50 without tape:
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    To give you a little idea how hard this paint really is, if you look at the area where the light is, it's after one round with heavy cut compound (5-7 passes).
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    After three new rounds:
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    After five:
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    Another 50/50, this time with tape:
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    This is a pretty good capture of how the paint condition really was:
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    I wonder if it's washed really hard in the past?!?:p
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    Began to question my own skills here, and picked up the phone and gave a quick call to Ketil at Scandicshine.no:
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    He gave me a tip to try out scholl spider pad with S03:
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    After a couple of really hot rounds the results was a lot better, but still some left:
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    Got an idea to get out the old Mirka wool pad.. HEAVY CUT!!:
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    Roof line:
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    Yes!! Mirka it is, in combination with S03. 3M FCP had a little bit better cut than scholl, but since S03 have much better lubricating abilities it ended up with that:
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    Happy times.. Looks like a rash :thumb::
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    S03 with mirka wool. Almost one pass spreading the compound on low rpm's just to spread out the product. Then straight up to 2100rpm's, working until it's starting to look good, then apply more product and another go:
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    Takes toooooo long time!! About here I've spent about 15 hours just on this stage:
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    It looks really good here, but there's still a bit left if you look really close.
    The combination of rock hard paint covered in really deep swirls made it feel like the car was covered in rds's:
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    The paint on the plastic front and rear was very nice and responded really well even on lower rpm's:
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    The bracket on the side mirror was somewhat defected as two of the "things" that is holding it in place was broken:
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    Did a bad but quick fix with some duck tape double side:
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    Since it was off on this side I used the opportunity to give it a real polish:
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    Celebrating with 3M that the rubbing stage is finally over:D The results after the rubbing stage was not all what I wanted, but to get a +90% on this one would have taken me about 10 extra hours I think:
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    Keeping an eye of the photographer:
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    The 3M EF stage took me no more than 45 minutes. EF was done somewhat like this: One pass on 1500rpm with moderate-hard pressure, two-three passes with little to no pressure(same rpm).
    Here you see how much product I used on the next stage. 3M UltraFine:
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    Since the "drive-out" was blocked temporary by another car in the garage I spent a little bit extra time on the jewelling stage.. Slow passes and very little product with very even motion helped:
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    It made it shiny:
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    New lens for the camera:) :
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    Exhaust done with Autosol, Swissvax Cleaner Fluid and SV Autobahn:
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    Since it was past midnight and I was getting a little bit sluggish I played around with the camera a bit. Depth of field with low f-stop(f/2.8) and medium zoom:
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    The other way around:
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    Wipe down to get polish residue out of the cracks and also to remove most of the "oils" from the previous compounds. Makes the LSP hold on for a longer time:
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    Dried up and taken back in side for some holo checking:
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    That'll have to do:) Called it the night after this:
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    or, actually after this. Swissvax Endurance applied:
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    New day and another layer with Endurance. Used the halogen lights close to the paint for a couple of hours to get some more heat in to the curing process (removed the wax from the paint after aprox 15 minutes if you were wondering).
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    Gave the winter rims a good clean. Prior to this IronX stage, I used P21s for one round:
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    Then over to the big question. Does IronX really work?
    Hell yeah! It works really really really well. Is smells a little bit harsh, but if you're used to P21 this will also "grow on you".
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    After rinsing:
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    Another round of IronX(not the same rim as above). It says 3 minutes on the bottle, but I let it sit for about 5-7 minutes without any problems so far. Just not let it dry:
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    Ready for some drying:
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    SV Cleaner fluid applied by hand. Autobahn here:
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    The car outside and ready for pickup by its owner:
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    Here you have the rest of the finished photos:
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    Thanks for watching!
     
  2. Max405

    Max405 DB Forum Supporter

    There you go again. The best of the best.
    I will always enjoy your work and your great writeups.
    Thanks, Joe D.

    What do we call Swissvax endurance here in the US? Is that Shield?
     
  3. JPerrydore

    JPerrydore Birth of a Detailer

    great job! That color looks awesome after being polished. Love the finished photos too. Looks like an ad for BMW!
     
  4. Brynjar

    Brynjar Birth of a Detailer

    Thank you very much Joe.. I don't do many details a month, so I try to make every count like it's the last one I do:)

    Endurance is not far in comparison to Shield but it has a much higher percentage of PTFE and it’s not sold to consumer market (at least here in Norway). Reason to this is, to achieve optimum effect you need to add some "heat" during the curing process and it's also a PITA to remove wax residue if you find a forgotten spot after a couple of hours. It's very easy to buff like the rest of the SV waxes as long if it's done correctly, so for a experienced detailer there should be no problem using this one.
     
  5. bryansbestwax

    bryansbestwax DB Forum Supporter

    great stuff, good photography and you didn't forget the humour ( my favourite part)
     
  6. P1et

    P1et Official DB Moderator

    As always, unbelievable work. I cannot imagine spending that much time on correcting a vehicle, that's ENDURANCE right there.
     
  7. Socal Brian

    Socal Brian DB Forum Supporter

    Another Miracle job. I don't know how you were able to overcome that rash on the side door! It looked irrepairable to me. Great write up and your determination in overcoming all paint problems really shows. After seeing that level of work the customer really should let you finish the job and have you complete the interior.:applause:
     
  8. agpatel

    agpatel OD On Detailing

    Great work as always!

    I forgot about my sample of Endurance, may put it on a panel to see how it holds up.
     
  9. Kaleo

    Kaleo DB Forum Supporter

    forgot! aahhhh waaaaaaaat? lol

    that stuff really holds up well in tropical climates!
     
  10. agpatel

    agpatel OD On Detailing

    I knew I had it, just when going over my winter protection forgot it was in my arsenal. May apply it to the lowers to see how it holds up against RG BL.
     
  11. PDJ3.2

    PDJ3.2 Birth of a Detailer

    Wow. My hats off to you for hanging in there. That paint looked like a nightmare. I spotted your floor jack in the background, and it looked pretty nice. What kind is it, and how much did you get it for?
     
  12. supercharged

    supercharged DB Forum Supporter

    dude, you are taking it to a whole new level! Stunning work! Love your details!
     
  13. vtec92civic

    vtec92civic Nuba Guru

    sweet job man. That blue looks great and the photos were excellent as well.

    What camera and lens are you shooting with?
     
  14. Brynjar

    Brynjar Birth of a Detailer

    First of all, thank you for all of the very nice comments guys.

    Just takes longer time... Both sides were just like that, and the scratches were just in the surface of the CC. With plenty of CC to work with it cleaned up pretty nice.


    Sorry, but don't know the name of the floor jack.. Could find that out later, but it's very nice to use.. It's "high speed" meaning that you only need a few pumps before its all up there.


    Thank you som much:)
    I use my Nikon D90 for shooting. Planning on going for full frame around summer time when I’ve learned more about photography
    Swapped a little back and forth between two lenses. The work inside was primarily shot with Sigma 18-200 3.5-6.3(party lens). A very cheap lens which is nice to have when doing work like this, leaving the camera around on the floor without having to be afraid of breaking it.
    The finished photos was done with the expensive Nikon 70-200 2.8 VRI. Most of the finished photos was done at f-stop 2.8 for maximum depth of field and with manual settings on the camera.. A little bit hard to get just good photos under such strong sunlight as you have to adjust the camera when changing angle and so forth...
     
  15. Danny

    Danny Nuba Guru

    Amazing correction looks like the owners is going to be very happy.
     
  16. Brynjar

    Brynjar Birth of a Detailer

    Thanks Danny, the owner was very pleased I could say:)
     
  17. Pats300zx

    Pats300zx Official DB Moderator

    Simply amazing...:applause:
     
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  19. Sublime

    Sublime Any Rag Vehicle Washer

    Love your work and your write ups Brynjar. The humour is a bonus too!
     
  20. Brynjar

    Brynjar Birth of a Detailer

    Cool, nice to hear:)

    Thanks!

    Thank you for that nice comment.. Right now I'm detailing a car worth $4,4 million (new), so there might be a little write-up on that in the near future:)
     

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