Been awhile since I've put something up, been busy and doing tons of maintenance work lately. So I did this Old School BMW 325 for a client who wanted it treated right. He put a bunch of money in the front end and exhaust and wanted the paint back new shape. Had some staining on the passenger side from the car wash. Car has 78k on the clock sits for long periods of time. Heavy oxidation on the SS paint, so I expected big things in terms of gloss! Interior just needed a good cleaning, looked great for its age. This turned out to be a longer than usual compounding process as I went through all the usual suspects(105,205,203,OHC,OHP,7,83,UF) and I finally settled on Meg's Reconditioning Cream on a LC Cyan pad with Flex3401 worked the best. Even wool on the rotary wasn't going to cut it without multiple followup steps. Turned out really well, customer liked that looked like new paint! Washed with Dawn 2x's Ironxed and clayed Flex 3401 LC Cyan with Meg's 151 Sonax FE on wheels 1.5 hrs on them alone OPC on interior Folex on carpet Opti-Seal Adams VRT tires Perl in the wells 50/50's show the oxidation removed, no sun on the day of pickup. Next up Audi's S4, I have taken care of this care since it was new and the owner is a car guy and really has taken great care of the car and very little correction needed to be done. He wanted to upgrade from Opti-Seal to Opti-Coat. Also wanted Tuff-Shine system on his tires. I think Opti-Coat looks way better than Opti-Seal on Audi Silver! No befores as there was not much to see. ONR wash ONR wipedown in engine compartment Flex 3401 OPT Polishing MF pad with GPS ISP wipedown Opti-Coat also on wheels 303 in engine compartment 1Z Cockpit wipedown inside TUF-Shine 3x's on the tires Flash didn't fire for some reason
That BMW was done proper. It might be old school but the paint came out sweet! Nice work on both cars man. I haven't heard of Tuf Shine for a very long time. How do you like that stuff?
Tuf works great IMO. I've tested it and it has lasted months and that's through auto washes, daily driving, and hitting curbs lol
Thanks! Tuf Shine is an awesome product! I've been testing it on my own vehicles for about 8 months and it still looks the same as the day I put it on! The key is washing with just soap, no strong wheel cleaners and not curbing the tires. Other than that it is impervious to the elements so far for me. The amount of coats determines the shine level. The Audi got 3(to many I think) the owner loves high sheen! Thank you sir. Yes it is.
