DetailersDomain.com - paint correction and prep for Opti Coat - BMW 550i

The BMW 550i you will see in this write up is a daily driven car for a customer that is on the road 7 days a week for work. It has seen quite a bit in its 8-12 months on the road.
Take a look at what we do to prep this one for Optimum Opti Coat.

Subject: BMW 550I
Requirements: Prepare the paint for Optimum Opti Coat application

Exterior

- Wheels were prepped with Sonax Wheel Cleaner and cleaned up with various brushes
- Tires were spritzed down with Adam’s All Purpose Cleaner and washed down
- Wheel wells were cleaned up
- Washed with Adam's Car Wash
- Decon with Wolf's Decon Gel
- Wash down and rinsed
- Door jambs were cleaned up
- Nano Scrub AutoScrub
- Dried
- Tires dressed
- Masking
- Paint Measurement
- Compounds - Meguiar's M101 / Menzerna FG400
- Final Polish - Sonax Nano Polish
- Last step - Opti Coat
- Inspection with Fenix, Brinkmann, and natural sunlight
- Wheel wells were cleaned and dressed
- Rubber and Plastics Treated
- Exterior windows and mirrors cleaned and sealed
- Exhaust tips cleaned
- Windows were auto scrubed, cleaned, and sealed

Products used

Links to products used -

Adam's Car Wash
Wolf's Decon Gel - Iron Remover
Stoner's Tarminator
Adam's All Purpose Cleaner
Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner
NanoSkin AutoScrub System
Meguiar's M101
Menzerna FG400
Sonax Nano Polish 3/6
Optimum Opti Coat
Adam's Super VRT
Auto Finesse Crystal Glass Cleaner
Auto Finesse Mercury Metal Polish

Tools used
Uber Wool Wash Mitt
Uber No Name MF Towels
Griot's 6 inch Random Orbital Polisher
Rupes LHR75
Rupes BigFoot LHR 21ES Random Orbital Polisher
Rupes BigFoot LHR 15ES Random Orbital Polisher
Uber Buffing Pads
Defelsko Paint Meter
Fenix TK35
Brinkmann
Kranzle Pressure Washer
Uber Foam Canon
2 Grit Guard Buckets with Caddies
Adam's Firehose Nozzle
Metro Air Force Blaster

Prep - Clean wheels and tires/Engine Bay/Decon/Wash/NanoSkin AutoScrub



















Customer requested to debadge the Xdrive emblem.




Paint Correction - Meg's M101 as well as Menzerna FG400 were used on this job, to finish it out and bring up a gloss we used Sonax Nano Polish.

Before shot after prepping the car for correction.








50/50 shots





Rupes LHR 75 working on some tight spots


After correction shots




After shots


















Hope you enjoyed our detail write up.

 

Looks great. Awesome work again guys!

Phil, are you mixing FG400/M101? At what ratio?

 

I never would have thought to spray sonax FE on the paint. :gasp: , but just as always another great looking job!

 

KILLER Phil. Great save.

 

Nice job Phil, is that Sonax FE or Adam's apc on the paint?

 

Sonax Full effect, I put that shit on everything LOL JK

 

honestly I don't remember the ratio lol, I use more M101 when needed and more fg400 when more finishing is required :thumb:

 

Wolf's Decon Gel was used on the paint. Sonax FE does not work on paint.

 

me either we don't use Sonax FE on paint because its not as effective. on this job we used Wolf's Decon Gel.

 

I think it was 1Z einszett Anti-Insekt Bug + Tar Remover that he was using in the one shot...

 

Stunning results!

 

that would be correct it was used on the bumpers.

 

Beautiful work Phil, great looking cars these are.