Detailing E46 M3 Interlagos Blue 05

*****EDIT MORE PIC ARE UP***


Ok guys this is a work in progress it started to rain right after I got done washing but I have a few pics up. The car was rolled back into storage so I will pick up where I left off.

Dirty dirty car


















Shot after a good rinse to get major dirt off and covers with the Glamor Foam gun. Used a MG soap watered down a lot as it is all I had (waiting for the glossworks to come in :applause2

So there was not that much foam on the car. Usually its just covered to the point it looks like snow.





Ok So you guys can see I only have one bucket out :chillpill: The other 2 are on the other side of the car. I use 3 buckets one for clean soapy water the other is my dirty bucket. I wring out the mitt and dunk again in the little third bucket.

It's over board I think but oh well. After using the 2 mitts to clean top and bottom I rinsed and used Simple Green on the wheels (is that bad?) whats better to use? it works ok but not well. Also spray the engine with it as well. using a seperate foam gun from lowes garden section for 6 bucks works great.

Anyways after a good little scrub I rinse again then Blow dry with a leaf blower.

I got one shot in of it clean if you look close you can see a couple rain drops on the car so I had to move it in the garage till a better day.




Also Included a pic of the cloud of doom looming over head :shakehead:





Also a shot of the tial pipes that are filthy

I use Never Dull but is there anything that works better in your opinion?:shrug:







Anyways I'll up date later suposed to have nice weather in a week or 2:worship2:



OK weather was better and here are the pics as I went along this was a one step correction with menz power finish with uber green pads and a flex XC total time was 10hrs this is my second car I've worked on and the correction was about 95% or more there where like 2 scraches that wont come out they are too deep.


As you can see the paint was full of rids









This shot shows a 50/50 kinda I didnt use tape but tried to keep a good line






reflection



















now I applyed some ROBE to the car after its last IPA wipe down





then after I buffed it off with a microfiber towel I took it outside for shots too bad it was 1:30 when I finished I couldnt get good reflections

anyways enjoy

 

sorry guys about the dead pics I fixed it

 

Great job, looks great!

Only simple green I would use is the automotive/aerospace version as it is less corrosive to some metals. If you want something cheap and works good, a good APC, give Opt Power Clean or Megs All Purpose Cleaner out. Power Clean cost a little more but it really does work and is amazing, Megs APC is good as well so it is cheaper and works well but Power Clean has a edge.

 

power clean it is then haha
the simple green you still have to work at it to give good results
thats why i asked
thnx for the info

 

for the exhaust tips, use optimum metal polish. it is nice.

 

oh yeah how do i get rid of that scrach on my rear bumper seen in pic 1 of my tail pipes. its kinda deep. the lovely staff of bmw gave that to me free of charge and just wanted to respray it. gahh i took the 100 reimbursment and ran like heck I hate re sprays

 

you could try buffing out as much as possible, which will smooth the edges, which in turn catches less light, which in turn makes it less noticable.

 

ok cool i bought the blue velvet im hoping it will fill in a bit aswell just really bothers me to look at it.

 

you could use a glaze first which has filling properties, then top that with the wax.

 

Looks great. Love that color. Wheels look cool as well.

Try some Menzerna FTG glaze or Red Moose Glaze. They will fill.

 

thnx I fell inb love with that color on a m6 and had to have it ever since

 

VERY sexy car. I likeee.

Wheels: Chemical Guys Wheel Cleaner (they have like 5000 of them) or Amazing Roll-Off
Tail Pipes: P21S Polishing Soap then Restoring Cream stuff

 

humm cool ill check it out CG has sooo much stuff its insane . How do you see at night? that tint in darkkk

im at 5 in the back 10 in the front and 56 on the windshield

 

nice color

 

i like the never dull, used it for the first time today. the wadding polish, bit strange but worked nicely

 

yeah you gotta get a good wad and rub away it works well i think

 

I use 0000 Steel wool on exhaust tips

 

humm im allways afraid ill mar the finish

 

OK the other pics are upp I'll try and get the interior shots later

 

Great job, you saved it!