So, this car didn't have awful swirls, and he wanted a one step polish. Here's what I came up with as possible options for a one step... SIP with Orange - yes this might be crazy but if his swirls are nasty, I'd opt for this to get rid of the majority of swirls SIP with Green - This finishes better but i had to decide if it'd have enough bite 106FF with Green - This one has decent cut, but is a challenge to finish 106FF with White - This is probably a popular option for good reason. It's great for things with very light swirls! I ended up picking 106FF with green because of the level of swirls that I saw. Finishing with it took a few more passes at 900 RPM, but it was well worth it! Also because I had just gotten a green pad to try out and I like it a lot! Dumb 1000w husky work lights broke on me so I was using a 250 one that has no tripod. Terrible! So how about the car? It was obviously babied! I took one piece of clay bar and hit everything with it. Scroll down and there's a picture of what one side looked like when I was done. I was pretty amazed! Everything was very clean about this car except the swirls which black cars are cursed with. :laugh: Materials Wash & Dry CG CWG Grit Guard Waffle weave drying towell Clay CG Clay Bar Clear Kote Quik Shine as lube All purpose microfiber towel Engine Bay CG Grime Reaper 5:1 dilution Costco MF Glass Stoner's invisible glass All purpose microfiber towels FK #425 - stoner's streaks a bit, so this cleans it up Paint correction Menzerna 106FF via Green Pad All purpose microfiber towel 50/50 Isopropyl/water mixture Finish Kare #425 quick detailer Tools Hitachi rotary polisher 3M backing plate - again, this thing kicks ass 250w something halogen light Protection & LSP CG Jetseal 109 CG 50/50 wax FK #425 Trim and exhaust CG metal polish Wheels and Tires EZ Detail brush Swissvax Wheel brush P21S wheel gel P21S total auto wash CG CWG (I'll explain the need for all these products later) Swissvax Pneu Jetseal 109 What I did to wash the wheels and tires first was soak them in P21S wheel gel, but that dried up pretty quickly. So as I was letting it soak, I'd mist it with water now and then, but after a while, I felt there wasn't enough product in there anymore. By that time, it had degreased enough that I could just wash the rest with CG CWG. P21S total auto wash was for the tires. I feel it does a better job degreasing later for tire shine. that is a really long write up... here's the pictures Go wheel gel! clean clay! After polish, I realized this car had some awful orange peel... I got bored. Engine bay wasn't very dirty to begin with, so I cheated.. kind of. All that, and I'm still not done with my collection! After LSP Hello, FMINUS Enjoy!
Congrats, I have worked on jet black before and it's a TERRIBLE color, so finicky. I'd die if I ever had a car like that. Or just never wash it.
would hate to own, but love to detail it! it's a never ending battle :catfight: yeah i've got a BMW too and it's bad, but this one is ESPECIALLY bad. you would've had to see it in person. it's bumpy all over! thanks denzil! and this one ended up badly on the wrong end of the spectrum!
nice job. twin-turbo inline 6 FTW!!! every new car produced today has orange peel..... it almost makes wet-sanding a no-brainer for me if i ever decide on what new car to buy after graduation.
yeah, i know all BMWs have some awful orange peel but this one was just WAY out there. It was so incredibly wavy on black that there was no way around it. Needless to say, the OCD is strong in me lol
Nice work Spec :afro: What's the story with those funky front plates? I've never seen those in California before :shead:
Vehicle looks great :applause: Just a question though, that floor...what kind of coating is that? I like the way the floor looks :thumb:
certain vendors on forums would have it. ebay has them too, but i don't know about that quality clean back is really stunning! they're euro style plates the floor is painted that color. I wouldn't suggest doing so though. The car is so heavy that it kinda makes the paint that it sits on go away
