Petrucci Detailed: 2005 BMW Jet Black M3 Wash: Chemical Guys Citrus Wash & Gloss Gilmour Foam Gun Clayed: Meguiar’s Medium clay Chemical Guys Synthetic Quick Detailer Paint Correction: Flex 3403 rotary 3M Backing Plate Menzerna Super Intensive Polish Menzerna Nano Polish Menzerna PO85RD CM5300 Fenix TK10 Orange LC pad White LC pad Grey LC pad Blue LC pad Detailer Domain Uber Towels Highline Paint Gauge Meter Protection: Jetseal109 LSP: Pinnacle Souveran Trim: Aerospace 303 Glass: Stoner’s Invisible Glass Wheels: EZ Detail Brush Swissvax Wheel Brush Chemical Guy’s Grime Reaper Surfcity Tire Shine Before: Wash: Here’s what I had to work with after stripping the wax and clay barring the car.: So the next step was to measure the clear coat to see what I would be working with and then plan the attack with my Menzerna polishes. Going through the car the hood was the lowest of the readings, so I had to be extra careful.: Here are some readings of the trunk which was pretty healthy for BMW JB.: Various other panel readings.: I started with the trunk working with the least aggressive method first. I started out with a white lake country pad and 106ff at around 1300 rpm. To my amazement it cleared up some of the heaviest areas on the car, but there were certain spots were deeper imperfections were still present. I worked with some SIP but it seemed the paint did not want to accept it because it would leave behind nasty hazing. After a couple of trials I found the formula for the car, which was a white pad with half a bead of 106ff and SIP. Then I followed it up with a white pad and 106ff to get rid of any leftover hazing left from the SIP, and then on to my favorite step jewelling with 85rd on a blue pad. This paint was super soft (almost a nightmare); some of my microfibers would scratch the paint if not careful. Also, my normal 50/50 alcohol wipe down would leave behind streaks and sometimes pick up things that would scratch the paint. I’d say the correction was about 90%, it was definitely a challenge. Trunk - Before: Trunk 50/50: Trunk - After: Panel - Before: Panel - After: Hood - Before: Hood 50/50: Driver Fender - After: Driver Door - Before: Driver Door 50/50: Driver Door After: Driver Rear Fender - Before: Driver Rear Fender - After: Passenger Door 50/50: Passenger Door - After: Random reflection shots:
Thanks guys! Thank you! Same here, I plan to get one of these after school but never in JB :shakehead: Thanks guys! :applause: Thank you sir! I'm really enjoying your CA write ups! :thumb:
Well done, that's a great turn around on this vehicle :thumb: I enjoyed the reflection pictures very nice :cheerl:
