Car Detailing

[maxel]

I've always had a thing for E30 M3's, so when we had the opportunity to do this one, we were quite excited! It had been in the hands of a local detailer in down the year previous, but Im not sure exactly what she did with it. It still had a quite a few defects, and (without bashing the other detailer) has a tendancy to crack out the wool to many times, so I wasnt' sure how much paint I would have to work with. Given this I was very carefull.
The car had some pretty brutal oxidation all over it. It's not very apparent from the pics you'll see (except in some) it was quite bad.

Here we go!

BEFORES - You can see what we were working with on the paint. Brutal oxidation all over.






BEFORE - INTERIOR






Started washing and working on the wheels!




The wheels are an aftermarket BBS rim, but are a "brushed finish" as opposed to a polished finish, so they aren't' a super high luster wheels (ie why it doesn't' look super polished)

We did the interior next. It was in moderate condition for it's age. It was decently dirty, but we've done WAY worse, but this just took more time than anything as some of the stains were stubborn. We use a MyteeLite HP60 extractor with an emulsion fluid, and steamer. We then used Lexol cleaner and condtions on the all the leather, with a woolite mix in certain spots.

Here's how it turned out(see before shots above).







Interior drying attachement with the HP60 in action. Getting hte interior dried up!



Next was the paint. I tried a few different combinations to see what would give me a decent cut, but remove the oxidation as well. I tried AIO to start (as it's great for removing oxidation) but obviously no correction there. It did an alright job of removing the oxidation, but knew I'd need to step it up.

I settled on Megs DACP via Rotory on a LC VC Green Pad @ 1500 RPM. This really knocked out the oxidation and gave me good results as far as cut.




After that I followed up with a pass of OP via rotary on LC VC White pad via 1200 RPM. The lastly a pass of Menzerna FPII on a LC White pad via PC.

Here we are doing the rear bumper (use use a PC spot pad to get in the small spots).


Finally I topped with a coat of Meguiars #16.

Here are the finals!







Was a long day to say the least

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I was contacted by the owner of this vehicle a few weeks ago. He recently purchased this Cirrus Blue 1988 BMW 635CSI in perfect mechanical condition. The body is in excellent shape other than the paint. I believe it to be all original with the exception of the passenger fender and possibly the hood. Not bad for a 20 year old car.

I tried wet sanding a few panels with Meguiars 2000 grit paper to see if this would assist in restoring the finish. Unfortunately It did not. This paint had marring and staining like none I have ever seen. The previous owner must have washed this car with a rake for its entire life.

These are only BEFORE and DURING shots, tomorrow I will post the completed shots as I am still working on the vehicle.

I got going at 7am with Meguiars 105 and a yellow LC pad on the Makita. After 2 passes at 2.5, I realized I was doing NOTHING to the paint. I moved to wool and Menzerna IP. Some improvement. By 4pm, I finished 2 passes of the painted surfaces with woll and Menzerna IP. I followed up with Menzerna 106ff on an orange LC on the Porter Cable to help in removing the hologrammig I installed, no charge... The roof was sanded with Meguiars 2000 paper and compounded 2x with IP and wool on the Makita. This paint was NOT coming back to life so easily. BEFORE:






















A few process shots:

That is smoke....


















AFTER SHOTS WILL COME TOMORROW

It's cloudy, but here are some indoor COMPLETE shots. -owner requested
The wheel wells need a shot of flat black spray paint, thats not dirt in there.

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Detailed: 1995 BMW M3

This is my car. It had been purchased from a one owner who did a pretty job keeping up with it. This was until I started to notice all the little imperfections it had, especially in the sun. I then got the detail bug and ordered some supplies after my semester was complete.

This was my first detail and a lot of learning came from it. I think it came out ok.

Wash:
Chemical Guy's Citrus Wash & Gloss

Clayed:
Pinnacle’s Ultra Poly Clay
Pinnacle’s Clay Lubricant

Paint Correction:
Menzerna Super Intensive Polish
Menzerna Nano Polish
Klasse All In One

Sealant:
CG Jetseal109

LSP:
Poorboy's World Natty’s Paste Wax – BLUE

Interior:
Leatherique Revunajator Oil and Pristine Clean
Aerospace 303
Little Green

Before:

Looks terrible! Caution!

Paint Correction:

After:






















Thanks for looking

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I have not posted here in a while but I wanted to post my latest project. It is a 1982 BMW 320i (E21). The paint is mostly original, SS Henarrot (orange/red) and is very thin in places creating "tigerstripes" on the roof at certain angles. Some edges are down to the primer. Decided to go "old school" on this old school car. I very carefully used:

Mothers clay kit
PC and some Megs #80 on a megs yellow pad
Mothers Step 2 glaze
Megs #26 wax
S100

I plan on just waxing from now on to preserve the paint and use a cleaner wax once in a while.

I had painted the wheels on the first pics. Since then, I put on some period-correct BBS wheels. I stripped and polished the lips myself but left them with the original paint in the center.

My wife likes the original Alpina style wheels better too. The BBS are 15x7 vs 13x5.5 for the originals. I think it woud look better lowered a bit. Speaking of what the 3 series has become, I have the first and the most recent:

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I get a call Friday night and it’s the owner telling me he just arrived, I knew a volvo was coming but I wasn’t too sure which model or year or in what kinda condition it was in. All I knew is that it needed an inside and out detail and was told that the paint was not oxidized or fading. I talk with the owner for a little bit who was cleaning out his car at the time of his belongings and after a good inspection the car was pretty beat. The red or should I say pink? Looked as if it were exposed to the mother natures elements night and day for years on end. The interior was dirty but was expected for a car of this age and mileage (nothing like that jeep I did though). I probably went through 12 or so pads polishing this vehicle up because they would get caked up so quickly. The paint was pretty soft so I didnt think SIP and 85rd was going to be used on this one. When the owner arrived to pick it up his jaw completely dropped and thanked me. He really couldnt believe it! hahaha


Z18
IP
FP
WG Sealant


arrived at 9:30pm


pulled into the garage


morning after


Faded red


blurred reflections and colors


side profile

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side profile


faded


doing some prep


more prep

Before-Faded side view mirrors


After-1st stage polish


Before-Faded Rear trunk


After-Rear trunk


50/50 -Left side 1st stage polished, Right side no correction


out in the sun. Left side 1st stage polish, Right side no correction


another 50/50 of the trunk


Hood shot-Left side 1st stage polish, right side no correction


Better angle of the hood 50/50


gifts that are always left for me to find haha

Before-Grimey door sill


After-Cleaned leather and vinyl


After-that’s more like it!


Bling Bling!


back from the dead


After- 2nd stage polish and seal


Boss Gloss


Cleaned and shampood interior


After a nice clean and condition


Sun>1000watt halogens

Rear quarter


Full body

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[fart]

Líklega besti pósturinn Þinn frá upphafi.

Virkilega skemmtilegt að fara í gegnum þetta.

[Brútus]

Vá skemmtilega lestning.
Þetta fór beint í bookmars.

[HAMAR]

Gaman að þessu,
magnað hvað það er hægt að ná gömlu og veðruðu lakki flottu.

[Angelic0-]

ÓTRÚLEGT !!!!

[Kwóti]

http://detailingworld.com/
mæli með þessu , sérstaklega að skoða the showroom og mánaðarlegu sigurvegarana

[maxel]

Já það er dáldið gaman að sjá þetta, þeir eru að taka bíla í gegn sem maður hefði haldið að væru með ónýtt lakk.

[gunnar]

En bara svona til gamans þá þætti mér svolítið skemmtilegt að sjá hvað þessir gaurar eyða miklum tíma í þetta (Til dæmis eins og gæinn sem tók sessionið á OPC sem var póstað um daginn) miðað við hversu langan tíma það tekur bara að sprauta bíl

ÞEtta er engu að síður alveg ótrúlegur munur. Og þessar myndir af E36 bílnum gerðu eiginlega alveg útslagið núna, mig er ekkert farið að langa smá mig í svoleiðis bíl

[Aron Fridrik]

að massa bíl og bóna tók mig 7 klukkutíma..


að taka sætin úr og setja í er svona 15-25 mínútur..

ekki það lengi gert..

[maxel]

En bara svona til gamans þá þætti mér svolítið skemmtilegt að sjá hvað þessir gaurar eyða miklum tíma í þetta (Til dæmis eins og gæinn sem tók sessionið á OPC sem var póstað um daginn) miðað við hversu langan tíma það tekur bara að sprauta bíl

ÞEtta er engu að síður alveg ótrúlegur munur. Og þessar myndir af E36 bílnum gerðu eiginlega alveg útslagið núna, mig er ekkert farið að langa smá mig í svoleiðis bíl

Þetta er samt bara vinnan þeirra

[Bjarkih]

Minn þarf sárlega á svona meðferð að halda Lakkið þ.e.a.s Einhverjar hugmyndir um hvað það myndi kosta?

[gunnar]

Minn þarf sárlega á svona meðferð að halda Lakkið þ.e.a.s Einhverjar hugmyndir um hvað það myndi kosta?

Ég myndi prufa að fara með bílinn minn til Kelerinu hérna á spjallinu. Hann / Hún (einfaldlega ekki viss) var að auglýsinga hér bón og mössun á 13.000 og það virtust allir vera meira en sáttir með árangurinn.

Farðu nú líka að mála felgurnar hjá þér líka

[Bjarkih]

Minn þarf sárlega á svona meðferð að halda Lakkið þ.e.a.s Einhverjar hugmyndir um hvað það myndi kosta?

Ég myndi prufa að fara með bílinn minn til Kelerinu hérna á spjallinu. Hann / Hún (einfaldlega ekki viss) var að auglýsinga hér bón og mössun á 13.000 og það virtust allir vera meira en sáttir með árangurinn.

Farðu nú líka að mála felgurnar hjá þér líka

Ég ætla nú ekki að mála þær, en það þyrfti helst að taka þær duglega í gegn. Jafnvel glerblása.

[Brútus]

Þeir tala þarna um að næra lakkið og hitt og þetta stórsniðugt. En eru þeir að nota massa eða eru þeir að ná þessum árangri án þess að nota massa ?

[maxel]

Þeir tala þarna um að næra lakkið og hitt og þetta stórsniðugt. En eru þeir að nota massa eða eru þeir að ná þessum árangri án þess að nota massa ?

Polish, er það ekki massi :/?
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