Been a hot one out there of late. Makes life interesting when in the realms of detailing. I was contacted a short while back with regards to this little 2.5i BMW Z4. Client was feeling bothered by the swirling on the paint and felt it was interfering with its true aesthetics. A one day enhancement detail enhancement detail was discussed and agreed on. The main concern was the car being some distance away. Norwich to be precise. "We travel and would be delighted to come over and eal with your car" was stated and booking was made. Yesterday ( 23/4/2011 ) seen Beau Technique travel some 300 mile round trip to give this Z4 some tlc and increase if not maximise its true potential. Very scenic route through Cambridgeshire etc and ended up in Diss. Quaint little area very quite and nice. Back to the car. Here are some before shots seeing a layer of dust and some nice swirls...
The usual rigorous preparation was undertaken. Geoff took the roof. I took the wheels /arches all with Meguiars all purpose cleaner and various brushes...
Rinsed thoroughly ( roof at low pressure ) then whilst Geoff was washing via 2 bucket method using sheepskin mitt and Valetpro concentrated car shampoo I hit the wheels with Wolfs break duster. I wanted to see what all the commotion was about. Now, the product is a nice gel forumula and does smell appealing rather than appalling but I wasnt absolutely blown away by it. Once rinsed. It would seem that it cleaned well but not well enough. Various areas needed a stronger cleaner so a trial with Meguiars wheel brightner was done and surprisingly. It shifted the more ingrained break debris. Car was thoroughly rinsed and kept cool from the hot weather. De-tarred with Autosmart tardis then clayed with yellow poly clay and shampoo / water mix as clay lube...
Not horrendous contamination. Final rinse off...
Dried with Autosmart waffle towels and Autosmart tango as drying aid. Majority of polishing undertaken with 3M yellow polishing pads and Scholl concepts S17+. Few areas needed a litlle tweek so Scholl top wool pads with S17+ followed up with 3M polishing pad and S17+. Here you can see a nice improvement...
Bit closer...
Front bumper before...
After...
Bonnet 50 / 50...
Closer...
Once all polishing was carried out Mr pigeon decided to make a visit...
Nice of him to pop by ( not! ) Felt like Dr doolittle as a furry little friend came and wanted in on the detail...
While I treated the paint with Chemicla guys ez creme glaze Geoff vacced the soft top and fine tuned all the knooks and crannies with foam brushes...
Tailpipes polished. Glass cleaned. Wheels sealed. Wax applied and left to cure. Choice today was Dodo Juice supernatural...
Final wipe down with Zaino grande finale and here she is...
Thanks for reading...
The usual rigorous preparation was undertaken. Geoff took the roof. I took the wheels /arches all with Meguiars all purpose cleaner and various brushes...
Rinsed thoroughly ( roof at low pressure ) then whilst Geoff was washing via 2 bucket method using sheepskin mitt and Valetpro concentrated car shampoo I hit the wheels with Wolfs break duster. I wanted to see what all the commotion was about. Now, the product is a nice gel forumula and does smell appealing rather than appalling but I wasnt absolutely blown away by it. Once rinsed. It would seem that it cleaned well but not well enough. Various areas needed a stronger cleaner so a trial with Meguiars wheel brightner was done and surprisingly. It shifted the more ingrained break debris. Car was thoroughly rinsed and kept cool from the hot weather. De-tarred with Autosmart tardis then clayed with yellow poly clay and shampoo / water mix as clay lube...
Not horrendous contamination. Final rinse off...
Dried with Autosmart waffle towels and Autosmart tango as drying aid. Majority of polishing undertaken with 3M yellow polishing pads and Scholl concepts S17+. Few areas needed a litlle tweek so Scholl top wool pads with S17+ followed up with 3M polishing pad and S17+. Here you can see a nice improvement...
Bit closer...
Front bumper before...
After...
Bonnet 50 / 50...
Closer...
Once all polishing was carried out Mr pigeon decided to make a visit...
Nice of him to pop by ( not! ) Felt like Dr doolittle as a furry little friend came and wanted in on the detail...
While I treated the paint with Chemicla guys ez creme glaze Geoff vacced the soft top and fine tuned all the knooks and crannies with foam brushes...
Tailpipes polished. Glass cleaned. Wheels sealed. Wax applied and left to cure. Choice today was Dodo Juice supernatural...
Final wipe down with Zaino grande finale and here she is...
Thanks for reading...
