Crystal Detail
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I was looking forward to this detail with it beeing a Z4 M Roadster in Imola red and my passion for anything BMW with an ///M after it too... 8)
Here are some pics of the car on arrival
Due to the minus temperatures I had to set about de-thawing my hosepipe and pressure washer.
So this is what i came up with
so whilst these items were de-thawing a started on the wheels with the usual culprits
The wheel was sprayed with meguiars wheel brightner 4:1 and the wheel faces were cleaned with a swissvax and smaller detailing brush
the insides were cleaned with my new daytona speedmaster brush after my ez detail sadly died but the handle on the daytona seems a lot more firmer.
Tyres are arches were cleaned with G101
And then the area was rinsed
My hosepipe and pressure washer had no reached a temperature above 0oC so the car was foamed with valet pro ph neutral snowfoam.
Whilst this was dwelling I went round and cleaned the nooks and crannies with G101
The car was then rinsed off @ high pressure
Along with the wheels and arches too
The car wash then washed using the 2BM, maxi suds 2 and a lambswool washmitt.
The car was rinsed again and then clayed with bilt hamber soft with water a drop of shampoo as lube.
Not much in the way of contaminents coming off
The heater came in handy for softening the clay to re-mould it too!
A few tar contaminents on the lower areas as to be expected but overall the car was very clean and looked after very well by its current owner
The owner had supplied me with the following roof cleaning kit
Which was used with the supplied sponge as per the instructions
I have to say i was impressed with the kit as it did a great job of cleaning the roof and removing any dirt and mould from the edges
I rinsed the car again and took the car inside and dried it using a miracle dryer and last touch
I then took some PTG readings and the bonnet and wings were showing signs of a re-spray
The doors and rear end were showing signs of original paint
So starting with the bonnet under the halogens there were definatley defects present although it was hard to capture them fully on this colour
So after trying out a few pad and polish combos it seems there was only one combo that was needed to begin with
Yep even harder than normal BMW paint so 3M Fast Cut plus on a 3M wool pad with a drop of ultrafina was needed.
After 1 hit
Still a few deeper RDS remained so another hit was needed
50:50 attempt
After more polishing
deeper RDs removed and just some holograms present from the aggressive polishing stage and these were removed with Menzerna IP3.02 on a yellow hexlogic cutting pad.
Bonnet corrected
I then moved onto the front bumper which was nicely swirled up
Polished with a spot pad
After
Pretty much all areas of the car needed at least 2 hits if not more on each section to remove the initial defects and this took quite some time with the paint beeing one of the hardest i've ever polished!
Top of the bootlid before
After
Lower section before
After
I then moved onto the rear bumper
50:50
After
The rear lights were also looking quite swirly
After correction
Wing mirror before
After
With the intital correction stage finally complete after 18 hours it was time to get the car ready for the refining stages
so as expected lots of dust with FCP
So the car was foamed again
And rinsed off at high pressure.
I also went round and removed the wheel weight stickers ont he inside of the alloys
After
I also did the interior whilst there was still some daylight, all interior carpets and surfaces were thoroughly vacuumed
I noticed a couple of small stains on the rear carpets
These were removed with fabriclean
drivers footwell before
During cleaning
After
Leather was cleaned and conditioned with the following
Interior surfaces were cleaned with G101 and dressed with 303 Aerospace protectant
Floormats before
these were vacuumed then shampood
After
With the interior complete I started the refining stage on the bodywork and this was one with the following
Meguiars 205 on a 3M blue finishing / hexlogic black pad @1500-1700rpms
Each panel was then given an IPA wipedown before applying the LSP of choice which for this time of the year I thought Finish Kare 1000P would be the best.
This was also applied to the wheels after polishing with lime prime and dressing the tyres with chemical guys new look trim gel
Glass was sealed with Carlack68 glass sealant.
The the fabric roof was protected with Autoglym fabric hood protector
the only afters I managed to get still inside the garage
And some pics the owner took a few days later
Total work time = 28 hours over 3 days
Here are some pics of the car on arrival
Due to the minus temperatures I had to set about de-thawing my hosepipe and pressure washer.
So this is what i came up with
so whilst these items were de-thawing a started on the wheels with the usual culprits
The wheel was sprayed with meguiars wheel brightner 4:1 and the wheel faces were cleaned with a swissvax and smaller detailing brush
the insides were cleaned with my new daytona speedmaster brush after my ez detail sadly died but the handle on the daytona seems a lot more firmer.
Tyres are arches were cleaned with G101
And then the area was rinsed
My hosepipe and pressure washer had no reached a temperature above 0oC so the car was foamed with valet pro ph neutral snowfoam.
Whilst this was dwelling I went round and cleaned the nooks and crannies with G101
The car was then rinsed off @ high pressure
Along with the wheels and arches too
The car wash then washed using the 2BM, maxi suds 2 and a lambswool washmitt.
The car was rinsed again and then clayed with bilt hamber soft with water a drop of shampoo as lube.
Not much in the way of contaminents coming off
The heater came in handy for softening the clay to re-mould it too!
A few tar contaminents on the lower areas as to be expected but overall the car was very clean and looked after very well by its current owner
The owner had supplied me with the following roof cleaning kit
Which was used with the supplied sponge as per the instructions
I have to say i was impressed with the kit as it did a great job of cleaning the roof and removing any dirt and mould from the edges
I rinsed the car again and took the car inside and dried it using a miracle dryer and last touch
I then took some PTG readings and the bonnet and wings were showing signs of a re-spray
The doors and rear end were showing signs of original paint
So starting with the bonnet under the halogens there were definatley defects present although it was hard to capture them fully on this colour
So after trying out a few pad and polish combos it seems there was only one combo that was needed to begin with
Yep even harder than normal BMW paint so 3M Fast Cut plus on a 3M wool pad with a drop of ultrafina was needed.
After 1 hit
Still a few deeper RDS remained so another hit was needed
50:50 attempt
After more polishing
deeper RDs removed and just some holograms present from the aggressive polishing stage and these were removed with Menzerna IP3.02 on a yellow hexlogic cutting pad.
Bonnet corrected
I then moved onto the front bumper which was nicely swirled up
Polished with a spot pad
After
Pretty much all areas of the car needed at least 2 hits if not more on each section to remove the initial defects and this took quite some time with the paint beeing one of the hardest i've ever polished!
Top of the bootlid before
After
Lower section before
After
I then moved onto the rear bumper
50:50
After
The rear lights were also looking quite swirly
After correction
Wing mirror before
After
With the intital correction stage finally complete after 18 hours it was time to get the car ready for the refining stages
so as expected lots of dust with FCP
So the car was foamed again
And rinsed off at high pressure.
I also went round and removed the wheel weight stickers ont he inside of the alloys
After
I also did the interior whilst there was still some daylight, all interior carpets and surfaces were thoroughly vacuumed
I noticed a couple of small stains on the rear carpets
These were removed with fabriclean
drivers footwell before
During cleaning
After
Leather was cleaned and conditioned with the following
Interior surfaces were cleaned with G101 and dressed with 303 Aerospace protectant
Floormats before
these were vacuumed then shampood
After
With the interior complete I started the refining stage on the bodywork and this was one with the following
Meguiars 205 on a 3M blue finishing / hexlogic black pad @1500-1700rpms
Each panel was then given an IPA wipedown before applying the LSP of choice which for this time of the year I thought Finish Kare 1000P would be the best.
This was also applied to the wheels after polishing with lime prime and dressing the tyres with chemical guys new look trim gel
Glass was sealed with Carlack68 glass sealant.
The the fabric roof was protected with Autoglym fabric hood protector
the only afters I managed to get still inside the garage
And some pics the owner took a few days later
Total work time = 28 hours over 3 days
Liverpool
south yorkshire