Detailer's Domain: BMW M5 - massive paint restoration and correction
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Detailer's Domain: BMW M5 - massive paint restoration and correction
Subject - BMW M5
Requirements - Wet sand imperfections and lots and lots of Paint Correction
Exterior
- Wheels were prepped with Sonax Wheel Cleaner and cleaned up with various brushes
- Tires were spritzed down with Adam’s All Purpose Cleaner and washed down
- Wheel wells were cleaned up
- Washed with 1Z einszett W99
- Aquartz Iron Cut
- Wash down and rinsed
- Door jambs were cleaned up
- Nano Scrub AutoScrub
- Dried
- Tires dressed
- Masking
- Paint Measurement
- Wetsanding
- Meg's M105 with Surbuf Pad - Griots Orbital
- Meg's D300 with Microfiber DA Cut Pad - Griots Orbital
- Menzerna SF4000 with Uber Green Pad - Griots Orbital
- Sonax Premium Class Carnauba Wax
- Inspection with Fenix, 3m Sun Gun, Infratech, and natural sunlight
- Wheel wells were cleaned and dressed
- Rubber and Plastics Treated
- Exterior windows and mirrors cleaned and sealed
- Exhaust tips cleaned
- Windows were autoscrubed, cleaned, and sealed
Interior
- Interior Vac
- Leather Cleaned/Conditioned
- Plastic - wiped down and protected
Products used
Links to products used -
1Z einszett W99
Aquartz Iron Cut
Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner
NanoSkin AutoScrub System
Meg's M105
Meg's D300 Microfiber Correction System
Menzerna SF4000
Sonax Premium Carnauba Paste Wax
Adam's Super VRT
Optimum Metal Polish
1Z einszett Cockpit
Leather Master Strong Cleaner
Leather Master Vital Conditioner
Tools used
Uber Wool Wash Mitt
Uber No Name MF Towels
Griot's 6 inch Random Orbital Polisher
Uber Buffing Pads
Defelsko Paint Meter
Fenix TK35
Brinkmann
Kranzle Pressure Washer
Cam Spray Foam Canon
2 Grit Guard Buckets with Caddies
Uber Firehose Nozzle
Metro Air Force Blaster
Interior before
Interior afters
Exterior
Before
Prep - Wash, decon, autoscrub, wheels, tires, engine
Wheels
Wash
Iron Cut
Rinse
Stoner's Tarminator to remove the rest of the grime
Before - imperfections galore you name it, this M5 had it.
Trunk in different angles
More imperfections
Wetsanding the imperfections
50/50 shots
After some heavy compounding (didn't get to the fuel door yet)
More
Before
After
Rear fender before
Close up
After
Rinsing off the car
Tight beads from Sonax Premium Class Carnauba
Afters
Engine
Final After shots
Requirements - Wet sand imperfections and lots and lots of Paint Correction
Exterior
- Wheels were prepped with Sonax Wheel Cleaner and cleaned up with various brushes
- Tires were spritzed down with Adam’s All Purpose Cleaner and washed down
- Wheel wells were cleaned up
- Washed with 1Z einszett W99
- Aquartz Iron Cut
- Wash down and rinsed
- Door jambs were cleaned up
- Nano Scrub AutoScrub
- Dried
- Tires dressed
- Masking
- Paint Measurement
- Wetsanding
- Meg's M105 with Surbuf Pad - Griots Orbital
- Meg's D300 with Microfiber DA Cut Pad - Griots Orbital
- Menzerna SF4000 with Uber Green Pad - Griots Orbital
- Sonax Premium Class Carnauba Wax
- Inspection with Fenix, 3m Sun Gun, Infratech, and natural sunlight
- Wheel wells were cleaned and dressed
- Rubber and Plastics Treated
- Exterior windows and mirrors cleaned and sealed
- Exhaust tips cleaned
- Windows were autoscrubed, cleaned, and sealed
Interior
- Interior Vac
- Leather Cleaned/Conditioned
- Plastic - wiped down and protected
Products used
Links to products used -
1Z einszett W99
Aquartz Iron Cut
Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner
NanoSkin AutoScrub System
Meg's M105
Meg's D300 Microfiber Correction System
Menzerna SF4000
Sonax Premium Carnauba Paste Wax
Adam's Super VRT
Optimum Metal Polish
1Z einszett Cockpit
Leather Master Strong Cleaner
Leather Master Vital Conditioner
Tools used
Uber Wool Wash Mitt
Uber No Name MF Towels
Griot's 6 inch Random Orbital Polisher
Uber Buffing Pads
Defelsko Paint Meter
Fenix TK35
Brinkmann
Kranzle Pressure Washer
Cam Spray Foam Canon
2 Grit Guard Buckets with Caddies
Uber Firehose Nozzle
Metro Air Force Blaster
Interior before
Interior afters
Exterior
Before
Prep - Wash, decon, autoscrub, wheels, tires, engine
Wheels
Wash
Iron Cut
Rinse
Stoner's Tarminator to remove the rest of the grime
Before - imperfections galore you name it, this M5 had it.
Trunk in different angles
More imperfections
Wetsanding the imperfections
50/50 shots
After some heavy compounding (didn't get to the fuel door yet)
More
Before
After
Rear fender before
Close up
After
Rinsing off the car
Tight beads from Sonax Premium Class Carnauba
Afters
Engine
Final After shots
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Wow! Unbelievable job!
That wet sanding shot scared the crap out of me. What makes you decide when you have to wet sand? What do you follow the wet sanding with?
That wet sanding shot scared the crap out of me. What makes you decide when you have to wet sand? What do you follow the wet sanding with?
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we tried to remove or reduce the water spots with no luck, we asked the customer if he would like us to go further. he said yes so we did 1500 to 2000 - 2500 to M105 to D300 to Menzerna SF4000.
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Absolutely gorgeous.
The only thing that would make this car better is losing that front plate. NY plates are so ugly
The only thing that would make this car better is losing that front plate. NY plates are so ugly
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