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Had a chance to detail a BMW 325i today, beautiful car in a terrible need for a detail, owner had no knowledge in how to properly maintain the paint; she was washing the vehicle with a sponge, and drying with a towel. I gave it a thorough detail and gave her some much needed advice on paint maintence and care.

Here are some pictures;




















I would say I got 70-75% of the defects out of the paint, this is what I had to start with...



Thats all guys, thanks

slavver01

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nice job

i just started checking out this wash and wax section of acurazine, and my hands are seriously itching to get on a UDM and start cleaning up my car!! the previous owner really messed it up too. im gonna be posting some pictures pretty soon of what im working with to get some advice. got quite a few of those swirls myself... haha but drying with towel.... wow

sho_nuff1997

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excellent work! it me a minute to figure out what the picture of the hood in the garage was. very shiny!

03silvertypeS

Great work...looks like a completely different car!

conan777

Awesome Turn around! What was your product selection and pad choice etc. How long did it take you? Keep up the good work!

fahoumh

+1

I'm also seriously itching to buy a UDM.

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Thanks for the comments guy’s… I have a walk-around video which really shows the reflections it’s a shame I can’t post it, however to answer your question Conan I used the Excel Erasure line pad’s in conjunction with; Optimum Compound (yellow), Optimum Polish (white), Four Star UPP (red).

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If you do decide to go with a UDM, you won’t be disappointed, make sure your in contact with Excel for some pad’s and polish’s

TLS101

What a transformation...

joerockt

Good job. BMW paint is a bitch to correct...

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Whoa, I thought it was just me and lack of sleep the night before , care to explain why it’s so difficult to correct? Is it how the clear coat is made up?

joerockt

I've done a few BMW's and it seems that the CC is just super hard. In fact, I wont do another until I get some rotary skills down. I think there are some threads over on Autopia that explains the how and why better. Im sure others here might have better insight as well.

SweetJazz

She must be a very good friend to get her car brought back to life like that.

I'm still looking for the pics of the "amateur detail". I can only see the "professional detail" pics.

The BMW "jet black" tends to be very soft and a pain in the @SS to correct. The "black sapphire" is harder and more detail friendly.

exceldetail

Very nice work! Hats off to you...........Its not so bad when you have a nice product selection to go with as well. The Excel-Erasures and Optimum are wonderful products to work with, and the UDM aint too bad either!
A word on black paint...........I friggin hate it..........lol
As for Bimmer black, its been a handful for me also. Its real hard to use anything but yellow/orange and white with that CC. You really need firm pads to abrade the abrasives.

slavver01

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ya ive been looking around other sites for packages and pricing just to get a general idea, but i think i'd rather just ask recommendations on this forum and then buy from excel. gotta support AZine

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Thanks for the compliments I really appreciate it ... and yes she is a very good friend of mine

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Thanks Excel, none of this could have been made possible without the polish’s you sent me

Brandon24pdx

Wow that thing was trashed. Nice job.

WillrunifChased

Great job, makes me want to paint my car black.