BMW 1 Series. Japan Red. This car belongs to a firend who recently bought it and was looking to improve the finish and remove some battle scars it had picked up over the years. On Arrival the car was cleaned and the dents removed. Products Used. Prewash: Orchard Autocare Citrus Preclean. Snowfoam: Orchard Autocare Cotton Candy. Tar Removal: Orchard Autocare Tar Cleanse. Decontamination: Orchard Autocare Iron Cleanse. Glass Cleaned with Orchard Autocare Glass Cleanse. Protection: Sealant: Zaino Z2 Pro with ZFX (3 coats wiped down with Z6 between coats) Finally the complete car was finished with ORCHARD AUTOCARE PERFECTION SEALANT on all surfaces including paint Glass and wheels. This is a super high gloss spray sealant that is designed to bring out the best finish possible and on dark colours gives an amazing gloss and depth of finish. The wheels have bare polished lips being Genuine BBS LM’s so the wheels were washed using hot water and a mild soap. The spokes were treated with Orchard Autocare Wheel Cleanse applied via a brush. On Arrival: On removing the number plates, eventually!!! There were more than a few fixers to take care of lol! Now I see why the owner gave up trying to remove them himself lol! Now this is when you know there is a lot of tar on a car. Orchard Autocare’s Tar Cleanse doing it’s thing. Dents needing removed. Once the car was fully cleaned and dried, it was time to see what we had to work with. After years of hand washes, the paint was quite badly swirled. And there was some signs of previous machine polishing but paint depts. Were still very healthy so we were confident that we could get a decent level of correction. At some point the front wings had been painted and as well as having the deep RDS and swirling, the orange peel was heavier here compared to the rest of the car. So this was sanded to match the level of peel on the rest of the car. To give it a better and more factory look. We had levelled the paint on the rest of the car so it was first brought down to match the door then the door was corrected and the wind was revisited to match the door giving a uniform appearance and an even reflection across panels. Once the car was corrected, it was fully washed to remove all dust, it was then given an IPA wipe down to ensure nothing was hidden and to prepare the surface for LSP and here are the afters: Here are some arty ones as well.. Again thanks for taking time to read the thread and as always any Questions or C&C are very welcome. Rollo
Many thanks for the great comments. I used Zaino Z2 then used Orchard Autocare Perfection over teh top of it as well as on the glass and plastics.
