Street Dreams Detail - BMW correction/Aquartz

Apologies for the lack of write-ups lately, by next month I'll have the time post a few very cool ones on the boards.

BMW 1 series in for a complete paint correction and interior detail. As per owners request Aquartz coating was applied as the final protection.

I did a winter preparation detail on this BMW back in December but no paint correction was carried out at that time, this time around the car got the works:thumb:

Pre-foaming with CG citrus wash mixed with a bit of Opt. powerclean to remove prior sealant

Washed using with the 2BM and Lusso auto bathe followed by a complete soak in Iron Cut (ideal to use when your applying any type of paint coating coating). Iron cut was left to sit for 7-8 minutes before wiping down with a damp towel and then a re-rinse with the pressure washer






After the rest of prep with a quick clay and 2 IPA wipedowns the car was taped up for correction, paint was measured with the PTG and then inspected with LED and halogen lights.

Overall condition of the finish wasnt too pretty, very high concentration of wash swirls with a few areas showing some deeper defects and RIDS.

After a few test spots I decided to carry out paint correction using Meguiars M105 on a tangerine LC hydro pad on the rotary at 1800rpms followed by Menzerna Powerfinish 203s on a green DD polishing pad. At this stage the finish was just about 95-98% perfect and defect free.

Final polishing was done with a DA just to ensure no fine marring in the finish after the earlier correction stages, for this Menzerna 106FA was used on a black finishing foam.

Video 50.50 using Fenix TK40 LED (pardon me if your not a Jimi Hendrix fan)


YouTube - ‪Street Dreams Detail - BMW correction 50.50‬‏

Some shots of the damage before and after and in between...









Hood showing some deeper marks, a few extra passes with slow arm movement massaged them out fine





Front fender after M105 and Powerfinish





Some very deep marks were left, no wetsanding was to be carried out on this detail



Tailights needed some work, before






After compounding, no intermediate of final polishing done yet



Rear section corrected and polished using 3" and 4" pads

Before



After



Clarity where it should be and flake pop after final polishing



The trunk had some issues during an ice storm in the winter, little bit of "slide-age" caused those snazzy horizontal racing stripes (which look quite badass might I add) but they still had to go, shame, it was a good look too:shakehead:



Usually the worst part of any car, top of the rear bumper... I won the battle but lost the war when it came to deep RIDS





50/50 rear bumper



Close up with the halogen, just showing a difference in color before and after correction



Small details, side markers were faded and needed polishing as well

Before



After




After correction I pressured washed the car to remove any polishing dust and then pre soaked and foamed the body to remove any polishing oils (a very good idea when applying a coating)

Polishing oils being removed from the finish



After correction and the second wash I started on the interior, leather needed some work.

Before



After



50/50 of the drivers seat after cleaning and agitation with a soft brush







Aquartz was applied to the whole car using a slightly damp MF towel with the product misted right onto the towel and then wiped in straight lines over the finish. 2 coats were applied within 2 hours of eachother.

Final shots (new camera lens is a bit wider, still trying to figure it all out)







Sun shots...









Love this shot, just shows how the flake looks in the sun



Back in the garage...













Thanks for looking

-Dave

 

awesome!

 

Awesome work. The black on black is sick!!

 

Dave, I never get enough of your write ups.

Great work yet again!

 

Great work as usual. I always like your 50/50 pictures.

 

Great Job Dave; is that corner of your garage all of you detailing supplies?

 

Fantastic Dave!

 

Nice job Dave. Car looks mint!

 

welcome back! even if you never left. Looking forward to viewing all the new lovely machines you did he!

 

Looks great.
The Hendrix fit well :headbang:

 

by the look of the first shot of the car i thought it was matte paint great job

 

Amazing work Dave! I enjoyed reading this write up

 

So nice, great work on this one Dave. Nice 50/50 of the leather as well.

 

great job Dave!

 

Looks amazing. Makes me want to get off my lazy butt and go detail!

 

Awesome work Dave fantastic detail and write up

 

Very nice job there. Just one question though, after polishing, you soaked the car with ironcut and that was taking off the polishing oils?

 

Very nice. You must love the laziness of owners and the car wash owners that do that kind of damage to paint jobs on nice cars.

You must smile wide when you pass a car wash with a long line on a hot summer day.

Will keep you in business for a very long time.

 

You've got jedi skills to turn around that car. Nice!

I wouldn't say it's just laziness. Lack of knowledge of proper wash techniques is also a big contributing factor.

 

The iron cut was only used on the initial wash prep. After polishing I only foamed the car using regular shampoos/APC, Iron cut wouldnt remove polishing oils because it attacks iron particles.

Thanks P1et!

^ Your not wrong. The worse shape the cars come, the more hours I bill and the greater the end result looks. Its like a doctor hoping for only sick patients...

Thanks Sal!