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Had a client come in for an extensive interior clean and a one step polish. He will hopefully be coming back for a full paintwork restoration. I know the colour is hit and miss when it comes to everyones opinion but the colour grew on me. In anycase the vehicle was brought to me in extremely contaminated condition. There was a lot of claying needed. I used a total of 4 full clay bars. I usually only need 1. The interiors leather needed a lot of attention you will be able to tell by the pictures. You will also notice that I did a lot of cue tipping. I found it relaxing inbetween all the claying and polishing. We will start with the interior pictures and then to the exterior. Hope you enjoy. Cheers, Nick Process Wash 3 buckets EZ Brush 2 Wheel Brushes Cue Tips P21S TAW P21S Wheel Cleaner P21S Metal Polish Stoners Tarminator Meguiars Gold Class 2 Sheep Skin Mitts 3 Chenille Mitts 32 ouch bottle and sprayer 4 Waffle Weave Towels Clay 4 x Riccardo Yellow Water and Soap 4:1 ratio 32 ounce Bottle and Sprayer Paint Correction Sonus White 6" LCC White 4" Menzerna Power Finish Metabo 3M BP RB BP 2 Halogens 3M Sun Gun Fenix TK10 Interior P21S TAW dilluted Steamer Ridgid Wet Vac PB Leather Stuff Folex 303 Aerospace Protectant Tons of Microfibres Stoners Invisible Glass LSP Zaino Z2Pro Zaino Grand Finale INTERIOR BEFORES Grimy seat. In these two pictures I was removing the dirt that was stuck on the excess grease on the seats track system with several cue tips. This is what I pulled off the leather after steaming them. Steam was applied after a light rub down with P21S TAW, six parts water and one part p21s. Leather being warmed up before application of Poorboys Leather Stuff ( I just loved the smell and the conditioning properties ) INTERIOR AFTERS Now on to the exterior BEFORES Just doing some drying with the compressor. They come in real handy for tight spots. It helps avoid little droplets of water when you're buffing and slightly vibrating the panels. Now moving on to a few pictures of the paintwork that I had to work with. Front plate holder. Dirty much? Yes, my final answer. Next up are shots of the tips. I was feeling tired that day and just needed something not quite as physically exerting for at least a few minutes. The owner thought the tips were suppose to be matte silver but... Next up are a shots of claying and I pulled the car back out as the sun started to peek out a little to get some sun shots of defects. Hood test panel and correction. Halogens were used for this 50/50. This was after 1 pass of Sonus white and power finish. With 3M Sungun. Trunk Corrected After polishing before LSP Cue Tipping FUN ! There was just grime everywhere. Trunk Keyhole, General Trunk area, Driver Side Keyhole, Between Panels, etc. etc. It was very relaxing for me. I am all about instant gratification and there is nothing like getting rid of grime with a cue tip and a little TAW. Swirled back light. The Driver side rear light was replaced and was swirl free. Only the passenger side rear light needed attention. The end result is in the afters area. AFTERS Now on to the moment I was personally looking forward to. Thanks again for hanging around this long. Customer Pick up Pictures Thanks for looking.
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that car was in pretty bad shape. good work! i love that color. i hope bmw brings some special colors to the e9x M at some point (and not the special edition, because that is lame!)
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/me bows to your obviously superior detailing skills.
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06-17-2009, 01:03 PM | #8 |
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Awesome job man. Hey, out of curiosity, how much did you charge for that job (if you don't mind)? By the way, my cars are always immaculate; can't imagine somebody letting an M3 look like that, but that's where people like you come in . Take care.
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OC I am going to come down to T.O some time to let you detail my car looks great.
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Thank you and thanks for taking the time to read the thread.
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Cheers! Thanks for the crazy comment. Much appreciated but I like to stay grounded Each job is a new challenge and needs special attention He was ! It's always the most nerve racking part when the customer takes delivery of the car. I want it to look it's best. I think I get more nervous with the customer than I do with the ladies. Thanks for looking ! Thank you Just patience and all is good. Quote:
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Great job. I wish you were in the the SD and OC- Orange county, area...
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Absolutely fatastic work! Probably better than off the showroom floor. I hobby detail and just love the feeling of a job well done. My only concern is that the owner of this car will let it deteriorate quickly. But then nothing is forever.
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I appreciate the comments guys. The colour is a love it or hate it for sure but like i said before the combo grew on me.
In terms of paint work going back to the way it was, it happens. As a detailer I can attempt to educate the best I can and hopefully at the very least they take away one thing on how to maintain the vehicle a little better however I have also realized to some they are simply toys and that's where I come in to maintain the toy
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