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| 09-17-2012, 03:17 PM | #1 |
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Detailer's Domain: BMW Z8 - Full Correction/Engine/Interior
Subject: BMW Z8
Requirements: Remove swirls and imperfections from over the years. This was a car that was in great shape, not much needed on the inside at all. This Z8 had tons of gloss. However upon closer inspection we found the paint imperfections. Take a look at how we fixed them. 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 - Meg's M105 with Surbuf and Griots Orbital - Sonax 5/5 Fine Abrasive Paste - Microfiber DA Cut Pad - Griots Orbital - Sonax 3/6 Nano Polish - Uber Green Pad - Griots Orbital - Lusso Oro was used as a last step - 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 Products used Links to products used - 1Z einszett W99 Aquartz Iron Cut Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner NanoSkin AutoScrub System Meg's M105 Sonax Compound 5/5 - Coming Soon Lusso Oro Adam's Super VRT Optimum Metal Polish Wolf's Rim Shield Interior 1Z Cockpit 1Z Plastic Deep Cleaner 1Z Leathercare Griot's 3 inch Random Orbital Polisher Uber Ultra Interior Brush for Orbital Polishers Engine Adam's APC Adam's In and Out Spray Tools used Uber Wool Wash Mitt Uber No Name MF Towels Griot's 6 inch Random Orbital Polisher Griot's 3 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 Polishing the seat backs with the Griots and Adam's 4 inch Focus Pads   Not a great shot but as you can see the mat on the left was not cleaned up and the one on the right has been cleaned with the Griots 3 inch polisher w/Uber Ultra Interior Brush and 1Z einszett Deep Cleaner   After Interior        Prep - Car Wash/Decon/NanoSkin/Wheels/Tires/Engine        Convertible Top Cleaned     Wheels were not too bad  Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner in action   Wheel Woolies used to clean the barrels out  Wheels cleaned  Wheel wells power washed  Before engine         After engine  Wolf's Rim Shield used on the wheels  Wheels and Tires all done   Imperfections that we were up against         Compound and Polish - 50/50 shots This was after compounding (various panels on the car)      After  Before   After   Afters under the lights   Afters                               Enjoy |
| 09-17-2012, 03:34 PM | #2 |
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| 09-17-2012, 07:16 PM | #3 |
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One of my favorite cars ever!
18,716 miles! I think this is the highest mileage Z8 I've ever seen. The handful around my area are all well under 10,000 miles  People seriously need to drive these cars more, haha. Great work!
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