maxepr1@gmail.com Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 Been awhile since I've put something up, been busy and doing tons of maintenance work lately. So I did this Old School BMW 325 for a client who wanted it treated right. He put a bunch of money in the front end and exhaust and wanted the paint back new shape. Had some staining on the passenger side from the car wash. Car has 78k on the clock sits for long periods of time. Heavy oxidation on the SS paint, so I expected big things in terms of gloss! Interior just needed a good cleaning, looked great for its age. This turned out to be a longer than usual compounding process as I went through all the usual suspects(105,205,203,OHC,OHP,7,83,UF) and I finally settled on Meg's Reconditioning Cream on a LC Cyan pad with Flex3401 worked the best. Even wool on the rotary wasn't going to cut it without multiple followup steps. Turned out really well, customer liked that looked like new paint! Washed with Dawn 2x's Ironxed and clayed Flex 3401 LC Cyan with Meg's 151 Sonax FE on wheels 1.5 hrs on them alone OPC on interior Folex on carpet Opti-Seal Adams VRT tires Perl in the wells 50/50's show the oxidation removed, no sun on the day of pickup. Next up Audi's S4, I have taken care of this care since it was new and the owner is a car guy and really has taken great care of the car and very little correction needed to be done. He wanted to upgrade from Opti-Seal to Opti-Coat. Also wanted Tuff-Shine system on his tires. I think Opti-Coat looks way better than Opti-Seal on Audi Silver! No befores as there was not much to see. ONR wash ONR wipedown in engine compartment Flex 3401 OPT Polishing MF pad with GPS ISP wipedown Opti-Coat also on wheels 303 in engine compartment 1Z Cockpit wipedown inside Tuff-Shine 3x's on the tires Flash didn't fire for some reason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHALM Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 Both look good! BMW had a very nice turnaround! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beetlevw72 Posted October 27, 2012 Share Posted October 27, 2012 Nice! I'm amazed how well the 151 worked. I've had some issues with it building up too much on foam pads but maybe on a mf pad it may not do it so much. I'll have to experiment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxepr1@gmail.com Posted October 27, 2012 Author Share Posted October 27, 2012 Both look good! BMW had a very nice turnaround! Thank you Nice! I'm amazed how well the 151 worked. I've had some issues with it building up too much on foam pads but maybe on a mf pad it may not do it so much. I'll have to experiment. Thanks! I rarely use it anymore but it still around for stuff like this! Use less product it cut down on the build-up. I have found that oxidized paints MF pads don't work! They just clog after 1-2 sections. You have to go old school on SS oxidized paint, foam! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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