A&J Posted May 7, 2017 Share Posted May 7, 2017 I got contacted to detail and protect a brand new BMW M1 series in estoril blue. The costumer and I set up a date that happened to be this weekend. Like mentioned the car was brand spanking new so when it arrived it looked great which was good for me as I didnt have much to do. The car upon arival The car was fairly clean for a 2 day old...the wheels had some brake dust acumulated and there was some bug splatter in front Upon inspection I diddnt find any major damage, just some light swirls that will be removed with polishing. They were most visible on the back lights. I went with the Mike Phillips aggresive wash technique. So I started with the chemical decon procedure. I used a local iron remover product called Carshinefactory Iron off. Snow foamed and washed usind OPT car wash Foamed again and clayed the paint using a clay mitt. I pulled the car into the garage to dry it and to polish it using OPT Hyper polish and LC orange pad on a DA. 1-2 passes were enough to remove light swirls. I polished the entire car in about 2h (very fast yes I know). I used OPT paint prep to remove polishing oils. Gloss coat was applied to the majority of the car... ...The majority because I ran out of it and had to use Gyeon Cancoat for the back boot and bumper. One coat of Gloss coat and 3 coats of Cancoat on the back 1h apart and left it in the garage over night. The next morning I applied Carpro Reload to help the coating cure for the next couple of weeks. Fk1000p on the exhaust Gtechiq C2 on the wheels and TAC system tyre dressing on the tyres The interior was vacuumed and the plastics wiped with OPT opti-clean. The door shuts were polished with OPT poli-seal. The engine bay was wiped with APC and plastics protected with Wolfs chemicals plasic & trim coat. End results Money shot picture Thats it. Thanks for watching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mer2112 Posted May 7, 2017 Share Posted May 7, 2017 Very nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A&J Posted May 7, 2017 Author Share Posted May 7, 2017 Funny story Right after he picked it up he parked it under a tree at the next door cafe for his friends to look at it. I was thinking to myself "dont put it under a tree. Its spring time". After 30min he texts me saying hes got loads of small dots (tree sap) on the car "Come back" I said... I remembered from the OPT synergy podcast Dann had a similar problem and he used ONR to remove tree sap as the safest option for the coating. So I gave it a go and washed the whole car with ONR...Tree sap gone and a huge stone fell from the guys heart and brought a smile back on his face Job done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron@Optimum Posted May 8, 2017 Share Posted May 8, 2017 nicely done and love that color! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowejackson Posted May 8, 2017 Share Posted May 8, 2017 Nice work, nice car. Nice to see the Car Wash was used. Not as famous as ONR but simply a nice product which does a good job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A&J Posted May 9, 2017 Author Share Posted May 9, 2017 Thanks...I used Car wash for the first time and it really is a very nice shampoo. Smells nice too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No Soap Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 Nice job! Are you sure it was tree sap or the bugs (don’t know what they are called in English) that pee from the trees (you can notice it is wet under the trees)? EDIT: Aah, this was a old post and in the spring so ignore my comment! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A&J Posted August 12, 2019 Author Share Posted August 12, 2019 12 hours ago, No Soap said: EDIT: Aah, this was a old post and in the spring so ignore my comment! Comment ignored Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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