Swirled Wood???

[FiveSouthDetailing]

OK, this is a new one for me. I have burled walnut trim on the inside of my new 3 Series. I just noticed today that there are nasty looking swirl marks all over the wood! I've never encountered this before. What do you guys recommend for removing it?

[FiveSouthDetailing]

Re: Swirled Wood???

I probably should have posted this in Interior Care...
Mods, please feel free to move.

[H.E.D]

Re: Swirled Wood???

If it helps i had the same problem with one of my friends 7 series and what I did was I polished it out with meguiars swirl remover 2.0. Of course first i test it on a small area.

[Nappers]

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do you know if it's wood that has a clear coating on it or not?

I imagine you can treat like paint but hopefully others chime in.

Best step is to find out what is on the wood (coating wise if coated....)

[FiveSouthDetailing]

Re: Swirled Wood???

do you know if it's wood that has a clear coating on it or not?

I imagine you can treat like paint but hopefully others chime in.

Best step is to find out what is on the wood (coating wise if coated....)

Yeah, it definitely has some sort of plastic coating on it.

[Maserati Mario]

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It's a resin.
Not plastic or paint
Mike & Mike told me in another thread, there's nothing you can do with resin, except re-resin it/by new part.

http://meguiarsonline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=23279

[Mike Phillips]

Re: Swirled Wood???

It's a resin.
Not plastic or paint
Mike & Mike told me in another thread, there's nothing you can do with resin, except re-resin it/by new part.

http://meguiarsonline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=23279

Just to point out, in the thread Mario's referencing, the issue Mario stated he was dealing with was paint that was cracked, not swirled.

Once a coating develops cracks in it, polishing won't undo the cracks.

Swirls are a different type of problem and if the coating is polishable and thick enough to work on you can usually fix it.

Mario, can you bring this car by one of our Thursday Night "Open Garage" events so we can see it first hand?

Thanks!

[Mike Phillips]

Re: Swirled Wood???

OK, this is a new one for me. I have burled walnut trim on the inside of my new 3 Series. I just noticed today that there are nasty looking swirl marks all over the wood! I've never encountered this before.

What do you guys recommend for removing it?

Read this to understand what's involved with removing the swirls,

http://meguiarsonline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=7228

Contact BMW and find out what this coating is made out of? Is it a type of clear paint like on the outside of the car or some kind of plastic coating?

Find out what it is you're working on and this will guide your decision to which products to use to remove the swirls.

Then, update this thread and it will become a useful reference for any BMW owners that have this same problem into the future.

[Mike Phillips]

Re: Swirled Wood???

FiveSouthDetailing, since you're new to our forum, just to point out we offer these open garage classes on Thursday nights starting when Daylight Savings Time kicks in and ending when it's over.

Since you're in Irvine, why not bring your BMW by and you'll have access to Meguiar's Staff and all our product line to dial in a system approach to remove the swirls out of the coated wood trim.



Thursday Night "Open Classes" for 2009
2009 Thursday Night "Open Garage" Schedule

March
March 19th - First Thursday Night "Open Garage" - Click here to sign-up
(Daylight Savings Time kicks in on March 14th)

This first class will also be an extreme makeover class as we remove the swirls and
create a show car finish on this 1954 Oldsmobile Rocket 88 Convertible.



April
April 2nd - Thursday Night "Open Class" - Click here to sign-up
April 16th - Thursday Night "Open Class" - Click here to sign-up

[Maserati Mario]

Re: Swirled Wood???

Just to point out, in the thread Mario's referencing, the issue Mario stated he was dealing with was paint...

Mario, can you bring this car by one of our Thursday Night...

It's resin, not paint.
Mike P. looked at it already.
I'll be there on the 19th.

[Mike Phillips]

Re: Swirled Wood???

It's resin, not paint.
Mike P. looked at it already.
I'll be there on the 19th.

Paint is resin... plastic is resin too, resin is a catch-all term.

Regardless, looking forward to seeing it...

[Megafast13]

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The wood, isn't really wood, it's just paint. Try Meg's new ScratchX 2.0

[Maserati Mario]

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Paint is resin... plastic is resin too, resin is a catch-all term.

Oh, that clears it up.
You can all ways learn somthing new

[Maserati Mario]

Re: Swirled Wood???

...swirl marks all over the wood! ... What do you guys recommend for removing it?

Paint is resin... plastic is resin too, resin is a catch-all term.

Regardless, looking forward to seeing it...

So I guess you can use ScratchX 2.0 or M105
M105 works great on everything.
Just do a test spot first.

[FiveSouthDetailing]

Re: Swirled Wood???

FiveSouthDetailing, since you're new to our forum, just to point out we offer these open garage classes on Thursday nights starting when Daylight Savings Time kicks in and ending when it's over.

Since you're in Irvine, why not bring your BMW by and you'll have access to Meguiar's Staff and all our product line to dial in a system approach to remove the swirls out of the coated wood trim.



Thursday Night "Open Classes" for 2009
2009 Thursday Night "Open Garage" Schedule

March
March 19th - First Thursday Night "Open Garage" - Click here to sign-up
(Daylight Savings Time kicks in on March 14th)

This first class will also be an extreme makeover class as we remove the swirls and
create a show car finish on this 1954 Oldsmobile Rocket 88 Convertible.



April
April 2nd - Thursday Night "Open Class" - Click here to sign-up
April 16th - Thursday Night "Open Class" - Click here to sign-up

Thanks, I'll take you up on that.