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    i did this car today in about 6 hours, but i took my time since i had it all day and tomorrow morning i'll put the 2nd coat of SG
    i tried out almost all my polishes (5-6 meg's and 2 3M) just to see what i should use over the whole car...
    paint is 15 years old, so perfect was out of the question
    it was oxidized with many swirls and, to my surprise, only a few scratches
    anyway...

    washed with meg's GC
    clayed with meg's and meg's QD (only some places needed claying since the owner cleaned it up good himself when he bought it recently
    meg's #83 on a few areas (scratches)
    meg's #80 over most of the car
    meg's #82 (switched from meg's #9) over whole car
    klasse aio and SG (i wanted to try meg's #21 over #5, but customer wanted klasse)

    went over trim with mother's back to black
    nxt on tires
    went over interior quickly with sonus eclipse
    stoner's on glass

    sun wasn't out and i finished late so no whole car photos or outside shots... i'll take some after the 2nd coat of SG tomorrow morning and post here
    hopefully the sun will come out


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    Ivan Rajic - LUSTR Auto Detail
    Chicago, Illinois

    Recognized as One of the Top Nine Auto Detailers in the US by AutoWeek Magazine!!

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    Ivan Rajic - LUSTR Auto Detail
    Chicago, Illinois

    Recognized as One of the Top Nine Auto Detailers in the US by AutoWeek Magazine!!

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      some daylight photos...
      sun was really a ***** today... honestly, every time i went for my camera, it would hide behind the clouds... when i put the camera down it comes out nicely
      anyway, pics don't really do it justice since it was pretty cloudy...but here it is















      Ivan Rajic - LUSTR Auto Detail
      Chicago, Illinois

      Recognized as One of the Top Nine Auto Detailers in the US by AutoWeek Magazine!!

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        wow looks like there were a lot of bad scratchs on the roof and heavy contamination.... and looks like u took care of them all!! was it a single stage paint?

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          Re: a friend's E30 318...

          Originally posted by benhui86 View Post
          wow looks like there were a lot of bad scratchs on the roof and heavy contamination.... and looks like u took care of them all!! was it a single stage paint?
          roof didn't have many deeper scratches, but the whole car was swirled
          roof had some black stuff that i couldn't remove by washing or with my nail, but came off after 1-2 passes with #83
          yes it was single stage paint... i can't even remember but 11-13 red pads were soaking that day
          Ivan Rajic - LUSTR Auto Detail
          Chicago, Illinois

          Recognized as One of the Top Nine Auto Detailers in the US by AutoWeek Magazine!!

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            Re: a friend's E30 318...

            I love that pic with the airplane going through the sky

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              Re: a friend's E30 318...

              Originally posted by BlueTooth View Post
              I love that pic with the airplane going through the sky
              one passed while i was doing something else, so as soon as i saw another one, i made sure to snap a pic... looked better in real life, maybe because photo is much smaller on here.. idk
              Ivan Rajic - LUSTR Auto Detail
              Chicago, Illinois

              Recognized as One of the Top Nine Auto Detailers in the US by AutoWeek Magazine!!

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                wow, great transformation...that #80 & #83 works wonders...

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                  Originally posted by ACleanSC4 View Post
                  wow, great transformation...that #80 & #83 works wonders...
                  thanks... yea #80 is my favorite now... i used #2 and #9 before but switched over due to peer pressure haha
                  Ivan Rajic - LUSTR Auto Detail
                  Chicago, Illinois

                  Recognized as One of the Top Nine Auto Detailers in the US by AutoWeek Magazine!!

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                    Re: a friend's E30 318...

                    Nice work on that car and welcome to MOL...

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                      Re: a friend's E30 318...

                      Originally posted by Tom Weed View Post
                      Nice work on that car and welcome to MOL...
                      thanks bud
                      Ivan Rajic - LUSTR Auto Detail
                      Chicago, Illinois

                      Recognized as One of the Top Nine Auto Detailers in the US by AutoWeek Magazine!!

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