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this is my first time detailing a BMW. I think the hardness of the paint was similar to Mercedes, maybe a little softer, but still quite hard. It’s my friend’s car and we agreed just to refresh the paint, actually I had only one day to work on. Here are some photos...
The car had several major scratches on front bumper. It has to be repainted, so I didn’t do any work on it.
There were some other scratches…
After wash with Chemical Guys Honeydew…
The paint was decontaminated with Meguiar’s white clay bar. As lubricant I used Last touch, diluted with purified water 1:1. Remaining residues of claying were cleaned with 10% isopropyl alcohol and purified water mix.
Some shots before polishing…
These scratches were pretty deep…
this was the best I could bring out.
Some afters…
Exhaust was polished with Autosol metal polish.
For polishing I used Ultimate compound and SwirlX on yellow Meg’s polishing pad and W68DA backing plate with Kestrel DAS 6. For smaller parts I used the same products on orange Menzerna 80mm polishing pad and Flexipads backing plate.
Paint was protected with Meg’s M16 paste wax.
It’s a pity that the bumper is heavily scratched; it really spoils the overall appearance of the car. It’ll sure be repainted soon…
Glasses were cleaned with Meg’s NXT glass cleaner, windshield was sealed with Rain-X.
Tires were dressed with Wolf’s chemicals “Black out”.
Thanks for watching =)
this is my first time detailing a BMW. I think the hardness of the paint was similar to Mercedes, maybe a little softer, but still quite hard. It’s my friend’s car and we agreed just to refresh the paint, actually I had only one day to work on. Here are some photos...
The car had several major scratches on front bumper. It has to be repainted, so I didn’t do any work on it.
There were some other scratches…
After wash with Chemical Guys Honeydew…
The paint was decontaminated with Meguiar’s white clay bar. As lubricant I used Last touch, diluted with purified water 1:1. Remaining residues of claying were cleaned with 10% isopropyl alcohol and purified water mix.
Some shots before polishing…
These scratches were pretty deep…
this was the best I could bring out.
Some afters…
Exhaust was polished with Autosol metal polish.
For polishing I used Ultimate compound and SwirlX on yellow Meg’s polishing pad and W68DA backing plate with Kestrel DAS 6. For smaller parts I used the same products on orange Menzerna 80mm polishing pad and Flexipads backing plate.
Paint was protected with Meg’s M16 paste wax.
It’s a pity that the bumper is heavily scratched; it really spoils the overall appearance of the car. It’ll sure be repainted soon…
Glasses were cleaned with Meg’s NXT glass cleaner, windshield was sealed with Rain-X.
Tires were dressed with Wolf’s chemicals “Black out”.
Thanks for watching =)
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