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Wheels/Tires:
Meguiar's Deep Crystal Car Wash on wheels
Meguiar's APC on tires
Meguiar's Hyper Dressing on tires
Swissvax Wheel brush for wheels, calipers and small crevices
EZ Detail Brush for wheel barrels
Wash:
Meguiar's D115 Rinse-free Express Wash and Wax
Meguiar's Supreme Shine Microfiber Towels
Clay:
Nanoskin Autoscrub Towel
Meguiar's Last Touch as clay lube
Paint Correction:
Rupes 21ES with 5" BP
Meguair's G100 / 3" LC Backing Plate
Meguiar's M101 / Meguiar's 5" Microfiber Finishing Discs
Menzerna PF2500 / Meguiar's 5" Microfiber Finishing and 3" Microfiber Cutting Discs
LSP:
Optimum Opti-Coat 2.0
Carpro Eraser for surface Prep
Interior:
Meguiar's Quik Interior Detailer
Vacuum
Finally, I had the time to detail my own vehicle. The defects were bugging me but thankfully, the vehicle color is white so it never stuck out like a sore thumb. Swirls weren't bad either so I wasn't in a rush to perfect the paint. Living conditions (apartment) and life obligations got in the way since I got my car. Then the dreadful scorching summer heat came along so I wasn't in the mood to detail when ambient temperatures reach 110F or above... Finally, the fall weather has arrived and it was more bearable to detail the car. Enough talk - let's get this show on the road!
Normally, I show a few pictures of the car when it's dirty but I always keep my car clean (we are detailers after all right?). In fact, I just washed my car a week ago and I didn't drive the car up to the point when I decided to detail it. It probably had minor dust but I wanted to make sure it's clean so I waterless washed the vehicle with Meguiar's D115 prior to starting my process.
After waterless washing the car, I inspected the paint for the presence of bonded contaminants. The paint didn't feel like it had a lot of contaminants but I decided to clay it anyways. For this task, I used the Nanoskin Autoscrub towel with Meguiar's Last Touch as my clay lube.
Now on to the polishing phase. The car didn't have a lot of swirl marks so for that reason, I decided to do a 1-step polish. In addition, the car is white so it really won't look as glossy as the darker colored cars. Also, I detailed another BMW alpine white before (Detailed 2012 BMW F30 328i Alpine White) and the 1 step polish proved to be a perfect approach. For this 1-step polish, I elected to use Menzerna PF2500 with the 5" Meguiar's microfiber finishing discs along my Rupes 21ES with the 5" BP installed. Of course, I have my traditional DA (G100) hooked up with a 3" backing plate for those hard to reach areas. The car didn't have a lot of swirls but it had A LOT of RIDS. Some were very deep. For these RIDS, I decided to bust out the Meguiar's M101 Foam Cut Compound and used it with the same 5" Meguiar's microfiber finishing discs. This worked out great because majority of the RIDS were obliterated. I say majority because some were really deep. Some needed 2 passes while some weren't completely removed.
Equipment to be used: (Meguiar's M101 and G100 not pictured)
Here are some in-process shots:
Passenger Side Door Before:
Passenger Side Door Before:
Passenger Side Door After:
Driver Side Fender Before:
Driver Side Fender Before:
Driver Side Fender After:
Driver Side Door's RIDS Before:
Driver Side Door's RIDS Before:
Driver Side Door After:
Nasty RIDs/scratches on the Driver Side Rear Quarter Panel:
After polishing it out and after taking this picture, I noticed there was another RID near the door handle.
All polished out:
After polishing the entire car, I was left with a dusty mess. So I re-washed the car to remove as much polishing dust as possible.
The next day, I wiped down the car with Carpro Eraser in preparation for the OC2.0 application. Here's the LSP to be used:
After OC2.0 flashed and the excess removed, I let it cure for a day. Then I was left with a beautiful gloss and shine. The camera doesn't capture the same gloss and depth of the paint as the eyes can see. But it's understandable since it's hard to see it in white.
Afters:
Check out the reflection of my banner!!!
Meguiar's Deep Crystal Car Wash on wheels
Meguiar's APC on tires
Meguiar's Hyper Dressing on tires
Swissvax Wheel brush for wheels, calipers and small crevices
EZ Detail Brush for wheel barrels
Wash:
Meguiar's D115 Rinse-free Express Wash and Wax
Meguiar's Supreme Shine Microfiber Towels
Clay:
Nanoskin Autoscrub Towel
Meguiar's Last Touch as clay lube
Paint Correction:
Rupes 21ES with 5" BP
Meguair's G100 / 3" LC Backing Plate
Meguiar's M101 / Meguiar's 5" Microfiber Finishing Discs
Menzerna PF2500 / Meguiar's 5" Microfiber Finishing and 3" Microfiber Cutting Discs
LSP:
Optimum Opti-Coat 2.0
Carpro Eraser for surface Prep
Interior:
Meguiar's Quik Interior Detailer
Vacuum
Finally, I had the time to detail my own vehicle. The defects were bugging me but thankfully, the vehicle color is white so it never stuck out like a sore thumb. Swirls weren't bad either so I wasn't in a rush to perfect the paint. Living conditions (apartment) and life obligations got in the way since I got my car. Then the dreadful scorching summer heat came along so I wasn't in the mood to detail when ambient temperatures reach 110F or above... Finally, the fall weather has arrived and it was more bearable to detail the car. Enough talk - let's get this show on the road!
Normally, I show a few pictures of the car when it's dirty but I always keep my car clean (we are detailers after all right?). In fact, I just washed my car a week ago and I didn't drive the car up to the point when I decided to detail it. It probably had minor dust but I wanted to make sure it's clean so I waterless washed the vehicle with Meguiar's D115 prior to starting my process.
After waterless washing the car, I inspected the paint for the presence of bonded contaminants. The paint didn't feel like it had a lot of contaminants but I decided to clay it anyways. For this task, I used the Nanoskin Autoscrub towel with Meguiar's Last Touch as my clay lube.
Now on to the polishing phase. The car didn't have a lot of swirl marks so for that reason, I decided to do a 1-step polish. In addition, the car is white so it really won't look as glossy as the darker colored cars. Also, I detailed another BMW alpine white before (Detailed 2012 BMW F30 328i Alpine White) and the 1 step polish proved to be a perfect approach. For this 1-step polish, I elected to use Menzerna PF2500 with the 5" Meguiar's microfiber finishing discs along my Rupes 21ES with the 5" BP installed. Of course, I have my traditional DA (G100) hooked up with a 3" backing plate for those hard to reach areas. The car didn't have a lot of swirls but it had A LOT of RIDS. Some were very deep. For these RIDS, I decided to bust out the Meguiar's M101 Foam Cut Compound and used it with the same 5" Meguiar's microfiber finishing discs. This worked out great because majority of the RIDS were obliterated. I say majority because some were really deep. Some needed 2 passes while some weren't completely removed.
Equipment to be used: (Meguiar's M101 and G100 not pictured)
Here are some in-process shots:
Passenger Side Door Before:
Passenger Side Door Before:
Passenger Side Door After:
Driver Side Fender Before:
Driver Side Fender Before:
Driver Side Fender After:
Driver Side Door's RIDS Before:
Driver Side Door's RIDS Before:
Driver Side Door After:
Nasty RIDs/scratches on the Driver Side Rear Quarter Panel:
After polishing it out and after taking this picture, I noticed there was another RID near the door handle.
All polished out:
After polishing the entire car, I was left with a dusty mess. So I re-washed the car to remove as much polishing dust as possible.
The next day, I wiped down the car with Carpro Eraser in preparation for the OC2.0 application. Here's the LSP to be used:
After OC2.0 flashed and the excess removed, I let it cure for a day. Then I was left with a beautiful gloss and shine. The camera doesn't capture the same gloss and depth of the paint as the eyes can see. But it's understandable since it's hard to see it in white.
Afters:
Check out the reflection of my banner!!!
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