Detailer's Domain: BMW 335 Paint Correction

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Subject: BMW 335i

Requirement: Paint Correction and Last Step Protection



Exterior



- Wheels were prepped with Sonax Wheel Cleaner and cleaned up with various brushes

- Tires were spritzed down with Adam’s All Purpose Cleaner and washed down

- Wheel wells were cleaned up

- Washed with 1Z Exclusive Shampoo

- Wolf's Chemical's Decon Gel

- Wash down and rinsed

- Door jambs were cleaned up

- Clayed

- Dried

- Tires dressed

- Masking

- Paint Measurement

- Meg's D300 with Microfiber DA Cut Pad - Griots Orbital

- Menzerna SF4000 with Uber Green Pad - Griots Orbital

- Inspection with Fenix, 3m Sun Gun, Infratech, and natural sunlight

- Last Step – 1Z einszett Glanz Wax

- Wheel wells were cleaned and dressed

- Rubber and Plastics Treated

- Exterior windows and mirrors cleaned and sealed

- Exhaust tips cleaned



Products used



Links to products used -



1Z einszett Exclusiv Gloss Shampoo

Adam's All Purpose Cleaner

Wolf's Chemical Deionizer Gel

Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner

Uber Clay Bar Kit

Meg's D300 Microfiber Correction System

Menzerna SF4000

1Z einszett Glanz Wax

1Z einszett Windscreen Cleaner

1Z einszett Vinyl Rubber Care

Optimum Metal Polish



Tools used

Uber Wool Wash Mitt

Uber No Name MF Towels

Griot's 6 inch Random Orbital Polisher

Uber Buffing Pads

Defelsko Paint Meter

Fenix TK35

Brinkmann

Kranzle Pressure Washer

Cam Spray Foam Canon

2 Grit Guard Buckets with Caddies

Uber Firehose Nozzle

Metro Air Force Blaster



Before

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Prep - Wash, Decon, Clay, Wheels, and Tires



Sonax Full Effect in action

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Wash, Decon, Rinse

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Paint Imperfections were throughout the car

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Random after compound and polish shots

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Final touches

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Afters

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Nice job! Glanz Wax, eh? That's a real blast from the past! Hardly see anyone using it anymore, shame, its a pretty good wax.
 
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