Detailer's Domain: BMW M5 - massive paint restoration and correction

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Subject - BMW M5

Requirements - Wet sand imperfections and lots and lots of Paint Correction



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 einszett W99

- Aquartz Iron Cut

- Wash down and rinsed

- Door jambs were cleaned up

- Nano Scrub AutoScrub

- Dried

- Tires dressed

- Masking

- Paint Measurement

- Wetsanding

- Meg's M105 with Surbuf Pad - Griots Orbital

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

- Menzerna SF4000 with Uber Green Pad - Griots Orbital

- Sonax Premium Class Carnauba Wax

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

- Wheel wells were cleaned and dressed

- Rubber and Plastics Treated

- Exterior windows and mirrors cleaned and sealed

- Exhaust tips cleaned

- Windows were autoscrubed, cleaned, and sealed



Interior

- Interior Vac

- Leather Cleaned/Conditioned

- Plastic - wiped down and protected



Products used



Links to products used -



1Z einszett W99

Aquartz Iron Cut

Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner

NanoSkin AutoScrub System

Meg's M105

Meg's D300 Microfiber Correction System

Menzerna SF4000

Sonax Premium Carnauba Paste Wax

Adam's Super VRT

Optimum Metal Polish

1Z einszett Cockpit

Leather Master Strong Cleaner

Leather Master Vital Conditioner





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



Interior before

Interior afters

Exterior

Before

Prep - Wash, decon, autoscrub, wheels, tires, engine



Wheels

Wash

Iron Cut

Rinse

Stoner's Tarminator to remove the rest of the grime

 

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Before - imperfections galore you name it, this M5 had it.

Trunk in different angles

More imperfections

Wetsanding the imperfections

50/50 shots

After some heavy compounding (didn't get to the fuel door yet)

More

Before

After

Rear fender before

Close up

 

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After

Rinsing off the car

Tight beads from Sonax Premium Class Carnauba

Afters

Engine

Final After shots

 

[maxepr1]

That's better Phil! Ecolines and then a M5, you guy's do it all! That is how the big power house should look! Deep wet looking paint!

 

[David Fermani]

Nice work as always Phil. Looks like this one had a very bad case of Acid Rain huh? I love the wheels & red guts. Hope you're well and business is good!

 

[Thomas Dekany]

That is perfection! Wow! :bow



Just so you know, half of the pictures have not loaded for me. Not sure if it is my end or what.

 

[DetailersDomain]

That is perfection! Wow! :bow



Just so you know, half of the pictures have not loaded for me. Not sure if it is my end or what.

it should work.

 

[Scottwax]

Stunning results! :wow:



I ran into a 535 last weekend that had acid rain damage, but the owner really didn't want it wetsanded since I couldn't guarantee I could safely wetsand deep enough to remove all the etching. I think he is going to have it repainted instead.



How deep did you have to go to remove the etching? I've run into this from time to time with BMWs.