Detailer's Domain: BMW X5 4.6is /Swissvax Blau Weiss

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Sorry in advance as it rained for the most of last week. Also I felt bad that by the time the customer came to pick up it was raining.



What's first....we sprayed the wheels down with P21S Wheel Cleaner Gel, next the wheel wells were sprayed with P21S Total Autowash as well the tires where sprayed as well. Bug and tar were presoaked as well with P21S Total Autowash...you get the picture.



We then went on to fill the foam canon with Adam's All Purpose Cleaner knocking out any previous wax, bug and tar and anything else not taken care of by the P21S. The X was rinsed and with the water still on the X we moved on to claying the car, including windows.



After claying we moved on to access the condition of the paint. I moved on to using Menzerna Super Intensive Polish followed by Menzerna PO85RD to finish off the paint correction. The window trim was polished out using Menzerna PO85RD. As a last step I used Swissvax Blau Weiss for the first time and I have to say it made the car pop very nicely. :wow:



The interior was cleaned up using the Uber Interior Kit. The metro vac was used to vacuum the carpet and seats. The vents where dusted, and plastics were cleaned up with Einszett Cockpit and Einszett Plastic/Vinyl Cleaner. The leather was cleaned up with Leather Master Strong Cleaner , conditioned with Leather Master Vital and protected with Leather Master Protection.



The final touches:

The plastic trim was taken care of with Black Wow.

Windows were cleaned with Lusso Glass Polish.

Tires where dressed with Swissvax Pneu.

Door Jambs were cleaned up using Einszett Spray Wax (cleans nicely and adds some protection)



Products Used:

Exterior:

Adam's All Purpose Cleaner in the Cam Spray Foam Canon

Adam's Clay Bar and Optimum Instant Detail Spray and Gloss Enhancer for clay lube

Menzerna Super Intensive with the Uber Orange Pad

Menzerna PO85RD with the Uber Blue Pad

Menzerna Top Inspection

Swissvax Blau Weiss

Einszett Spray Wax



Wheels and Tires

Uber Wheel/Tire/Wheel Well Kit



Interior and Glass

Uber Interior Kit



Engine:

P21S Total Autowash

Adam's VRT Diluted with Water in a Spray bottle



Trim:

Black Wow



Tools:

Infratech 5300

Brinkmann MaxFire

Metabo PE12-175

Makita 9227 Hi Speed Rotary

The Uber Foam Pads (5.5inch)

Tons of "Uber" Microfiber Towels

Uber Drying Towels


Cam Spray 1500A with Cam Spray Foam Gun



Before shots:

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Engine:

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P21S Total Autowash in action

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Wheel wells - P21S Total Autowash

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Wheels - P21S Wheel Cleaner and various brushes

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Wheel well brushed

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Adam's All Purpose in foam canon to clean and strip everything away.

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Claying

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Polishing:

Before:

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50/50 shots

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before shot of the window trim (clay lube left sorry didn't wipe down before the shot but all you x and bmw owners knows this is notorious for getting really stained and spotty.)

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After Menzerna PO85RD

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Black wow 50/50 on trim

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Now on to the interior before the after shots.



Before:

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The clean up:

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Afters:

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Before exhaust:

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P21S Finish Restorer

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After

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Before Engine:

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After Engine:

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Before Wheel Well

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After Wheel Well and Adam's Undercarriage Spray

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Swissvax Blau Weiss:

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After shots

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Thanks Alvin for working overtime, this car was finish at about 2:38 am on 6/3/2009.



Enjoy.
 
Phil, great work.. one question.. the dash had some sort of ''whiting'', did the Einszett plastic cleaner take care of that ? I had the same run in with an 03 X5.



Thanks
 
cockpit is awesome however the whiting on the dash is just a proper of the bmw dashes I believe as well as some of the subies that I have run into.
 
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