Detailer's Domain: BMW Z8 - Full Correction/Engine/Interior

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Subject: BMW Z8

Requirements: Remove swirls and imperfections from over the years.



This was a car that was in great shape, not much needed on the inside at all. This Z8 had tons of gloss. However upon closer inspection we found the paint imperfections. Take a look at how we fixed them.



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

- Meg's M105 with Surbuf and Griots Orbital

- Sonax 5/5 Fine Abrasive Paste - Microfiber DA Cut Pad - Griots Orbital

- Sonax 3/6 Nano Polish - Uber Green Pad - Griots Orbital

- Lusso Oro was used as a last step

- 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



Products used



Links to products used -



1Z einszett W99

Aquartz Iron Cut

Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner

NanoSkin AutoScrub System

Meg's M105

Sonax Compound 5/5 - Coming Soon

Lusso Oro

Adam's Super VRT

Optimum Metal Polish

Wolf's Rim Shield



Interior

1Z Cockpit

1Z Plastic Deep Cleaner

1Z Leathercare

Griot's 3 inch Random Orbital Polisher

Uber Ultra Interior Brush for Orbital Polishers



Engine

Adam's APC

Adam's In and Out Spray



Tools used

Uber Wool Wash Mitt

Uber No Name MF Towels

Griot's 6 inch Random Orbital Polisher

Griot's 3 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



Polishing the seat backs with the Griots and Adam's 4 inch Focus Pads

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Not a great shot but as you can see the mat on the left was not cleaned up and the one on the right has been cleaned with the Griots 3 inch polisher w/Uber Ultra Interior Brush and 1Z einszett Deep Cleaner

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After Interior

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Prep - Car Wash/Decon/NanoSkin/Wheels/Tires/Engine

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Convertible Top Cleaned

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Wheels were not too bad

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Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner in action

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Wheel Woolies used to clean the barrels out

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Wheels cleaned

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Wheel wells power washed

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Before engine

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After engine

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Wolf's Rim Shield used on the wheels

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Wheels and Tires all done

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Imperfections that we were up against

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Compound and Polish -



50/50 shots

This was after compounding (various panels on the car)

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After

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Before

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After

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Afters under the lights

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Afters

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Enjoy
 
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