Detailing BMW's...

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Charisma

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I have had my own BMW; I detailed it once during my ownership (the previous owner and myself both kept it washed once a week and waxed regularly) so it was in great condition. I never had any problems; however I have been informed by someone that BMW paint is extremely hard to remove marring from... can anyone confirm?



For my lineup I'll be using Meguiar's #80 polish, PC 7424 with the LC Orange Pad. I have some other polishes laying around here and I won't be hard-pressed on time either when doing these cars so post your thoughts please.



I have quite a few late 90's BMW's coming through in the next month or two :clap:
 
I think your going to have to step up to a rotary, otherwise you'll be working very long hours.

I've never used the #80, but I have had good luck with Optimum Compound with the rotary.
 
You don't need a rotary at all. I have corrected horrible stuff on many paints all with the PC. Maybe #80 on an orange, followed by #80 on a polishing pad? I'm not too familiar with it, so maybe others can chime in.
 
The hardness of BMW clear seems to vary, I hear different things about it. FWIW, my '97 E36 has pretty hard clear. I'm having to use the rotary/yellow or orange/H-T EC and it's taking numerous passes (and I don't mean just three or four). It's pretty marred up from the previous owners, but it sure wasn't *awful* looking and I'm pretty surprised by how aggressive I have to be to correct it. NO way would #80 do it on this car and I dunno if the #80/orange combo would work all that well anyhow, IMO the #80 is too mild to take full advantage of the orange pad. If doing it by PC, I'd use 4" pads with the H-T EC or something similarly aggressive then step down to something like the #80 or OCP with a polishing pad.
 
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