Envious Detailing: BMW 335 opticoat job

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Envious Eric

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BMW 335​
TWO STEP WITH OPTICOAT​
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This client of mine called me up and was concerned about the long term protection of his car, no so much having the whole thing restored to a perfect condition. We went over some options and decided on a one step process. Upon arrival, it was clear that a one step would not work out and I ended up doing a very in depth two step on the car to remove about 90-95% defects from the paint. This really amped the gloss ten fold, and made the paint more clear to the eye! When you remove the swirls and scratches from the paint, you allow more depth, gloss, clarity to show! At the end of all the polishing, I ended up using carpro erasure to remove the polishing oils and leave the surface bare and ready for longer lasting protection…opticoat! This is an actual coating rather than just a sealant wax which will provide longer lasting, more durable, more scratch resistant protection to the paint…exactly what the client was looking for in the end!



Starting off condition:

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This specific spot, as well as two others, had bird dropping etchings that needed a more aggressive approach to remove

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Ended up touching up a few spots around the car

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Exhaust tips were cleaned up with chemical guys metal shine

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Tires degreased with meguairs degreaser and brush, then pressure washed off

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Detailed image clay bar removed quite a bit of contaminants…used ONR for clay lube

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Pre-polishing condition around the car

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And the after shots BEFORE the opticoat application. I knew I wasn’t going to be able to finish in time to get good after shots, so I decided to pull it out after I was done polishing.

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Total time was about 11 hours all said and done.

Two step paint correction process

Opticoat application



Meguiars 105, menzerna 203 (harder paint)

Carpro erasure

Optimum opticoat

Meguiars hyper dressing and glass cleaner

Chemical guys metal shine, V07

Griots DA, surbuf pads, hydro tangerine pad

Sonax wheel cleaner, ezdetail brush
 
drew935 said:
Well done Eric. Pretty much the same as how I would go about it.

Are you on the prius forum as well?
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Are they into detailing? Most prius owners I've talked to are "concerned" about the chemicals we use.
 
gofast908z said:
Are they into detailing? Most prius owners I've talked to are "concerned" about the chemicals we use.
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I agree. I still have to do a correction on my wife's prius but I've been busy and then when I'm not, I'm tired to do it lol.



toyotaguy said:
LOL jeff....





NO I am not, what forum is that? Maybe Ill go join. Couldnt hurt...money is money!
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I think that there's a guy on there with the same screen name as yours lol.

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