Petrucci Detailed: Sparkling Graphite Metallic BMW 335i

[Petrucci_M3]

Petrucci Detailed: Sparkling Graphite Metallic BMW 335i





Wash:

Chemical Guys Citrus Wash & Gloss

Chemical Guys Heavy Duty Bucket

Grit Guard

Chemical Guys Super Fluffy Mitt

Gilmour Foam Gun



Clayed:

Meguiar’s Medium clay

Chemical Guys Synthetic Quick Detailer



Paint Correction:

Flex 3403 rotary

3M Backing Plate

Gloss-it 3 inch Backing Plate

Menzerna Power Finish

Menzerna PO85rd

CM5300

Fenix TK10

Orange LC pad

White LC pad

Blue LC pad

Grey LC pad

Detailer Domain Uber Towels

Highline Paint Gauge Meter



Protection:

Jetseal109



LSP:

Lusso Oro



Trim:

Aerospace 303



Glass:

Stoner’s Invisible Glass



Wheels:

EZ Detail Brush

Swissvax Wheel Brush

Chemical Guy’s Grime Reaper

Surfcity Tire Shine



Interior:

1Z Cockpit

303 Aerospace

Chemical Guy’s Lighting Fast Stain Extractor

Metro Vac n Blow

Lil Green Bissel



Engine:

Chemical Guy’s Grime Reaper

CD-2

Various brushes





Engine - Before:



Here’s a couple of before pictures of the engine and as you can see it appeared that it had never been detailed before.

Engine - After:



Much better!

Wheels - Before

Wheels - After:

Wheels - Before:

Wheels - After:

Wash:

Interior:



The entire interior was in great shape and I went ahead and took out the mats - cleaned them off with water and a degreaser. Then went to work on the carpets by first vacuuming out the dirt with my Metro Vac, and then extracted the carpets out with the Lil Green. After the carpets were cleaned I then dressed various areas that required 303 Aerospace.

Since I was doing this at night, I decided to warm up the leather up, CAREFULLY, with a heat gun and that way the Leatherique would absorb much better through the pores. Great idea, thanks DSM!

Interior - After:

 

[Petrucci_M3]

The Paint Correction:



Since the car was fairly brand new, there really wasn’t any need for any medium type polishes, so Power Finish would be the best choice for this job. Followed it up with 85rd and jeweled the paint at 1500 rpms. For the life of me, I couldn’t capture that many swirls on my camera, the flake was pretty overwhelming needless to say hehe. But everything turned out excellent in the end.

Rear End finished:

Fully Corrected:



Since I really had no before shots, here are some fully corrected shots with no LSP and under my halogen light. Look at that flake!

After Shots:



All finished up, and what a beautiful color!

 

[Petrucci_M3]

Thank you for looking!

 

[2005GTPinMD]

That looks stunning. Good job - for not ever having been detailed the wheels on the BMW still looked good.

 

[a_guerrajr]

really nice job!

 

[TSC17]

Very nice transformation (and photos)...thanks for sharing!

 

[Petrucci_M3]

That looks stunning. Good job - for not ever having been detailed the wheels on the BMW still looked good.

really nice job!

Very nice transformation (and photos)...thanks for sharing!

Thanks guys! :2thumbs:

 

[imported_artikxscout]

the car looks beautiful. I still need to try power finish.

 

[Petrucci_M3]

the car looks beautiful. I still need to try power finish.

Thank you! This was actually my first time trying it out



SIP/106fa almost for everything else though.



You'll love it.

 

[Thomas Dekany]

Again Josh - Amazing work and pictures. Keep it coming. I love reading your threads. :xyxthumbs:xyxthumbs:xyxthumbs:bigups:bigups:bigups

 

[Todd@RUPES]

Man I have missed a ton of Petrucci detailed cars and they have always been amongst the best reads. Time to dig through the search button and catch up!



Great work, great photos, great read. Thanks for the sharing!

 

[Petrucci_M3]

Again Josh - Amazing work and pictures. Keep it coming. I love reading your threads. :xyxthumbs:xyxthumbs:xyxthumbs:bigups:bigups:bigups

Thank you good sir

Man I have missed a ton of Petrucci detailed cars and they have always been amongst the best reads. Time to dig through the search button and catch up!



Great work, great photos, great read. Thanks for the sharing!

Hey man! Glad to have you back here! You're write ups are always an inspiration for me