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Detailed my sisters 3 series BMW today, and it really needed it. She had it in california for four years, taking it through automatic washes and using nothing more than the automatics liquid wax to protect it.
Needless to say it was swirled up really bad, had all sorts of dead bugs caked into the paint, that very well might have been on there all four years that she lived in LA.
Its kinda hard to see how bad it is from the picture, but if you look closely you can see that for black paint the reflection is pretty poor. It looks more gray than black, and the swirls were very deep and very visible even in the shade.
Started off with a normal wash, using gold class shampoo
Then went over the whole car using Meguiars Fine Cut Cleaner. It didn't do much for the swirls, but it took off the dead bugs, sap, and water spots very easily.
For the swirls I buffed the whole car with FI - II, which did most of the work. The swirls were much lighter and harder to see, but they wern't gone at that point. Finally after a pass with Meguiars #9 the paint was 90% swirl free and had a nice deep reflection. It actually looked black again.
Finally I did a dawn wash to remove any oils and fillers that were left behind, and followed up with a light pass with AIO.
Since I got my platinum sample recently, I figured this would be a great time to try it out. My impressions and pictures of the finished product on the next post.
Needless to say it was swirled up really bad, had all sorts of dead bugs caked into the paint, that very well might have been on there all four years that she lived in LA.
Its kinda hard to see how bad it is from the picture, but if you look closely you can see that for black paint the reflection is pretty poor. It looks more gray than black, and the swirls were very deep and very visible even in the shade.
Started off with a normal wash, using gold class shampoo
Then went over the whole car using Meguiars Fine Cut Cleaner. It didn't do much for the swirls, but it took off the dead bugs, sap, and water spots very easily.
For the swirls I buffed the whole car with FI - II, which did most of the work. The swirls were much lighter and harder to see, but they wern't gone at that point. Finally after a pass with Meguiars #9 the paint was 90% swirl free and had a nice deep reflection. It actually looked black again.
Finally I did a dawn wash to remove any oils and fillers that were left behind, and followed up with a light pass with AIO.
Since I got my platinum sample recently, I figured this would be a great time to try it out. My impressions and pictures of the finished product on the next post.
