whitejavaS500
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Hi all, just finished up this battered 330i. Quick story:
Car bought new in June 2002. The owner loves his cars, but somewhere along the line, he just stopped washing them himself, taking them to the local carwash to be swirled up:nixweiss . We talked about doing this for a while, and we finally got around to it.
The car was in rough shape, but I think I achieved 90%+ defect removal.
The Process:
Interior:
Vacuum
Clean all surfaces with Meguiars APC 10:1 and 5:1
Protect all plastic/ Vinyl with Optimum Protectant Plus
Leather treated to Zaino Z10 Leather in a bottle
Clear plastic with Plexus
Glass with Duragloss FCS
Exterior:
Duragloss CWC + about an ounce of APC in foam gun
2 Bucket method with CWC
WW Dry
Clay with Megs and ONR Lube
Final Inspection wipedown
Polishing:
Menzerma SIP on a purple LC Foamed Wool at 2000 with the Metabo
Menzerma PO106ff on a Meguiars W8006 Polishing pad at 1200-1500 with the Metabo
IPA Wipedown
LSP:
Optimum OptiSeal
Pinnacle Souveran Spray the next day
Wheels/Tires/Wells:
Meguiars Wheel Brightener 2:1 x2 with the Karcher
TOL Tire Cleaner 1:1 to clean tires and wells
Poorboy's Wheel Sealant
Zaino Z16 on tires, Hyper Dressing 3:1 in wells
Total time: 15 hours:buffing:
Pay: $450:getdown
Car bought new in June 2002. The owner loves his cars, but somewhere along the line, he just stopped washing them himself, taking them to the local carwash to be swirled up:nixweiss . We talked about doing this for a while, and we finally got around to it.
The car was in rough shape, but I think I achieved 90%+ defect removal.
The Process:
Interior:
Vacuum
Clean all surfaces with Meguiars APC 10:1 and 5:1
Protect all plastic/ Vinyl with Optimum Protectant Plus
Leather treated to Zaino Z10 Leather in a bottle
Clear plastic with Plexus
Glass with Duragloss FCS
Exterior:
Duragloss CWC + about an ounce of APC in foam gun
2 Bucket method with CWC
WW Dry
Clay with Megs and ONR Lube
Final Inspection wipedown
Polishing:
Menzerma SIP on a purple LC Foamed Wool at 2000 with the Metabo
Menzerma PO106ff on a Meguiars W8006 Polishing pad at 1200-1500 with the Metabo
IPA Wipedown
LSP:
Optimum OptiSeal
Pinnacle Souveran Spray the next day
Wheels/Tires/Wells:
Meguiars Wheel Brightener 2:1 x2 with the Karcher
TOL Tire Cleaner 1:1 to clean tires and wells
Poorboy's Wheel Sealant
Zaino Z16 on tires, Hyper Dressing 3:1 in wells
Total time: 15 hours:buffing:
Pay: $450:getdown
Befores of Interior:
Afters of Interior
