Z4, WRX STi (Opti-Coat Pro), H2, '64 Chevy truck

[Scottwax]

2011 BMW Z4. Owner bought it lightly used, had some minor scratches, usual tunnel was swirls. 
 
ONR wash
Opti-Raser mild to clay
Meguiars M100 using a Meguiars MF cutting pad and Rupes DA
Optimum Hyper Polish using an Optimum orange foam cutting pad and Rupes
Opti-Seal
Armor All on tires/wheel wells
 

 

 

 

 
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2014 WRX STi. Owner wanted a hatch so he got one of the last of three 2014's in this color. Mostly really light wash marring, otherwise in great shape. 
 
ONR wash
Opti-Raser mild
Optimum Primer Polish using a Rupes yellow foam polishing pad and Rupes DA
Opti-Coat Pro on paint and wheels
Optimum Glass Coating on the windshield
Armor All on tires/wheel wells
 

 

 

 
Debadged other than the STi
 

 
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2007 Hummer H2. Haven't done one in a long time...and this one hadn't probably been detailed in a long time either. Just a basic full detail on this one. 
 
ONR wash
Opti-Clay yellow
Rupes Keramik Gloss using a yellow Rupes foam polishing pad and Rupes DA
Opti-Seal
Armor All on tires/wheel wells, bumpers
 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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1964 Chevy truck. Older restoration, modern (350/700R) drive-train. Paint wasn't too bad, light to moderate swirls in the single stage finish. 
 
As you can see, the showroom is kind of emptied out, about all that is left is a 356 Porsche, '37 Packard, late 50s Corvette and THE Hot Rod Magazine Camaro. Everything else is out for auction. Owner is changing the focus of his collection to vintage Mercedes, including a recently procured Gullwing. 
 
Before
 

 
After
 

 
ONR wash
Optimum Hyper Compound using an Optimum orange foam waffle cutting pad and Rupes
Optimum Hyper Polish using an Optimum orange foam waffle cutting pad and Rupes
Opti-Seal
Armor All on tires/wheel wells
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Driven Auto Detail]

Great work, as always Scott.

 

[Bert]

Very impressed that you were able to get the cutting pad on that Z4 to finish down so nicely.  Was the paint hard as a diamond or do you find you can often finish with an Optimum cutting pad.

 

[Scottwax]

BMW clear (other than on the jet black) is typically brutally hard. The orange foam waffle cutting pad from Optimum tends to finish well on all but the softest of paints.