Zaino meets a new family member

[imported_GBG TL]

2007 BMW 530i



My wife just picked up a 2007 530 with 7K on the clock.



The car was suffering from buffer trails, swirls, and a few deep isolated scratches.



My neighbor and I detailed the Beemer this weekend using the following process:



Prep:

Dawn Wash

Clay



Wet Sanding: We had to wet sand a few deep scratches using 8000 & 12000 micromesh paper.



Polishing: John (mgm121499) ran the Metabo & Power Gloss @ 1800RPM in heavily marked areas, I ran the PC and UDM @ 5 using Menzerna Intensive polish, and the car was finished off with P085RD @ 1500-1000RPM.

Glass & Chrome and Wheels were polished using ZAIO,



After polishing, the car was wiped down with PGP Prep-Sol, and Dawn Washed again.



LSP:

Z5Pro x 2 (zfx’d) via a CCS finishing pad. CS was used to prime the pad.

Z2Pro x 1 using the same process as above.

Z6/Z8 mix used for the final wipe down.

Tires: Z16



Here are a few shots before-during-after.





Before:

During:

After:

Thanks everyone :usa

 

[Brian_Brice]

Looks great, gotta love that zaino glow!

 

[imported_GregCavi]

Great work Greg and John!! I didn't see beer listed in the process. Are you guys ok!? :xyxthumbs



Greg

 

[Way2SSlow]

I didn't see beer listed in the process. Are you guys ok!?



Greg

That's the last step in every detail!

 

[imported_GBG TL]

Beer & Crown provided close supervision during this job

 

[imported_GregCavi]

lol... wonder who was drinking the crown..



Greg

 

[kustomsol]

Beautiful!!

 

[P1et]

Zaino is junk. It lacks depth and looks plasticky...



:LOLOL



Fantastic work, absolutely stunning! Congrats on the new car, love the color...

 

[gmblack3]

Great work on the defect correction guys!



Paint really has a nice warm glow to it.

 

[Old Pirate]

Awesome correction you both did to the BMW, looks better than new and great shine and wetness too!:2thumbs:

 

[Pats300zx]

Awesome job....:bow

 

[imported_agentf11]

Car looks great. Good work, it has incredible depth and wetness. The Zaino really makes that color pop. :2thumbs:



P.S. John, PM me with where you get your micro mesh paper. I used that stuff a lot in the past and LOVED it. I had a kit that went all the way down to even less than 12000 grit I think. The finer grades were actually cloth and reusable and even worked dry.

 

[Thomas Dekany]

Now it is worthy being an '07!!!

 

[imported_GBG TL]

This one took us 10 hours, and the nice comments are appreciated.



Thank You.

 

[red4.8]

Looks amazing, super wet.

Love the color and the car. Great job.

 

[imported_Puckman]

Great work! I never thought of priming a pad with ZCS but that sounds interesting.

 

[SilverLexus]

Looks awesome! :bow



I would lose the pinstripe personally but YMMV.

 

[White lexus 23]

looks amazing nice job on the detail!

 

[stilez]

Greg: Enjoy the Ultimate Driving Machine in good health; car looks great.



Were you planning on 86'ing the patriotic pinstripe?

 

[mr.ikon]

Beautiful car. But what is with the pinstripe? Makes the car look funny.