Mineral White BMW M3 - Detailed by Lawrence

[lawrenceSA]

A few pictures to document the general condition of the car.

Arches, Tires, Wheels
-HP rinse arches, tires and wheels.
-Clean arches with a Cyclo APC using a Mothers Fenderwell Brush
-HP rinse
-Clean tires with Valet Pro Billbery Wheel Cleaner @ 1:6 and a Mothers Tire brush.
-HP rinse
-Repeat tire cleaning
-HP rinse
-Wash wheels and brake calipers with VP Bilberry Wheel Cleaner @ 1:6, Daytona and Daytona Jnr brushes and Valet Pro Boars Hair Brushes
-HP rinse
-Dry
-Remove tar using Autoglym Intensive Tar Remover
-Spray with APC and HP Rinse
-Dry
-Remove bonded and embedded ferrous contaminants on wheels and brake calipers with Valet Pro Dragon's Breath Daytona and Daytona Jnr brushes and Valet Pro Boars Hair Brushes
-HP Rinse + flood rinse
-Later the tires would be dressed with Optimum Tire Sheen and the wheels sealed with Menzerna Powerlock and the arches dressed using Shield Sheen

Engine bay
-Blow loose dust off with compressor
-Clean with APC, MF Towels and various Brushes
-Clean/Polish/Protect (AIO) using AF Tripple by hand
-Plastics dressed with Shield Sheen

Exhaust Tips
-Cleaned using APC, MF towels and various brushes
-Polished and protected using Mothers Power Metal

Wash
-HP rinse
-Applied Valet Pro Citrus Pre-wash via a spray bottle, left to dwell
-HP rinse
-Applied Valet Pro ANSF via a MTM Hydro, left to dwell
-HP rinse
-2BM wash using lambswool wash mitts and
-Flood Rinse
-Dried using ONR and WW drying towels

Decontamination
-Tar removed using Autoglym Intensive Tar Remover
-Iron removed using Valet Pro Dragon's Breath
-Remaining contamination was clayed off using Shield Heavy Duty clay with ONR as lube.

Paint correction
-Paint readings repainted sections

OEM paint

The bonnet

Part of the repair work involved blending into the OEM paint in this section

And the the idiot who (presumably) ran the polisher from the much harder repainted section onto the much softer OEM paint, managed to lob off a huge amount of paint on the edges, leading to this

He also simply chose not to deal with 3 areas like this on the bootlid that all looked like this

BMW Approved repairs... :crazy:

So paint correction was a very multi-pronged approach

OEM Paint - Flex 3401 / Menzerna PF2500 / 5.5" Flat Green Lake Country Polishing pad
Re-painted - Flex 3401 / Menzerna FG400 / 6" Purple Foamed Wool Lake Country pad followed by Flex 3401 / Menzerna SF4000 / 5.5" Flat Green Lake Country Polishing pad
Bootlid - Flex 3401 / Menzerna FG400 / 6" Purple Foamed Wool Lake Country pad twice, followed by Flex 3401 / Menzerna SF4000 / 5.5" Flat Green Lake Country Polishing pad

Paint protection
- Optiseal

Glass
-Glossworx Glass Cleaner

Door rubbers, window rubbers, exterior plastic trim
- Cleaned using Shield Heavy Duty Vinyl and Rubber Cleaner
- Protected using Aerospace 303.

 

[lawrenceSA]

And onto some after shots

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Total time spent = 30 hours

Thanks for looking and as always and comments or questions are welcome.

 

[Sicoupe]

Another outstanding job buddy!

 

[haris300]

Very nice. You do excellent work.

 

[ulrads1]

Amazing work!

 

[MarkB]

I hope to be that good one day... great work

 

[Stone150]

looks great!

 

[Mike@DedicatedPerfection]

Wow Lawrence, your attention to detail never ceases to amaze me. You always set the bar high.

Nicely done good sir. rops:

 

[lawrenceSA]

Another outstanding job buddy!

Thanks my friend :xyxthumbs:

Very nice. You do excellent work.

Thank you very much!

Amazing work!

Thanks

I hope to be that good one day... great work

Wow thanks for your kind words. But let me assure you that with the right amount of passion, research and practice anyone can do this. It is not rocket science. This forum is a wealth of information and if you humble yourself and learn you can find all the theory you need. Invest your time practising and in the right products and tools, and you will be well on your way.

Good luck:dblthumb2:

looks great!

Thanks

Wow Lawrence, your attention to detail never ceases to amaze me. You always set the bar high.

Nicely done good sir. rops:

Mike I can't tell you how much that means to me coming from such a well respect member of the detailing community.

:thankyousign:
:cheers:

 

[FrankS]

Excellent job as usual Lawrence :dblthumb2:.

 

[sayroger]

Looks Great shine shine

 

[custmsprty]

Wow Lawrence, your attention to detail never ceases to amaze me. You always set the bar high.

Nicely done good sir. rops:

What he said! :dblthumb2:

 

[Nomadsto]

Beautiful job sir. As time goes on I appreciate white paint more and more. It's a 180° turn for me, as black/dark colors used to be the end all be all to my eye. To achieve a really deep gloss, like you have, in white is not always so easy. Plus it soooo much easier to take care of!

 

[lawrenceSA]

Excellent job as usual Lawrence :dblthumb2:.

Thank you Frank

Looks Great shine shine

Thanks

What he said! :dblthumb2:

Thank you

Beautiful job sir. As time goes on I appreciate white paint more and more. It's a 180° turn for me, as black/dark colors used to be the end all be all to my eye. To achieve a really deep gloss, like you have, in white is not always so easy. Plus it soooo much easier to take care of!

Thanks