richy
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- Mar 27, 2007
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You may recall the 2012 335i Sport I did last weekend:http://www.live2detail.com/showthrea...2012-335-Sport
The next car is the sister car to it in 2 ways: the cars are the same year and model (3 series) but also, the owner of the 2nd one is the sister of the first owner. A true sister car.
This one was going to need more work than the silver one. I ended up doing a 2 step correction on it and sealing it with OG.
Here it is as it arrived:
I was actually shocked to see the surface rust on the wheels of a car so new!! First up was the wheels. I used Tarminator, IronX, Megs WB and Zep Citrus and some/all of them as required. It took almost my whole collection of brushes to get in all the nooks and crannies of the wheels, tires, barrels and wells:
The tires were done with Zep Purple, the wells with Zep Citrus.
Here are my helpers wanting to be involved:
Here is a wheel undergoing treatment:
Next up was the foam bath consisting of DG 901/Dawn in a strong mix. There was initially some kind of wax on the surface...but not for long!
While the foam was allowed to dwell, all the emblems, seams, etc were agitated with my Raceglaze brush. The car was then washed with a similar solution that was used in the foam cannon.
The chrome (yes, I found out they were chrome!) tail pipes were cleaned on the inside with my mini Daytona brush and Tarminator and then cleaned on the outside with Megs WB followed by ZC. This car has a tasteful amount of chrome on it. I like it.
The car was then brought inside and the wheels/tires blown off with the Master Blaster. Then the paint and glass were clayed with the CarPro foam block. Now it was ready for correction.
There was a big, ugly blob of tree sap on the roof. It took some dwell time with Tarminator to remove it, and unfortunately, had permanently etched the paint. Bloody shame. At least now it's protected much better against that and bird bombs. You can see the blob just below and to the left of the reflection of the light:
The next car is the sister car to it in 2 ways: the cars are the same year and model (3 series) but also, the owner of the 2nd one is the sister of the first owner. A true sister car.
This one was going to need more work than the silver one. I ended up doing a 2 step correction on it and sealing it with OG.
Here it is as it arrived:
I was actually shocked to see the surface rust on the wheels of a car so new!! First up was the wheels. I used Tarminator, IronX, Megs WB and Zep Citrus and some/all of them as required. It took almost my whole collection of brushes to get in all the nooks and crannies of the wheels, tires, barrels and wells:
The tires were done with Zep Purple, the wells with Zep Citrus.
Here are my helpers wanting to be involved:
Here is a wheel undergoing treatment:
Next up was the foam bath consisting of DG 901/Dawn in a strong mix. There was initially some kind of wax on the surface...but not for long!
While the foam was allowed to dwell, all the emblems, seams, etc were agitated with my Raceglaze brush. The car was then washed with a similar solution that was used in the foam cannon.
The chrome (yes, I found out they were chrome!) tail pipes were cleaned on the inside with my mini Daytona brush and Tarminator and then cleaned on the outside with Megs WB followed by ZC. This car has a tasteful amount of chrome on it. I like it.
The car was then brought inside and the wheels/tires blown off with the Master Blaster. Then the paint and glass were clayed with the CarPro foam block. Now it was ready for correction.
There was a big, ugly blob of tree sap on the roof. It took some dwell time with Tarminator to remove it, and unfortunately, had permanently etched the paint. Bloody shame. At least now it's protected much better against that and bird bombs. You can see the blob just below and to the left of the reflection of the light:
icture:we can't:drool: