2001 BMW M3, Paint Decon and Correction

[RaskyR1]

Justin and I did this one last weekend. The owner was on a tight budget so we chose to go with a 1-step correction that yielded more defect remove vs. optimal gloss...though D300 did finish down very well on this hard clear.

Process:

Wash - Foam bath mixed with CGCW and OPC mixture followed by a wash with CGCW.
Wheels - Sonax FE and various brushes.
Tires - OPC, dressed with Megs Hyper Dressing
Decon - IronX and TarX
Clay - Blackfire Clay with M34 as lube
Paint correction - D300 on the GG6 with Megs MF cutting pads (2 passes in several areas)
Glass - Megs D120
LSP - Blackfire Wet-Diamond


IronX doing it's thing...

Following up with TarX

Agitating TarX between panels

Justin spent some time cleaning up all the jambs

After the decon was all done the paint really came back to life again...it's amazing how much contaminated paint can effect the look of the paint on a car.

Before paint condition

Justin has a way of taking pics without me know it....me taping up the trim. Free plug for Optimum!

50/50 shots

Cleaning out very deep scratch by hand to lessen the appearance

 

[RaskyR1]

Finished pics

Thanks for looking,

Rasky/Justin

 

[Danube]

Excellent result, congrats.

 

[Marc08EX]

Amazing work guys! That M3 looks sick!

Chad, the paint already looks perfect. Do you think that doing an additional step will yield a higher gloss finish? After all, the paint is white. Thanks!

 

[bw72]

Thanks for posting the pics...amazing job!

 

[rider9195]

Very nice work Chad and Justin! I like the look of that M3 in white. :dblthumb2:

 

[RaskyR1]

Thanks guys!

Amazing work guys! That M3 looks sick!

Chad, the paint already looks perfect. Do you think that doing an additional step will yield a higher gloss finish? After all, the paint is white. Thanks!

Thanks Marc!

An additional step would definitely add some gloss, but being white it wouldn't be very noticeable, especially if you didn't have a 50/50 shot to compare. I explained to the owner his options (more correction or more gloss) and he agreed with more correction. rops:

 

[steeda]

I am not much of a BMW fan but that M3 is sweet. You did a great job.

 

[kronos]

Awesome job Rasky. Your work is truly professional.

 

[DARK HORSE]

Great job Chad! Also nice work capturing the defects in the white paint!

 

[Jim B]

W.O.W!!! I hope the owner was impressed as I am!

 

[OhTwoGT]

Excellent job, D300 continues to impress me.

 

[Mazda.Mark]

love love love the results and car!

 

[RaskyR1]

Thanks guys!

 

[Spiney]

Can you please explain the Decon process to a newbie? Thanks, Spiney-Dave

 

[RaskyR1]

Can you please explain the Decon process to a newbie? Thanks, Spiney-Dave

In this case it was removing all the rust blooms (iron filings/rail dust...) from the paint along with all the tar specs.