Advice - 1999 BMW 750 IL

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First, This forum might benefit from a section titled. "Advice Wanted/Needed".

Today, I had a client/friend come to me today with his 1999 BMW 750 IL (V12 engine - ohhh). It is, in his words, "My baby". His daughter thought she would play "wash daddy's car" and took a nylon brush to the paint. It is a real mess. (sorry no pics at this time). Horrifying to be exact.

I have yet to correct a BMW from this year and I don't really know how hard 1999 BMW paint is. Any ideas? It is black, so it shows everything. The trunk is the worst of it, but, except for the roof, it is heavily scratched. If it was my car, I would have cried.

I told him that I could most likely remove a good bit of the damage, but it was so bad in some places that it was 50/50 in those areas. He wants me to give it a try.

Any advice would be welcome.

Thanks,
Sparty (Art)
 
I would start off on the aggressive side of doing test spots to see what kind of correction you can acheive. Not sure what materials you have on hand, but a cutting pad and M105 on a D/A should fix almost whatever damage was installed with the brush.
 
Jet black? That's typically some extremely soft paint -- it tends to mar if you look at it cross-eyed. Your biggest hurdle is going to be getting it to finish down properly.
 
smack said:
I would start off on the aggressive side of doing test spots to see what kind of correction you can acheive. Not sure what materials you have on hand, but a cutting pad and M105 on a D/A should fix almost whatever damage was installed with the brush.
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Thanks smack.

I do have M105 and yellow and orange LC pads. They have worked wonders in the past, but this is the worst damage I have encountered. Thanks for the advice, it is what I was thinking from the start.

- Sparty
 
Sparty,

Do a side by side comparison between the two different pads and see which pad gives you the correction needed. I would imagine you are will have to follow with some M205 to refine the surface after the M105/cutting pad application.

-Mike
 
smack said:
Sparty,

Do a side by side comparison between the two different pads and see which pad gives you the correction needed. I would imagine you are will have to follow with some M205 to refine the surface after the M105/cutting pad application.

-Mike
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Yes, this car will likely require two or more correction steps on the trunk and other badly marred areas.

- Sparty
 
Be sure to take pictures! I will look forwards to viewing this in the Show and Shine section!
 
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