vinharski
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- Sep 4, 2008
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Hey guys, how are you?
This one was a tremendous job...and a great transofrmation.
This car, a 2010 BMW 335 in prestine conditions came to our studio few months ago for a full detail and coating (body, leather, wheels and glass). If you want to check the pics, please follow this link.
At the time (October 2016), when we detailed the whole car, the scratches on all windows were not bothering the owner but now they were. So he brought the car back just to have all glasses polished. Seems that the previous owner used steel wool to clean up the windows and it scratched...a lot...all glasses, including sun roof.
The polishing kit from CarPRO turned out to be a great tool. We mainly used the 3" pads on a Rupes Bigfoot 75...we tried other machines and bigger pads but no luck, they were polishing but also scratching the glass...very fine swirl marks. It takes much more time to correct defects on glass than on paintwork. It took us 2 days to polish all windows. It is a very very time consuming task and there are no cutting corners...take your time.
First: Clean thoroughly all glasses, inside and outside and protect all trims.
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Work small sections. More pressure than you would apply to polish paintwork. Always keep the glass lubricated with wather...do not let the compound dry out, otherwise the temperature will go up quickly and you'll scratch the glass.
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Before / After
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On the video below, we put a masking tape on the rear window to do a 50/50...I also finger pointed where the tape was for reference. The scraches were very fine and hard to capture with my phone camera.
Final inspection
Hope you guys like it.
This one was a tremendous job...and a great transofrmation.
This car, a 2010 BMW 335 in prestine conditions came to our studio few months ago for a full detail and coating (body, leather, wheels and glass). If you want to check the pics, please follow this link.
At the time (October 2016), when we detailed the whole car, the scratches on all windows were not bothering the owner but now they were. So he brought the car back just to have all glasses polished. Seems that the previous owner used steel wool to clean up the windows and it scratched...a lot...all glasses, including sun roof.
The polishing kit from CarPRO turned out to be a great tool. We mainly used the 3" pads on a Rupes Bigfoot 75...we tried other machines and bigger pads but no luck, they were polishing but also scratching the glass...very fine swirl marks. It takes much more time to correct defects on glass than on paintwork. It took us 2 days to polish all windows. It is a very very time consuming task and there are no cutting corners...take your time.
First: Clean thoroughly all glasses, inside and outside and protect all trims.
View attachment 54833 View attachment 54834 View attachment 54835
Work small sections. More pressure than you would apply to polish paintwork. Always keep the glass lubricated with wather...do not let the compound dry out, otherwise the temperature will go up quickly and you'll scratch the glass.
View attachment 54836 View attachment 54837 View attachment 54838
Before / After
View attachment 54839 View attachment 54840
On the video below, we put a masking tape on the rear window to do a 50/50...I also finger pointed where the tape was for reference. The scraches were very fine and hard to capture with my phone camera.
Final inspection
Hope you guys like it.
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