BMW Mike is at it again....

[Mike@DedicatedPerfection]

Some of you may remember the work I performed on my bosses new Explorer.

http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum...explorer-tri-coat-white-metallic-oc2-0-a.html

Anyways this is another new vehicle him and his wife has and they wanted this one coated as they were astonshed from the work on the Explorer.

This 2011 328i is Deep Sea Blue Metallic and has just under 30k miles on it. The paint wasnt in too bad of shape as it sometimes has had a coat of wax on it and taken care of by him or his wife.

This was roughly 13-14 hours over two days to get it done.

Exterior
Wash with 2BM and Meguiar's Super Soap
Foam with Gilmour foam gun and Meguiars Super Soap and APC
Tires scrubbed with Purple degreaser
Wheels cleaned with WG Uber Wheel Cleaner
Decon with Iron-X
Clayed with Last Touch and Meguiars medium clay
Correction with 3401/FG400/orange hybrid cutting pad
Polished with 3401/WGFG/white hybrid polishing pad
Eraser Wipe down
OC2.0 application
Door sills with V07
Wheels dressed with V07
Tires dressed with Meguiars Endurance tire shine

Water spotting from previous quick wash

Really love this stuff...

Paint wasnt to dirty

After one pass with FG400/orange/3401

After correction and ready for Eraser wipedown

And now for the afters....

Another happy customer leaving the shop...

 

[JSou]

Really nice. Sweet garage btw.

 

[Sicoupe]

Awesome work!

 

[RedXray]

Beautiful... love that color :xyxthumbs:

 

[AutowerxDetailing]

Stunning results. Nice work Mike!! :xyxthumbs:

 

[Alex22]

Not bad. Prety good work there.

 

[dooyaunastan]

Ooooh, de-badged too. Very nice results.

 

[cartman57]

Absolutely stunning results!
I can only imagine he was very happy.
Great job, bet it looks great in the sun!

(CQ UK, USPS, ETA...Monday)

 

[vegas911gts]

Looks like you had another happy customer from mike's detail shop.

 

[Mike@DedicatedPerfection]

Really nice. Sweet garage btw.

Thank you. The garage is a bit of a mess now and I need to reorganize and get rid of some junk.

Awesome work!

Thank you!

Beautiful... love that color :xyxthumbs:

Thanks Red! I really like this color as well.

Stunning results. Nice work Mike!! :xyxthumbs:

Thank you Nick!

Not bad. Prety good work there.

Thanks Alex!

Ooooh, de-badged too. Very nice results.

Thanks. It makes it so nice when they are de badged not to mention it looks so much better.

Absolutely stunning results!
I can only imagine he was very happy.
Great job, bet it looks great in the sun!

(CQ UK, USPS, ETA...Monday)

Thanks Steve! He was thrilled with the outcome! Didnt have much sun left when it left.

Thanks for the CQ UK. Will do a thread on my wifes wagon about it when I get to the car.

Looks like you had another happy customer from mike's detail shop.

Thanks Greg! It is always a pleasure to put a smile on someones face after a hard days work.

 

[Mike PhillipsMike Phillips is verified member.]

Are you sure you didn't just paint that car?

Then sand the paint flat, compound, polish and wax to a show car finish?


Looks great!


:dblthumb2:

 

[vet]

looks great!

 

[Klasse Act]

That color came out STUUUUNING! Great work!!

Sent from my SPH-M930 using AG Online

 

[Evan.J]

Mike Nice work. I really like that color of blue!

 

[Pinpoint_Precision]

Great job Mike!

 

[zmcgovern45]

Gorgeous! Great work!

 

[Mike@DedicatedPerfection]

Are you sure you didn't just paint that car?

Then sand the paint flat, compound, polish and wax to a show car finish?


Looks great!


:dblthumb2:

Looks like it was just painted? Thanks for the compliment Mike. I always strive for perfection in my work.

But it did have a bit of peel to it.

looks great!

Thanks Vet.

That color came out STUUUUNING! Great work!!

Sent from my SPH-M930 using AG Online

Thanks!! I really liked the color on this car as well.

Mike Nice work. I really like that color of blue!

Thank you sir! I enjoyed working on this color.

Great job Mike!

Thanks Francisco!

Gorgeous! Great work!

Thank you sir!!

 

[KenR]

Amazing and great job. Interestingly enough, I will be working on my wife's 2012 Deep Sea Blue 328i convertible in a week or so. I have one question though because I have some swirls to remove also. What contributed to your decision to go with the FG400 instead of something less abrasive?

 

[Mike@DedicatedPerfection]

Amazing and great job. Interestingly enough, I will be working on my wife's 2012 Deep Sea Blue 328i convertible in a week or so. I have one question though because I have some swirls to remove also. What contributed to your decision to go with the FG400 instead of something less abrasive?

Thank you sir. Looking forward to seeing a thread on your wifes BMW.

I did a test spot with FG400 and a blue hybrid light cutting pad and it was giving me just short of a defect free finish. At that point I knew I was going to two step the car so out came the orange heavy cut pad with the FG400.

With my technique of going 6-8 section passes with the FG400 and running the pad throught the pad washer after every panel I am getting the amazing cut from FG400 along with an incredible finish to go along with it. FG400 is my secret weapon so to speak.

I will try and get my pad washer technique written up today.

 

[KenR]

Thank you sir. Looking forward to seeing a thread on your wifes BMW.

I did a test spot with FG400 and a blue hybrid light cutting pad and it was giving me just short of a defect free finish. At that point I knew I was going to two step the car so out came the orange heavy cut pad with the FG400.

With my technique of going 6-8 section passes with the FG400 and running the pad throught the pad washer after every panel I am getting the amazing cut from FG400 along with an incredible finish to go along with it. FG400 is my secret weapon so to speak.

I will try and get my pad washer technique written up today.

I might need to get some FG400. The most abrasive polish I have is IP2000, which may not do the trick. Either way, I hope to finish up with either SF-4000 or 4500.

Thank you for the info.