Getting back into detailing with Gyeon products after a few years on new M5

[armoredsaint]

I got a new 2022 BMW M5 and I decide to start fresh and I always love trying new products, besides the Gyeon line-up and for my coating it'll be MOHS Evo, I did add the Sonax Perfect Finish polish.

I do plan with Gyeon Iron, bathe, prep etc and the most fun is removing the wheels for cleaning and coating too

Gyeon Q2 MOHS Evo *New for 2022*
Gyeon Q2 Tire
Gyeon Q2M Bathe
Gyeon Q2M Iron
Gyeon Q2M Prep
Gyeon Q2M Tar Q2M
Gyeon Q2M TowelWash
Gyeon Q2M Bug & Grime Cleaner
Gyeon Q2M Leather Cleaner Mild
Gyeon Q2M Leather Coat
Gyeon Q2M Tire Cleaner
Gyeon Q2M Interior Detailer
Gyeon Q2M Wheel Cleaner
Gyeon Q2M Ceramic Detailer
Sonax Profiline Perfect Finish
New MF from the Rag company
Esoteric Elite wash Sponge


Anything else I am missing, I am not a fan of claying sometimes as it introduces marring and therefore will need polishing/correction on my new ride

and sadly it had the front plate bracket mounted by the dealer since I got it out of state and it's required there.

 

[CleanIT]

Re: Getting back into detailing with Gyeon products after a few years

Good choice with the MOHS Evo. Nice car :xyxthumbs:

 

[dgage]

Re: Getting back into detailing with Gyeon products after a few years

Amazing car! Congrats!

I know you said you don’t like claying but that’s immediately where my mind went. You can try the baggie test to determine how clean your paint is (fingers in a plastic bag and drag your hand across the paint). The rear end/bumper is where I feel the most contamination. You could go with a paint-safe iron dissolver but clay removes other contaminants from the paint. And there was a recent thread discussing whether the paint needs to be 100% contaminant free to allow a coating to bond the best and I think the general consensus was that a coating will bond best to contaminant free paint. But it isn’t required to be 100% contaminant free. But if it were my car, I’d use iron dissolver and then a mild clay before I polish and then apply a coating.

Only other thing is to make sure you use a panel wipe (Gyeon Prep) prior to applying the coating.

 

[noorth]

Do you own a polisher? Gyeon primer might be a go option for a very fine polish and its extra insurance your panels are free of polish residue, in theory at least.

You'll need gyeon prep - very nice product.

 

[The Guz]

Have fun. You have everything you need. Since you are going to polish, claying is not an issue. But check to see if claying is a must. If not skip it.

As mentioned get yourself a panel wipe. Perfect Finish is a good option.

 

[armoredsaint]

Do you own a polisher? Gyeon primer might be a go option for a very fine polish and its extra insurance your panels are free of polish residue, in theory at least.

You'll need gyeon prep - very nice product.

yep, have the prep and iron, i do have a Griots branded DA polisher

 

[noorth]

yep, have the prep and iron, i do have a Griots branded DA polisher

Perfect finish will work on any medium foam pad for a nice 1 step. I have the first generation griots 15mm longthrow. Its a very well built machine, i love that thing lol

I'm no pro but i have tried a number of pads the last 4 years or so. The lake country orange CCS/HDO is my favorite polishing pad. It has a great "ride". But everyone is different as they say. Rupes yellow foam does seem a little stiffer so it might correct a little bit more - splitting hairs though i'd imagine. Rupes pad are stiff however so expect some pad skipping unless your technique is really on point. Even the white skipped on me a few days ago, it's annoying. I actually don't like the Rupes yellow and white foam pads much anymore. I tried to sell them lol locally polishing is not common here.