WaxWerks Detailed: 1997 Black Supercharged M3 Paint Correction

[bretster]

Here's my nearly 200 picture write-up on a 1997 Stage 2 Supercharged E36. Nick and I exchanged messages over bf.c over a couple of weeks before this detail and between hurricanes and earthquakes we finally got it done. He requested to really work on the wheels and get the hood perfect as it had no reflection or clarity at all after getting a "clear" done. Onto the write-up

What was done:
- Before pictures
- Wheels hit with Sonax full effect and meguiars wheel brightener
- Tires treated with Adams APC and prima nero
- Engine treated with in and out spray
- exterior wash using lusso auto bathe and foam gun w/ CG MSii
- door jambs cleaned as well as hood and trunk jambs
- Prima nero on undercarriage
- clayed entire exterior including windows
- taped up
- 3 step - m105 -> menz sip -> menz super finish -> menz powerlock
- rubber and vinyl cleaned w/ In and Out, Prima nero
- exhaust tips cleaned and polished
- windows clayed again and cleaned with prima clarity
- wheels polished with meguiars wheel polish

Interior:
- leather cleaned with lexol
- vacuum
- trims treated with prima nero and in n out spray
- interior glass cleaned with clarity

Products used:
Exterior wash:
- Lusso auto bath
- Gilmour Foam gun w/ CG MaxiSuds
- Uber wool wash mitt
- Blue microfiber wash mitt
- Uber super drying microfiber towel
- Prima nero on undercarriage

Engine:
- Adams In n out spray

Interior:
- Lexol Cleaner and Conditioner
- Uber leather cleaning brush
- In n out and Prima Clarity and Nero to clean the trims

Paint correction:
- Porter Cable PC 7424XP
- Flex PE-14
- Uber green and orange 5.5 pads
- Surbuf pads 5.5
- Megs 105
- Menz superfinish
- Menz SIP
- Menz Powerlock

Now for the pictures

adams apc on the tires did a real good job cleaning them up

note the stained barrel

sheeting the car with open ended hose to make drying easier

clay

 

[bretster]

polishing out with menz sip

SoGood

before interior pictures

afters in the interior

 

[bretster]

back to paint correction

 

[bretster]

testing wheel polish

bootleg wheel polish 5050, can really see the difference here though

microfiber was nasty after this

onto the hood, which had no clarity and needed alot of help. took about 3 compounding swings with 105 and surbuf but i eventually got a real good shine out of it

before

after

finishing the hood the next morning

new PC polisher comes mid detail, breaks it out following my compounding marks

post polish wash

 

[bretster]

foam washed to strip polishing oils

pre-sealant/wax shine and reflection

menz powerlock ftmfw

finishing up the rest of the wheels while the car cures

cooling the engine before applying in and out

before

after

 

[bretster]

finished, waiting for delivery

finally, sun pictures

another happy customer

Thanks for looking

 

[Navi]

looking good , my friend ! Did you use any glaze before wax ?

 

[Robert8194]

Looks great. How long did that process take you?

 

[bretster]

Looks great. How long did that process take you?

Just about 22 hours :xyxthumbs:

looking good , my friend ! Did you use any glaze before wax ?

Nope, no glaze. Menz Power Lock and Swissvax Blau Weiss