9 year old Bimmer

[richy]

This car also belongs to someone I work with. It has had some paint work done to it, and the BIG challenge on this one was all the chips in the hood. The owner had asked me what to do, so I suggested that he fill them in with touch up paint so they could harden before I got my hands on it. Well, when it showed up, the hood had SO MANY spots from the touch up, it reminded me of a 13 year old boy in DIRE need of some benzoyl peroxide!! Zit city, baby! You can see the pic with the terry towel on the hood-look at all the paint on it! Otherwise, it was ok for its age. It gets stored in the winter, so it's pretty nice, although it did need correction. I used a wool pad for this one too. I used a combination of wet sanding and Langka for the touch up levelling. There is a learning curve to the Langka, and I was getting pretty good at it after a while. You gotta play with the pressure you use, though. This car, like the Infi G35, got DG 501 with a foam (gray in this case) pad after using the compound. I used my new X3 polish with wool, followed by it using foam (white). I like this stuff. The car also had recently been oil sprayed which was all over the paint too. To solve that, I foamed 1st and then applied the wash soap directly to the wash mitt for each panel...viola. The PDR guy came by on this one too. The headlights also got SIP with foam, DG plastic lens cleaner with foam too.

THE PROCESS:

Wheels/Tires:
SC on wheels
ARO on Tires
Wells got Fantastic
Wells subsequently treated with Adams US
Wheels cleaned with DG 501 and sealed with JS 109
Tires with DP gel

PAINT:
Foam with Gilmour
2 bucket wash with direct apply soap
Clay with Riccardo
Wet sanding
Langka spot correction (2 hours just to do hood)
X3 with rotary and wool
X3 with rotary and white foam
DG 501 with rotary and gray foam
DG 601 by hand
DG 105 applied/removed by hand
AW after curing

EXTERIOR:
Chrome exhaust tips with Megs WB followed by Blue Magic
Trim done with DP tire gel
Glass with IG
Headlight lens with SIP and DG plastic lens cleaner

INTERIOR:
Mats washed and treated with Tire spray
Carpet spot treated with Folex and then steam cleaned
Seats got 303 Aerospace
Trim panels cleaned with Woolite:water
Trim panels treated with 303

BEFORES:







AFTERS:

[94LT1]

im sorry forgive me but what does AW stand for again?

[charliehaley]

I believe its Aqua Wax but i might be wrong.

[sparkie]

She turned out beautiful....Wow...

[sparkie]

Originally Posted by charliehaley

I believe its Aqua Wax but i might be wrong.

Here you go...

Duragloss Aquawax (AW) #951

[richy]

Originally Posted by sparkie

She turned out beautiful....Wow...

Thanks Sparkie..I was really impressed with the effect DG 501 had on the paint.

[Rsurfer]

Nice job Richy. Awesome job on the trim, nice and black.

[killrflake]

You really did a great job. That red paint pops out at you and the trim and wheels look fresh and crisp. Your friend owes you big time for that fantastic turn around.

[Bruce B]

Nice work Richy !
Any close ups of the chip repair ?
BTW, received no reply back from 303. (looks like the cleaner was just renamed).

[supercharged]

Came out very nice!