Petrucci Detailed: 2006 Mystic Blue BMW M3

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Petrucci Detailed: 2006 Mystic Blue BMW M3

Wash:
Chemical Guys Citrus Wash & Gloss
Gilmour Foam Gun

Clayed:
Pinnacle’s Ultra Poly Clay
Chemical Guys Synthetic Quick Detailer

Paint Correction:
Flex 3403
3M Backing Plate
Menzerna Super Intensive Polish
Menzerna Nano Polish
Menzerna PO85RD
50/50 alcohol/water wipe down
CM5300
Orange LC pad
White LC pad
Grey LC pad
Blue LC pad

Protection:
Jetseal109

LSP:
Pinnacle Souveran

Trim:
303 Areospace
Chemical Guys Silk Shine Dressing

Wheels:
EZ Detail Brush
Swissvax Wheel brush
Chemical Guy’s Grime Reaper

Tools:
Detailer Domain Uber towels
3M Masking Tape





Before





Wash: I always start out with wheels first and exterior trim .. Once I’m all finish with the wheels I spray the car down and then load up my CWG in the foam gun and let it dwell on the car for a few minutes and proceed with the two bucket method.






Trunk Before:

Out of all the panels on the car, this had to be the worse and required extra time to correct. There were burn marks from the last detailer, heavy swirling and some wet sanding areas that weren’t properly accessed.









Trunk After: I use three different products to achieve these results. First was SIP with a orange pad at 1500 to 1800 rpm’s, then when the finish was corrected I finished it up with 106ff on a white pad at 1300 rpm’s thenen finally I jeweled the paint at variable speeds with a blue pad and PO85RD.

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Taillights Before:

These were also swirled badly, and required attention.



Taillights After:

This was after two passes of 106ff and a white pad.



Roof:





Again here is another picture of the roof after jewelling process was complete. Lots of clarity and depth in this picture.



Driver’s side door before:





Driver’s side door after:

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Passenger’s side door before:





Passenger’s side door after:



Hood Before





Hood 50/50 shot:

Kinda tough to see but it’s there.



Hood After



Like a mirror =)

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And here a few shots of the final product with no sealant or wax and also a little touch up on the exhaust.. The true shine of the car is all in the prep.









The final shots

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Thank you for reading! Happy polishing.

[mazdaspeed]

nice work, color looks dripping wet

[Streetlife]

Good job man, we all know, wetter is better.

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Love those M3's, looks great..........

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Originally Posted by mazdaspeed

nice work, color looks dripping wet

Originally Posted by Streetlife

Good job man, we all know, wetter is better.

Thank you for the kind words, now if only my car looked like this again.