2001 BMW 740i

[AL417]

You did an awesome job on that one. Reflection shot is outta this world, Souveran kicks A$$.

[Sevenrd]

Originally Posted by supercharged

Awesome! Was clear coat so hard that you needed a rotary?

It was single-stage paint. It's not that it was particularly hard, it was just heavily swirlled. The PC would've taken too long. I actually did two passes on a portion of the hood with the PC using with Meg's 83. There was definite improvement, but still a lot of swirllng left. That's when I decided the rotary would be the better tool for the job.

Thanks for the kind words, everyone!

[supercharged]

Originally Posted by Sevenrd

It was single-stage paint. It's not that it was particularly hard, it was just heavily swirlled. The PC would've taken too long. I actually did two passes on a portion of the hood with the PC using with Meg's 83. There was definite improvement, but still a lot of swirllng left. That's when I decided the rotary would be the better tool for the job.

Thanks for the kind words, everyone!

I see.

[sparkie]

Sevenrd, awesome work there.
(OP yellow edge pad @ 1500 - couple passes in certain areas) I haven't used the yellow pad with my rotary yet. Eh, that's scary to me, oh well I need to give that a try.LOL
(OP blue edge pad @ 1100) I always thought that pad was for LSP. I learned something new.
Great work my man.

[Truls]

Great work, love those reflection pictures. Souveran on black is just plain gloss.

[Sevenrd]

Originally Posted by Totoland Mach

GREAT JOB! Good to see I'm not the only Black Bimmer "corrector" out there!

Very nice looking car for a 2001.

Thanks for posting .... u-da-man!

Toto

Toto, you do absolutely amazing work on those Bimmers. I really appreciate the comments. Your work kicks butt on mine. Maybe someday...if I ever go full time with this...I'll make a run at you.

And Sparkie, the yellow/blue pad combo with OP worked great. I was really impressed with OP on this detail. Using the yellow edge pad gave me the cut needed to remove some pretty major defects. I had some stronger polishes at hand, but really didn't want to deal with the dusting and quick breakdown. I decided that if I could find the right OP/pad combo to achieve what I was after I'd go that route, and if not I'd switch to a stronger polish. The yellow pad with OP did the trick. And finishing with the blue pad basically let OP do its work to clear up the finish without the pad doing much cutting. No dusting, long work times. I have an order in for OC and OHC.

Because I finished this car after sunset, I followed-up with the owner in case he came across any holograms the next day. He reported none. If OC and OHC work as well as OP, I'll be using them exclusively untill/unless something better comes around. My other polishes work well, but the minimal dust and incredibly long work times put, at least OP, in a different class. Hopefully OC and OHC will perform similarly.

[dengood1]

Man, I need to take some classes on using a rotary! What does everyone think about AG posting some videos of how to use a rotary, like the "how to" videos with the PC? Looks outstanding.....I'm sure the customer was impressed!

[Nica]

Oh that would be awesome if AG did that dengood1. You got my vote for it.

That BMW looks very nice, amazing the difference you made on it. It looks really good.

[Meghan]

Originally Posted by dengood1

Man, I need to take some classes on using a rotary! What does everyone think about AG posting some videos of how to use a rotary, like the "how to" videos with the PC? Looks outstanding.....I'm sure the customer was impressed!

It is on my to do list!

[turbos17]

Bling bling!