This BMW has been outside 24/7 since it was new. The owner had it cleaned at the car wash. It was recently in an accident and had new paint on the hood and right front quarter panel. That's when he noticed the rest of the car didn't match so he called for a detail.
Here's the process:
Wheel/Tires/Wheel Wells
Amazing Roll Off; AA Tire Foam; DP Gel Tire Gloss; Klasse AIO to seal wheels.
Wash and Dry
NTS7 Shampoo; Cobra Chenille/MF Mitt (green one); Elect. Blower; Guzzler
Paint
Meguiars clay and lube; Ran out of lube so mixed DP 4 in 1, 32:1 and put it in the Megs sprayer (love the way it sprays).
Menzerna SIP-rotary w/8" Edge 2K Blue Wool @1200 to 900 at finish.
Menzerna 106FF-rotary w/8" Edge 2K Blue Foam @1200
XMT 360-PC 7424 w/6" Edge 2K Green-spread at 2 bumped to 5
Souveran Paste Wax
Interior
Not bad enough to see a big difference in pics so no before and afters. Here's what was used.
303 Cleaner 20:1, 303 Aerospace Protectant, Woolite 8:1 carpets, Folex carpet stains, Wolfgang Leather Cleaner, Wolfgang Leather Protectant.
Engine
Not bad but I did it anyway. Zep Citrus Degreaser 1:1; AA Tire Foam; run engine to "bake on" (Justin method).
Glass
Stoners IG pump; Cobra Glass WW
BEFORE
AFTER
BEFORE
This is actually an in between pic. I told Sparkie that I would do a review on "Amazing Roll Off" to see if we could use it diluted. Here's what I found. In the above pic. the left side of the wheel got ARO full strength (aimed the brush so I'd know); the right side got ARO 1:1. The AG site says ARO's cleaning is water activated so I made sure that I added the water a couple of days in advance. It worked diluted but took more agitation to do its job than the straight ARO side. My thoughts are if it is some cleaning that involves the paint (door jambs, etc.) then a freshly diluted mix 1:1 is OK. It is clear coat safe at full strength though. Since it is used by spraying on wet panels I'm thinking full strength is probably best. It just seems like I'm going through it fast.
AFTER
More Afters:
AKA twinkle toes
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