Alpine White BMW 330d Detailed (again) by Lawrence

[lawrenceSA]

This daily driver had some work done on the passenger side rear 1/4 panel and unfortunately the panel beater left the whole car full of buffer trails. The paint was also heavily contaminated and so the plan was to get it clean and decontaminated, give the paint a simple 1 step correction to remove the buffer trails and most of the swirls - not to make it as perfect as reasonably possible - and then to protect it. It included the interior and basic wipe down of the 'dust' in the engine bay.


Paint readings were, on average:
OEM Aluminium 90µ
OEM Steel 110µ
Repaint 240µ


The fender liners, tyres, wheels and calipers were cleaned by first pressure rinsing away any loose dirt, followed by Carchem APC @1:5 which was left to dwell then agitated and pressure rinsed off. The wheels were then decontaminated using TAC System Iron Zero and Carpro Tar-x.


Before


http://i1217.photobucket.com/albums/dd393/polo_playa/Detailing%20-%20GG%20330D%202nd/untitled-8_zps6l98wwis.jpg


After


http://i1217.photobucket.com/albums/dd393/polo_playa/Detailing%20-%20GG%20330D%202nd/untitled-9_zpszp6cmbfz.jpg


The tyres and fender liners were then dressed using Carpro PERL and then wheels protected with Carpo Hydro.


The door shuts, boot shut, inside the fuel filler cap, in and around the badges and emblems and all the honeycomb areas were then sprayed with Carchem APC @1:5 and agitated before being rinsed. The car itself was then foamed using Turtle Wax Hyperfoam and pressure rinsed to rid it of any loose dirt, followed by a 2 bucket wash using Carchem Luxury Shampoo.


The paint was then decontaminated using TAC System Iron Zero, Carpro Tar-x and Shield Heavy Duty Clay.


http://i1217.photobucket.com/albums/dd393/polo_playa/Detailing%20-%20GG%20330D%202nd/untitled-18_zps6vqs0gku.jpg


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With the paint now 'bare' it was time to correct it. As mentioned earlier the objective was a simple one step and after a few test spots,


Left correct, right side not.


http://i1217.photobucket.com/albums/dd393/polo_playa/Detailing%20-%20GG%20330D%202nd/untitled-68_zpsn2pxm0a7.jpg


Before


http://i1217.photobucket.com/albums/dd393/polo_playa/Detailing%20-%20GG%20330D%202nd/untitled-71_zpsq3ofzbm0.jpg


After


http://i1217.photobucket.com/albums/dd393/polo_playa/Detailing%20-%20GG%20330D%202nd/untitled-72_zpsvhhd4vvg.jpg


The paint was then protected using TAC System Quartz Max


The interior comprised of:


Brush
Vacuum
Clean the leather, rubbers and plastics with Carchem APC @1:20
Damp wipe down
Dry wipe
Protect leather with Collinite 855 and plastics with Optimum Optiseal
Clean the glass with DNA-e Glass Cleaner
Vacuum


The exhaust tips were given a quick polish with Meguiars NXT All Metal Polish


Before


http://i1217.photobucket.com/albums/dd393/polo_playa/Detailing%20-%20GG%20330D%202nd/untitled-63_zps6ldymnmz.jpg


After


http://i1217.photobucket.com/albums/dd393/polo_playa/Detailing%20-%20GG%20330D%202nd/untitled-65_zps4rwomah0.jpg


The exterior plastics and door rubbers were cleaned using Shield Heavy Duty Vinyl and Rubber Cleaner and protected using Carpro PERL.


Here's a few after shots


http://i1217.photobucket.com/albums/dd393/polo_playa/Detailing%20-%20GG%20330D%202nd/untitled-75-HDR_zpszskc77vu.jpg


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http://i1217.photobucket.com/albums/dd393/polo_playa/Detailing%20-%20GG%20330D%202nd/untitled-82_zpsw7lnrrvd.jpg


http://i1217.photobucket.com/albums/dd393/polo_playa/Detailing%20-%20GG%20330D%202nd/untitled-104_zpskyxjcxud.jpg


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http://i1217.photobucket.com/albums/dd393/polo_playa/Detailing%20-%20GG%20330D%202nd/untitled-109_zpsojjibyr5.jpg


Total time taken 26 hours.


As always thanks for looking and any questions or comments are welcome.


:hi:

[Bobby B.]

Great job Lawrence! I've always loved the Alpine White BMW's.

[Paul A.]

Looks awesome Lawrence, as usual! I may have missed it but what did you use for the 1 step correction? I have the same car coming up Saturday.

[lawrenceSA]

Thanks guys. It was menzerna fg400 on orange lake country hybrids on the flex 3401

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[Paul A.]

Wow! Thanks. That is exactly what I was thinking of testing. And I mean EXACTLY. I love orange hybrids on my Flex 3401 with HCC400.

[A5IS]

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[BrentCherry]

Awesome Finish Shots

[bodidly]

Africa's finest detailer - Beautiful work as always Lawrence