Look what happened to my car!

[BMW443]

This is what my car looks like after being "detailed" at a local shop.

The glaze and black wax hid all of the damage for about a week.

After talking to the owner, I found out that the glaze was done with a wool pad.

(Sorry for the low quality pictures)







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How bad does it look?

[swanicyouth]

Looks pretty bad. But it can be fixed.

[Kamakaz1961]

Wow That sucks!!! swanicyouth is correct; it is fixable. I would look into the 2-step correction phase. I like Menzerna FG400 and then polish with SF4500. Flex 3401 VRG Orange Pad and White Pad. Now that is me and I am sure you will get different opinions!

I am sure there are many brands available that do the same thing. But whatever you do, DO NOT take it back to the same guy! If you can fix it yourself I would.

I feel for ya....sorry to see that on such a nice ride!!!

[rms64]

Ugh...hate to see that. It can be fixed as others have said here...and welcome to the forum!

[RTexasF]

Live and learn.

[StreetShotz]

Fixable, but clearly the "detailer" had no idea what they were doing.

Usually see this with budget detailers. How much did they charge you to install those scratches?

[GenesisCoupe]

Unless this car was 10x worse and customer opted in for a 1 step correction...

[EVOlved]

Congrats on the DISO (detailer installed swirl option) and DIHO (detailer installed hologram option).

Seriously if you post where you are I am sure we can find you someone good to take care of that. Granted it may cost a bit more than that hack did. DO NOT GO BACK TO HIM!!! Get your money back.

[Mike@DedicatedPerfection]

Hi, welcome to AGO.

Hate to see a new black M235i jacked up by a hack detailer. But this is fixable. IMO, I would invest in the tools to do it yourself so that way you can correct it now and also later on down the road.

Keep us updated so we can help you reach your goals.

-Mike

[BMW443]

Thanks for all the feedback guys. Unfortunately, I had already dropped the car off again to be fixed right before making this thread. The main issue was that the car looked slightly worse after the first detail.

The first detail (pictures from first post) I was paying for a clay, polish, glaze, then synthetic wax.

Different products and pads were used the second time (swirl remover, polish, carnauba). The swirls are less noticeable in the sun than before the first detail. Car looks decent when walking around it.


I used a different camera setting this time, so I'm not sure if those hologram lines are caused by the flash or settings:






I only paid $190 total so I guess this is acceptable for that price? I was told that wetsanding would be needed to correct it further (which I thought was BS ).

I'm looking into getting the Porter Cable 7424XP from here once I have a complete understanding of the correction process.