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Nikku Detailed: 17 year old BMW 320i.. grrr
Ok so lets get started.
This was a real tough one. I was very surprised when I saw the condition of the car. First off the car has been resprayed at least twice. Paint was measured to be as low as 36 and as high as 430. Yes i know. Not only that the clearcoat varied. While some areas were semi soft white others were super hard. So lets just say I had to pretty much use everything I had. I spent about 18-20 hours just on the paint and nothing else. I did not do any wetsanding as that would have taken too much time and considering the amount of variables I was up against I left that out and focused on the overall outcome. I was aiming for 75% but I think I was able to attain 80%. You be the judge. Anyways on to the detail. Wash Optimum No Rinse Groute Sponge Two Buckets Two Grit Guards Waffle Weave Drying Towel Buffing Towels Clay Riccardo Yellow Chemical Guys Synthetic QD for clay lube Paint Correction Meguiars M105 Menzerna SIP Menzerna PF Menzerna PO85rd 3M Ultrafina Tufbuf Wool Pads Sonus Yellow Sonus White Sonus Blue LC Yellow 4 inch LC Orange 4 inch LC White 4 inch LSP Collinite 476 Window RainX Equipment 3M Sungun Fenix TK10 Halogens Positector 6000 Metabo PC7424 BEFORES http://i573.photobucket.com/albums/s...MW320i1jpg.jpg http://i573.photobucket.com/albums/s...i/BMW320i2.jpg http://i573.photobucket.com/albums/s...i/BMW320i3.jpg http://i573.photobucket.com/albums/s...i/BMW320i4.jpg http://i573.photobucket.com/albums/s...i/BMW320i5.jpg http://i573.photobucket.com/albums/s...i/BMW320i6.jpg http://i573.photobucket.com/albums/s...i/BMW320i7.jpg http://i573.photobucket.com/albums/s...i/BMW320i8.jpg http://i573.photobucket.com/albums/s...i/BMW320i9.jpg http://i573.photobucket.com/albums/s.../BMW320i10.jpg http://i573.photobucket.com/albums/s.../BMW320i16.jpg http://i573.photobucket.com/albums/s.../BMW320i17.jpg http://i573.photobucket.com/albums/s.../BMW320i18.jpg http://i573.photobucket.com/albums/s.../BMW320i19.jpg http://i573.photobucket.com/albums/s.../BMW320i20.jpg http://i573.photobucket.com/albums/s.../BMW320i21.jpg http://i573.photobucket.com/albums/s.../BMW320i22.jpg http://i573.photobucket.com/albums/s.../BMW320i25.jpg http://i573.photobucket.com/albums/s.../BMW320i26.jpg http://i573.photobucket.com/albums/s.../BMW320i27.jpg Paint Measurement http://i573.photobucket.com/albums/s.../BMW320i28.jpg http://i573.photobucket.com/albums/s.../BMW320i29.jpg http://i573.photobucket.com/albums/s.../BMW320i31.jpg http://i573.photobucket.com/albums/s.../BMW320i32.jpg http://i573.photobucket.com/albums/s.../BMW320i34.jpg http://i573.photobucket.com/albums/s.../BMW320i35.jpg http://i573.photobucket.com/albums/s.../BMW320i36.jpg During Apparently the hood was "repainted" and then apparently it was sanded to hell and yes with the low paint readings in the first place. Boy what can you do... So with the hood having such low paint readings varying from 36-70+ microns I had to be very careful. I made a call to the client to let him know the situation with the hood and how he would like me to proceed. He told me to do the best that I could and the best that I could it was. I settled on SIP, PO85rd and ultrafina but after each I took measurements so I'm within a comfortable means. The area where it was 36 microns I only went with one pass of Menzerna Powerfinish. http://i573.photobucket.com/albums/s.../BMW320i37.jpg http://i573.photobucket.com/albums/s.../BMW320i38.jpg http://i573.photobucket.com/albums/s.../BMW320i39.jpg http://i573.photobucket.com/albums/s.../BMW320i40.jpg http://i573.photobucket.com/albums/s.../BMW320i41.jpg http://i573.photobucket.com/albums/s.../BMW320i42.jpg Trunk. Yes... the trunk. It has been repainted at least once. It was just as much a headache as the hood without the low readings but boy was it touchy. http://i573.photobucket.com/albums/s.../BMW320i43.jpg http://i573.photobucket.com/albums/s.../BMW320i44.jpg http://i573.photobucket.com/albums/s.../BMW320i45.jpg Menzerna SIP broken down. http://i573.photobucket.com/albums/s.../BMW320i46.jpg After SIP wiped off. http://i573.photobucket.com/albums/s.../BMW320i47.jpg More compounding and polishing... http://i573.photobucket.com/albums/s.../BMW320i48.jpg http://i573.photobucket.com/albums/s.../BMW320i49.jpg http://i573.photobucket.com/albums/s.../BMW320i50.jpg |
Unreal. You put some time in but it paid dividends.
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damn. amazing work!!
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Just WOW :O
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WOW! Was not expecting it to come out that good! Thats impressive work
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Originally Posted by xlack
(Post 2872721)
damn. amazing work!!
Originally Posted by Tainui
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Unreal. You put some time in but it paid dividends.
Originally Posted by Q8y_drifter
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Just WOW :O
Originally Posted by EnviedG35
(Post 2872834)
WOW! Was not expecting it to come out that good! Thats impressive work
Thanks for looking guys. It makes it worth it when I get feedback from members. Cheers! |
greta job... got me thinking of my next project lol
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crazy skills gj.
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Is that an "Absorber" tube in the backseat? Does it belong to the client? Is that why the paint looks like that? :)
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wow... I love the after pictures for black. it's amazing... even on that old poc...
I bet the owner was planning to sell it... who in the hell keeps a 17 year old bmw.... |
Nice work :biggthumpup:
Woulda been nice to see some reflection shots out in the sun since garages tend to have low levels of light |
I love seeing these threads. Thanks for sharing.
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The first after photo...i had to do a double, triple, quadruple take just figure out wtf I was looking at! Man that reflection was f'ing amazing!
I've started doing my own detailing and I only hope I can gain half of the knowledge and skill that you have dude. F'ing amazing work! |
crazy job man
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