Sunday, March 18, 2012

BMW E90 3 series sports tourer paint correction | Midlands

Not much in the way of complete pictorial documentation but we have just detailed this lovely BMW sports tourer over the weekend. The main aim for teh client was to eliminate a good level of scratches | swirl markings in the paintwork along with jewelling the finish to a very high level of gloss.
















Vehicle received the following:

- Rinse wheels thoroughly.
- Apply non acid cleaner to inside & outside of wheels.
- Agitate with various soft bristle brushes.
- Rinse wheels thoroughly.
- Apply citrus based degreaser to wheel arches.
- Agitate with various soft bristle brushes.
- Rinse thoroughly.
- Apply citrus based degreaser to all lower sections of the vehicle to remove road grime | traffic film and bug debris.
- Rinse thoroughly.
- Apply citrus based degreaser to all doorshute | boot shut.
- Agitate with various brushes.
- Rinse clean.
- Rinse whole vehicle.
- Wash from top to bottom using 2 buckets | grit guards, Lambswool wash mitt and - the finest pH neutral shampoo.
- Rinse thoroughly.
- Apply dedicated tar remover, leave to dwell them wipe clean with soft microfiber towels.
- Rinse thoroughly.
- Decontaminate vehicle including wheels with Iron x to remove iron | metal contamination.
- Rinse thoroughly.
- Remove bonded contaminants with claybar readying paintwork for pre-wax application.
- Final rinse.
- Dry using dense pile quality drying towels.

- Vehicle will be assessed with various lights and paint depth gauge ( PTG ) to measure painted surfaces.
- A 2 -3 stage pad and polish combination will be chosen to suit your vehicles paint type to ensure an overall aesthetic transformation is achieved with regards to depth of finish. High gloss imparted and a potential 70 - 80% decrease in visible swirls marks and fine scratches.
- Apply dedicated pre-wax cleaner | polish to all vehicles painted surfaces including doorshuts by hand.
- Remove using high quality microfiber towels.
- Apply high % by volume premium carnauba wax.
- Remove using dense pile microfiber towels.
- Treat | dress all exterior trim.
- Treat | dress wheel arches.
- Seal wheels with ptfe grade wheel sealant.
- Treat | dress tyres.
- Clean exterior glass.
- Seal exterior glass with nano sealant.
- Polish | seal exhaust.

Level of defect:

















And after some multiple stages of paint correction polishing via rotary machine polishing:



















Plenty of this the contend with over the 2 days:

















Leaving some great results and an extreme high level of gloss:

















Along with a glass like reflection:

















Shame it was raining on and off for the duration of day 2. No completed pictures of the vehicle but needless to say, a valiant effort which was extremely rewarding for both Beau Technique and the client.