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** Miglior Detailing ltd ** On-going Thread - Winter protection! 5 german cars
JPC:
Hi guys, well ill start off with a bmw 1 series i had in for an enhance and protect detail.
The car has 106k miles on the clock and was looking really shabby.
The owner brought it in because he was concerned about how rough the paint felt on the bonnet and all down one side. he said it felt like sandpaper. Before i saw the car i presumed it will be full of tree sap but i was wrong. It looked like all the clear coat was coming off.
I washed the car and couldnt believe how rough it was! it really was awful. after washing it gave me a better idea of what i was looking it. it looked like some sort of industrial overspray, like some form of glue maybe?
i tested a small bit of the bonnet with Megs Pro Mild clay. magic, it was bringing it off. I still treaded carefully, because it was quite scratchy. this car took about 2 hours just to clay because of this. sometimes i needed to step up to Agressive clay, and this along with what i was removing, left some slight maring.
So after i had finished claying i quickly went round the car with menz final finish. this really brought the clarity back to the paint. it got rid of 90% of the swirls, although there were still some pretty hefty marks remaining, but this wasnt booked in for a full correction.
the car was looking so much better now, it had shaved 80k miles off it!
now i moved onto a wipe down with IPA and then two coats of Z5 and a spritz of z8 afterwards.
the owner was absolutely delighted and couldnt believe how clean his car was.
more coming soon, ive not done the c63 write up yet!
VC:
excellent stuff :happy2: :happy2:
so is there a dramatic difference between the mild and aggressive clay then? at which point did you decided to change between the two?
JPC:
well....you see some coloured defects in the overspray? those ring type arrangements?
well they seemed to be the most stubborn ones, i did what i could with the mild clay. then switched to the aggressive stuff to get the rest out.
I could have probably got it all out with the green clay, with elbow grease, but that goes against what clay is about. it shouldnt need elbow grease. ive always found a less passes with a more aggressive clay is better than loads of rubbing with a mild clay
jt1:
Nice and shiney,great job :happy2: bet the owner was made up :happy2:
JPC:
certainly was, thanks mate
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