Detailer's Domain: Busy BMW Day - M5 Paint Correction / M3 Detail
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Subject 1: BMW M3
Requirements: Exterior Detail - Wash, AutoScrub, Polish, Wax - Engine Clean Up
This one came in to us in great shape. Not much needed just some light marring and protection.
Exterior
- Wheels were prepped with Sonax Wheel Cleaner and cleaned up with various brushes
- Tires were spritzed down with Adam’s All Purpose Cleaner and washed down
- Wheel wells were cleaned up
- Washed with 1Z einszett W99
- Aquartz Iron Cut
- Wash down and rinsed
- Door jambs were cleaned up
- Nano Scrub AutoScrub
- Dried
- Tires dressed
- Masking
- Paint Measurement
- Menzerna SF4000 with Uber Green Pad - Griots Orbital
- Sonax Carnauba Wax
- Wheel wells were cleaned and dressed
- Rubber and Plastics Treated
- Exterior windows and mirrors cleaned and sealed
- Exhaust tips cleaned
- Windows were autoscrubed, cleaned, and sealed
- Engine Detailed
Links to products used -
1Z einszett W99
Aquartz Iron Cut
Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner
NanoSkin AutoScrub System
Menzerna SF4000
Sonax Carnauba Wax
1Z einszett Vinyl Rubber Care
Optimum Metal Polish
Engine
Uber Engine Detailing Kit
Tools used
Uber Wool Wash Mitt
Uber No Name MF Towels
Griot's 6 inch Random Orbital Polisher
Uber Buffing Pads
Defelsko Paint Meter
Fenix TK35
Brinkmann
Kranzle Pressure Washer
Cam Spray Foam Canon
2 Grit Guard Buckets with Caddies
Uber Firehose Nozzle
Metro Air Force Blaster
Metro Jumbo Vac N Blow
Before
![](http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/55oakstnorwood/kelvinm5m3/DSC_6888.jpg)
Engine Before
![](http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/55oakstnorwood/kelvinm5m3/DSC_6889.jpg)
Engine After
![](http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/55oakstnorwood/kelvinm5m3/DSC_6912.jpg)
![](http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/55oakstnorwood/kelvinm5m3/DSC_6910.jpg)
Prep - Wash - Wheels - Tires - Autoscrub
Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner
![](http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/55oakstnorwood/kelvinm5m3/DSC_6884.jpg)
![](http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/55oakstnorwood/kelvinm5m3/DSC_6887.jpg)
![](http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/55oakstnorwood/kelvinm5m3/DSC_6892.jpg)
![](http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/55oakstnorwood/kelvinm5m3/DSC_6893.jpg)
![](http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/55oakstnorwood/kelvinm5m3/DSC_6894.jpg)
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![](http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/55oakstnorwood/kelvinm5m3/DSC_6897.jpg)
![](http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/55oakstnorwood/kelvinm5m3/DSC_6898.jpg)
Requirements: Exterior Detail - Wash, AutoScrub, Polish, Wax - Engine Clean Up
This one came in to us in great shape. Not much needed just some light marring and protection.
Exterior
- Wheels were prepped with Sonax Wheel Cleaner and cleaned up with various brushes
- Tires were spritzed down with Adam’s All Purpose Cleaner and washed down
- Wheel wells were cleaned up
- Washed with 1Z einszett W99
- Aquartz Iron Cut
- Wash down and rinsed
- Door jambs were cleaned up
- Nano Scrub AutoScrub
- Dried
- Tires dressed
- Masking
- Paint Measurement
- Menzerna SF4000 with Uber Green Pad - Griots Orbital
- Sonax Carnauba Wax
- Wheel wells were cleaned and dressed
- Rubber and Plastics Treated
- Exterior windows and mirrors cleaned and sealed
- Exhaust tips cleaned
- Windows were autoscrubed, cleaned, and sealed
- Engine Detailed
Links to products used -
1Z einszett W99
Aquartz Iron Cut
Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner
NanoSkin AutoScrub System
Menzerna SF4000
Sonax Carnauba Wax
1Z einszett Vinyl Rubber Care
Optimum Metal Polish
Engine
Uber Engine Detailing Kit
Tools used
Uber Wool Wash Mitt
Uber No Name MF Towels
Griot's 6 inch Random Orbital Polisher
Uber Buffing Pads
Defelsko Paint Meter
Fenix TK35
Brinkmann
Kranzle Pressure Washer
Cam Spray Foam Canon
2 Grit Guard Buckets with Caddies
Uber Firehose Nozzle
Metro Air Force Blaster
Metro Jumbo Vac N Blow
Before
![](http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/55oakstnorwood/kelvinm5m3/DSC_6888.jpg)
Engine Before
![](http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/55oakstnorwood/kelvinm5m3/DSC_6889.jpg)
Engine After
![](http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/55oakstnorwood/kelvinm5m3/DSC_6912.jpg)
![](http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/55oakstnorwood/kelvinm5m3/DSC_6910.jpg)
Prep - Wash - Wheels - Tires - Autoscrub
Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner
![](http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/55oakstnorwood/kelvinm5m3/DSC_6884.jpg)
![](http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/55oakstnorwood/kelvinm5m3/DSC_6887.jpg)
![](http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/55oakstnorwood/kelvinm5m3/DSC_6892.jpg)
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Autoscrub
![](http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/55oakstnorwood/kelvinm5m3/DSC_6900.jpg)
Exhaust tips
Before
![](http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/55oakstnorwood/kelvinm5m3/DSC_6906.jpg)
After
![](http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/55oakstnorwood/kelvinm5m3/DSC_6907.jpg)
After shots
![](http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/55oakstnorwood/kelvinm5m3/DSC_6926.jpg)
![](http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/55oakstnorwood/kelvinm5m3/DSC_6908.jpg)
![](http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/55oakstnorwood/kelvinm5m3/DSC_6913.jpg)
![](http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/55oakstnorwood/kelvinm5m3/DSC_6914.jpg)
![](http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/55oakstnorwood/kelvinm5m3/DSC_6915.jpg)
![](http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/55oakstnorwood/kelvinm5m3/DSC_6916.jpg)
![](http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/55oakstnorwood/kelvinm5m3/DSC_6917.jpg)
![](http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/55oakstnorwood/kelvinm5m3/DSC_6918.jpg)
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Subject: BMW M5
Requirement: Paint Correction, Quick Interior
Customer required paint correction on his new to him M5 in Indy Red. Much more need in terms of correction then his well kept M3.
Exterior
- Wheels were prepped with Sonax Wheel Cleaner and cleaned up with various brushes
- Tires were spritzed down with Adam’s All Purpose Cleaner and washed down
- Wheel wells were cleaned up
- Washed with 1Z einszett W99
- Aquartz Iron Cut
- Wash down and rinsed
- Door jambs were cleaned up
- Nano Scrub AutoScrub
- Dried
- Tires dressed
- Masking
- Paint Measurement
- Meg's M105 with Surbuf - Griots Orbital
- Menzerna SF4000 with Uber Green Pad - Griots Orbital
- Victoria Wax Red
- Inspection with Fenix, 3m Sun Gun, Infratech, and natural sunlight
- Wheel wells were cleaned and dressed
- Rubber and Plastics Treated
- Exterior windows and mirrors cleaned and sealed
- Exhaust tips cleaned
- Windows were autoscrubed, cleaned, and sealed
- Interior Cleaned/Conditioned/ Vac
Products used
Links to products used -
1Z einszett W99
Aquartz Iron Cut
Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner
NanoSkin AutoScrub System
Meg's M105
Menzerna SF4000
Victoria Wax Red
1Z einszett Vinyl Rubber Care
Optimum Metal Polish
Tools used
Uber Wool Wash Mitt
Uber No Name MF Towels
Griot's 6 inch Random Orbital Polisher
Uber Buffing Pads
Defelsko Paint Meter
Fenix TK35
Brinkmann
Kranzle Pressure Washer
Cam Spray Foam Canon
2 Grit Guard Buckets with Caddies
Uber Firehose Nozzle
Metro Air Force Blaster
Metro Jumbo Vac N Blow
Before shots
![](http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/55oakstnorwood/kelvinm5m3/DSC_6807.jpg)
![](http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/55oakstnorwood/kelvinm5m3/DSC_6900.jpg)
Exhaust tips
Before
![](http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/55oakstnorwood/kelvinm5m3/DSC_6906.jpg)
After
![](http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/55oakstnorwood/kelvinm5m3/DSC_6907.jpg)
After shots
![](http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/55oakstnorwood/kelvinm5m3/DSC_6926.jpg)
![](http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/55oakstnorwood/kelvinm5m3/DSC_6908.jpg)
![](http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/55oakstnorwood/kelvinm5m3/DSC_6913.jpg)
![](http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/55oakstnorwood/kelvinm5m3/DSC_6914.jpg)
![](http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/55oakstnorwood/kelvinm5m3/DSC_6915.jpg)
![](http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/55oakstnorwood/kelvinm5m3/DSC_6916.jpg)
![](http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/55oakstnorwood/kelvinm5m3/DSC_6917.jpg)
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![](http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/55oakstnorwood/kelvinm5m3/DSC_6928.jpg)
Subject: BMW M5
Requirement: Paint Correction, Quick Interior
Customer required paint correction on his new to him M5 in Indy Red. Much more need in terms of correction then his well kept M3.
Exterior
- Wheels were prepped with Sonax Wheel Cleaner and cleaned up with various brushes
- Tires were spritzed down with Adam’s All Purpose Cleaner and washed down
- Wheel wells were cleaned up
- Washed with 1Z einszett W99
- Aquartz Iron Cut
- Wash down and rinsed
- Door jambs were cleaned up
- Nano Scrub AutoScrub
- Dried
- Tires dressed
- Masking
- Paint Measurement
- Meg's M105 with Surbuf - Griots Orbital
- Menzerna SF4000 with Uber Green Pad - Griots Orbital
- Victoria Wax Red
- Inspection with Fenix, 3m Sun Gun, Infratech, and natural sunlight
- Wheel wells were cleaned and dressed
- Rubber and Plastics Treated
- Exterior windows and mirrors cleaned and sealed
- Exhaust tips cleaned
- Windows were autoscrubed, cleaned, and sealed
- Interior Cleaned/Conditioned/ Vac
Products used
Links to products used -
1Z einszett W99
Aquartz Iron Cut
Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner
NanoSkin AutoScrub System
Meg's M105
Menzerna SF4000
Victoria Wax Red
1Z einszett Vinyl Rubber Care
Optimum Metal Polish
Tools used
Uber Wool Wash Mitt
Uber No Name MF Towels
Griot's 6 inch Random Orbital Polisher
Uber Buffing Pads
Defelsko Paint Meter
Fenix TK35
Brinkmann
Kranzle Pressure Washer
Cam Spray Foam Canon
2 Grit Guard Buckets with Caddies
Uber Firehose Nozzle
Metro Air Force Blaster
Metro Jumbo Vac N Blow
Before shots
![](http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/55oakstnorwood/kelvinm5m3/DSC_6807.jpg)
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Drying the car
![](http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/55oakstnorwood/kelvinm5m3/DSC_6823.jpg)
Autoscrub in action
![](http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/55oakstnorwood/kelvinm5m3/DSC_6826.jpg)
Correction Work
![](http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/55oakstnorwood/kelvinm5m3/DSC_6843.jpg)
![](http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/55oakstnorwood/kelvinm5m3/DSC_6841.jpg)
![](http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/55oakstnorwood/kelvinm5m3/DSC_6838.jpg)
![](http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/55oakstnorwood/kelvinm5m3/DSC_6834.jpg)
50/50 on the trim - used the same compounds and polishes on the trim as the paint
![](http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/55oakstnorwood/kelvinm5m3/DSC_6849.jpg)
![](http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/55oakstnorwood/kelvinm5m3/DSC_6848.jpg)
![](http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/55oakstnorwood/kelvinm5m3/DSC_6845.jpg)
Victoria Wax Red was used as a last step
![](http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/55oakstnorwood/kelvinm5m3/DSC_6851.jpg)
Final Rinse
![](http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/55oakstnorwood/kelvinm5m3/DSC_6856.jpg)
Tight beads from Victoria Wax Red
![](http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/55oakstnorwood/kelvinm5m3/DSC_6857.jpg)
Final touches by Dan
![](http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/55oakstnorwood/kelvinm5m3/DSC_6875.jpg)
After
![](http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/55oakstnorwood/kelvinm5m3/DSC_6871.jpg)
![](http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/55oakstnorwood/kelvinm5m3/DSC_6866.jpg)
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![](http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/55oakstnorwood/kelvinm5m3/DSC_6883.jpg)
![](http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/55oakstnorwood/kelvinm5m3/DSC_6882.jpg)
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![](http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/55oakstnorwood/kelvinm5m3/DSC_6823.jpg)
Autoscrub in action
![](http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/55oakstnorwood/kelvinm5m3/DSC_6826.jpg)
Correction Work
![](http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/55oakstnorwood/kelvinm5m3/DSC_6843.jpg)
![](http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/55oakstnorwood/kelvinm5m3/DSC_6841.jpg)
![](http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/55oakstnorwood/kelvinm5m3/DSC_6838.jpg)
![](http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/55oakstnorwood/kelvinm5m3/DSC_6834.jpg)
50/50 on the trim - used the same compounds and polishes on the trim as the paint
![](http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/55oakstnorwood/kelvinm5m3/DSC_6849.jpg)
![](http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/55oakstnorwood/kelvinm5m3/DSC_6848.jpg)
![](http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/55oakstnorwood/kelvinm5m3/DSC_6845.jpg)
Victoria Wax Red was used as a last step
![](http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/55oakstnorwood/kelvinm5m3/DSC_6851.jpg)
Final Rinse
![](http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/55oakstnorwood/kelvinm5m3/DSC_6856.jpg)
Tight beads from Victoria Wax Red
![](http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/55oakstnorwood/kelvinm5m3/DSC_6857.jpg)
Final touches by Dan
![](http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/55oakstnorwood/kelvinm5m3/DSC_6875.jpg)
After
![](http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/55oakstnorwood/kelvinm5m3/DSC_6871.jpg)
![](http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/55oakstnorwood/kelvinm5m3/DSC_6866.jpg)
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did you have a 2 for 1 special that day?
awesome work. you guys certainlty made that red paint pop.
edit: i never heard of this Auto Scrub system. based on your site, this is supposed to replace clay bars? what are your thoughts on them? they are considerably more expensive than a clay bar.
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edit: i never heard of this Auto Scrub system. based on your site, this is supposed to replace clay bars? what are your thoughts on them? they are considerably more expensive than a clay bar.
Last edited by varcity64; 05-23-12 at 09:12 AM.
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