[Scottwax]

2005 BMW M3. Owner recently purchased the car and wanted it properly detailed. When I saw it, I knew why. Lots of mostly light buffer trails all over the car. The car also had light spider swirls.









The e-mail from the owner conveyed a price concern (in addition to the M3, he and his wife just bought a new house) so a 2 step rotary detail fit in his budget. My concern was that I'd have no problem removing the holograms but spider swirls are more stubborn. I knew I wasn't going to get the car perfect but I also wanted to make sure it looked as good as possible for what he was paying without me doing free work.

I did a couple test sections with Meguiars #205 using a yellow Meguiars polishing pad @ 1500 (finishing at 1000 rpms and light pressure) and was suprised to see not only that it was easily removing the holograms but doing a really good job on the spider swirls as well. Not only that, but the paint baking in near 100 degree temperatures in the full sun wasn't making anything reappear. After #205, I switched to 3M Ultrafine Machine Polish and a blue Ultrafina pad at 1000-1800-1000 rpms.









After an ONR wash to remove the light dusting from the polishing steps, I sealed the paint with Clearkote's Carnauba Moose.