You Won't Believe This BMW, (tore up) Seeing Is Believing

[artikxscout]

Thanks, i never thought of using 105 with a white pad. I'll give that a try.

[JoshVette]

Originally Posted by BuffMe

Awesome job, man. It takes a lot of confidence in your skills to get it even close to the correction you did.

Thanks, I think next time I'll be a little more confident and just wet sand the whole thing and get even better results....

Now to find time to practice my sanding skills...

[JoshVette]

Originally Posted by ChrisNJ

I was actually going to say something about that! I noticed the windows in a few of those pics! That thing was hammered Awesome work though... those afters look sick

Thanks, yea the windows were the same and I just don't know how to repair windows like paint??

[JoshVette]

Originally Posted by artikxscout

Thanks, i never thought of using 105 with a white pad. I'll give that a try.

It worked extremely nice on an M5 I did. Polished the swirls out 95% with one pass and only left a slight haze behind which was easily remideed with the PC and a mild polish.

Then again the swirl on the M5 were very heavy but not deep at all so they came out very easy. If you have deeper swirls it may take a couple passes to get it to where you want it.

[jimmie jam]

amazing work . wouldn't you like to get your hands on the nice person who inflected this damage ?

you now have one more "client for life".

[Denzil]

Originally Posted by JoshVette

Thanks, I seriously contemplated wetsanding it, but I am just not confident enough in my sanding skills to wetsand that much car. I'll do a deep scratch here or there, but not entire panels.

I'd really like to invest in a Mirka system or something similar for these kinds of jobs, until then I will shy away from doing that much car by hand.

I honestly thought it would take longer to do wetsand all that? You really think it would have been faster. It took me about 7 hours just on the passenger side panels, half the trunk, part of the hood and part of the front and rear bumpers.

Thanks for any advise Toto.
Josh

Yeah Josh, you'll definitely save some time (once you get the technique down) with wetsanding instead of polishing the clearcoat away. It's a more precise way of leveling the defects and just cuts faster. It takes some getting used to but it saves a lot of time if your compound and wool just don't cut it, hehe.

[johny]

You pros amaze me. Y'all have some great stamina. I spend 5 hours on my car (just basic detailing) and I want to drop dead. I can do some minor scratch repair, but nothing like what you did.

The correction on that M3 is some of the most amazing work I have seen on this site ... ever.

[artikxscout]

Originally Posted by johny

You pros amaze me. Y'all have some great stamina. I spend 5 hours on my car (just basic detailing) and I want to drop dead. I can do some minor scratch repair, but nothing like what you did.

The correction on that M3 is some of the most amazing work I have seen on this site ... ever.

That's why Josh is one of the best

[JoshVette]

Originally Posted by jimmie jam

amazing work . wouldn't you like to get your hands on the nice person who inflected this damage ?

you now have one more "client for life".

Exactly, the owner might want to get his hands on them that's for sure.

[JoshVette]

Originally Posted by Denzil

Yeah Josh, you'll definitely save some time (once you get the technique down) with wetsanding instead of polishing the clearcoat away. It's a more precise way of leveling the defects and just cuts faster. It takes some getting used to but it saves a lot of time if your compound and wool just don't cut it, hehe.

I've done plenty of isolated scratches but never a whole car or half a car.
I'm going to have to look into some of those sanding systems, I'd hate to sand that much car by hand and risk it being uneven.

[JoshVette]

Originally Posted by johny

You pros amaze me. Y'all have some great stamina. I spend 5 hours on my car (just basic detailing) and I want to drop dead. I can do some minor scratch repair, but nothing like what you did.

The correction on that M3 is some of the most amazing work I have seen on this site ... ever.

Wow, thanks for the great compliment.

Well, this is what I do full time, so it's not like I put in 8-10 at the office first and then come home and do another 5 on the car, I would definately feel the same as you... Also, on a full correction (8 hour job) I'll easily go through a 6 pack of gatoraide and a few things of water a good breakfast, orange juice, powerbar and a big lunch too. Taking a few little breaks here and there really helps keep the energy levels up also.

[JoshVette]

Originally Posted by artikxscout

That's why Josh is one of the best

You guys are too kind. Thanks for the compliments everyone, they really mean a lot.

Josh