You Won't Believe This BMW, (tore up) Seeing Is Believing - Page 5

karburn · 06-27-08, 05:26

Yee-Haa! [is what your customer hopefully said

] You should have a customer for life after that fantastic correction.

JoshVette · 06-27-08, 03:41

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Originally Posted by karburn

Yee-Haa! [is what your customer hopefully said

] You should have a customer for life after that fantastic correction.

Thanks, yes he was happy with the job and planning on getting his black Mercedes to me sometime soon also.

zoomzoom mazda5 · 06-27-08, 03:45

Love that silver on the BMW Josh!, you did a awesome correction to return it the way it should look!

Denzil · 06-27-08, 05:17

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Originally Posted by JoshVette

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.

Yeah, right now I'm working on the old '89 BMW 525i on my driveway and I'm still wetsanding the entire car. The paint is really stubborn and it's definitely a chore to wetsand the entire car by hand. I have also thought about picking up an air sander like Bryan's (gmblack3a). In an effort to keep it as even as possible I use the Meguiar's E-7200 Sanding Backing Pad.

FlatFourRS · 06-30-08, 09:52

That man owes you his life! lol... or wife! KIDDING. Great job!

Jek Hawkins · 06-30-08, 12:57

THAT is some pretty astonishing work man! :-O!! Good job!!

JoshVette · 06-30-08, 08:20

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Originally Posted by zoomzoom mazda5

Love that silver on the BMW Josh!, you did a awesome correction to return it the way it should look!

Thanks, I really like the color as well, it's a grey and silver mixture and I think it's looks killer, especially after it's been fully polished.

JoshVette · 06-30-08, 08:23

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Originally Posted by Denzil

Yeah, right now I'm working on the old '89 BMW 525i on my driveway and I'm still wetsanding the entire car. The paint is really stubborn and it's definitely a chore to wetsand the entire car by hand. I have also thought about picking up an air sander like Bryan's (gmblack3a). In an effort to keep it as even as possible I use the Meguiar's E-7200 Sanding Backing Pad.

I saw one of those sanding blocks in action today on a client showing me how to remove orange peel and they seem to work very well. I'm going to wetsand a few cars before I step up to the air sanders I think. I want to really know what I'm doing first.

JoshVette · 06-30-08, 08:24

FlatfourRS, Jekhawkins, thanks for the kind words.

snowskate · 06-30-08, 09:35

Anyone would be proud to own that car now!
Those shots look so liquid!
I'm curious, because some scratches remain, did you decide not to IPA or Prepsol for fear that you'd feel like you could never finish on time/budget?

JoshVette · 07-01-08, 05:13

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Originally Posted by snowskate

Anyone would be proud to own that car now!
Those shots look so liquid!
I'm curious, because some scratches remain, did you decide not to IPA or Prepsol for fear that you'd feel like you could never finish on time/budget?

Thanks, to answer your question, no. I've IPA'd enough cars and enough of my processes to know what the products I use do, so I don't see any need to IPA every car.

Besides, these scratches were pretty deep, I doubt they will be able to be covered up.

99blackSE · 07-01-08, 06:50

Holy smokes Josh, my mouth dropped when I seen the befores! Marvelous save!