Help With Carbon Black Bmw

[david g]

ive just purchased a carbon black bmw 5 series with dealer swirls that came free of charge ,ive tired taking them out but ive been left with some buffer marks.
i used SSR 2.5 followed by SSR1 and poorboys professional blue ,but then it rained and i was unable to use EXP or nattys blue
What do you suggest to get the buffer marks out or would i be better off letting someone from this site detail the car back to showroom condition?

[JDookie]

It still doesn't look good after polishing? You have the perfect products, what was your process? By hand? PC? Sure, you could pay someone to do this, but since it's a black car and you obviously care about how it looks or you wouldn't be here right now, I think you would prefer to learn how to do it yourself so you can keep it up, no? Just be patient and we'll get you on the right track. No worries.

[david g]

My process was as follows
1 wash with poorboys slick and suds
2 clay with meguiars quick detailer
3 SSR 2.5 on speed 4
4 SSR 1 on speed 4
5 poorboys professional polish by hand
it then rained and the car looked great but this morning the sun came out and there are buffer marks all ove r

[Alex Creasey]

David,

Turn the PC up to speed 5 for the SSR 2.5, even up to speed 6 if a heavier mark or scratch. Also depends what kind of pad your using? *I've* never needed more than a polishing pad with 2.5 and never get buffer marks, you do need a bit of speed through the polisher though to get the pad moving fast enough to break the abrasives down.

Also how long have you been working each section? Say a 1/3rd of a panel or 1/4 of the bonnet. You'll need to give the product a bit of time to break down and polish out which should ultimately leave you with no buffer marks.

Hope this helps.
Cheers.

[JDookie]

Alex is dead on with his suggestions. You need to remember that you are *working* the product, not *applying* it. You should be working each section (roughly 2ft x 2ft) on speed 5, moving around 1/2 to 1 inch per second (yes, a snail's pace), and with enough product to work that area for a minute or two before it starts to dry up. Once the polish starts to dust and/or starts to disappear, then remove any excess that's left over.

If you don't work it this way, you'll never remove anything. With a finish like you are describing, I would use SSR2.5 with a cutting pad first, then follow with another SSR2.5 pass but this time with a polishing pad, and finally SSR1 with a polishing pad. Once you get to the PP, I'd either use a very light polishing pad or finishing pad on speed 5 working it the very same way as the other polishes.

All together, that's four full polishing passes on your car so this is going to take a while. You have to be patient through this process since it's the absolute most important steps of the detail.

Hope this helps.

[pugoman]

David, where are you based in the UK?

[david g]

BLANTYRE near GLASGOW

[Sebony]

Once yours is ok I will bring you my CB M3!