UDM on swirls

[Jngrbrdman]

This is an `00 3 series. The first issue it had was overspray from hell. I don`t know what he got into, but the car was covered in it. That makes prepwork a bit of a pain since you have to be careful to clay every square inch of the car. On black any area I missed was highly visible and I had to do it again. Just check out the density of this overspay:



http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y42/OCDetails/overspray7-7-20073-12-27PM.jpg



Not pretty. After the clay came the polish. This was the madien voyage of the UDM. I used Four Star Medium Cut Compound since that has worked so well for me on swirled Germans latley. Using the white pad that came in my Autogeek pad kit I went to work. I`d say they came out pretty nicely.



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http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y42/OCDetails/after7-7-20074-48-47PM.jpg



There are a few marks left that could have benefited from some more polishing, but one pass with 4* MCC seems to do the trick for the most part. A firmer cutting pad and this polish would be a great combo. I`m definitley stocking up on this stuff. www.Danase.com seems to be one of the last places to get the 4* line of polishes. If anyone else knows where I can get some then I would love to know.



The sun had passed behind some trees by the time I got done, so I didn`t get great after shots. Forgive these money shots in the shade, but it was all I was able to get. I finished it with Danase Wet Glaze. It is really a nice product for black that I have been getting great results with. I had considered using Wolfgang on it, but the owner was there and he said I could experiment. :) If nothing else then these low light pictures show off how good this product looks on black in the evening when the sun goes down.



http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y42/OCDetails/best7-7-20076-29-10PM.jpg



http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y42/OCDetails/BMW/17-7-20076-27-55PM.jpg



The engine was detailed with the usual process and CD2 Engine Detailer. I`m still looking for a product that does this good with as little effort, but I`m coming up short. Of course, with BMW engines there are a number of things that work well since there isn`t a lot of exposed hoses. I`ve used Poorboys Bold N Bright with great success on these engines.



http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y42/OCDetails/BMW/DSC02434.jpg

[WordOfMouth]

Looks great. Love the engine shine too. I`ll have to get me some of that.

[Jngrbrdman]

I can`t brag about the engine too much. Like I said, BMW engines are really easy. There isn`t much to detail in there at all. Give me a nice big greasy engine any day of the week. That is where I really have some fun. :)

[J.J.]

So did you feel the UDM did a superior job as compared to the PC? I mean, did you feel the extra power f the UDM (i.e. were the swirls easier to remove)?



JJ

[NickelPlated.45]

Damn man, i started scrolling down and the top half of the first pic made me think the paint was metallic!! Awesome job!

[Jngrbrdman]

For this vehicle the PC would have gotten the same results. I think the edge that the UDM is going to have is when you have a car with such severe damage that the PC can`t remove it. When you are dealing with average swirls like this then you really won`t see the difference between machines. I`ve been removing damage worse that with a PC for years, so right now I haven`t been able to test the limits of the UDM.



I wouldn`t neccessarily suggest you trade in your PC for a UDM just yet, but if you have to decide which one to buy first then the UDM gets the nod for the extra power and carrying case alone. It has some glitches that need to be worked out, but it is still a great machine for anyone looking for something to polish paint with.

[Jngrbrdman]

Damn man, i started scrolling down and the top half of the first pic made me think the paint was metallic!! Awesome job!



Yup. It was pretty nasty. I thought it was metal flake at first too. It wasn`t until I started washing it and could hear the mitt going across the paint that I knew something wasn`t right. Here`s a little video that I did for educational purposes that show how bad it was.



http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y42/OCDetails/video/th_clay-new.jpg (http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y42/OCDetails/video/?action=view&current=clay-new.flv)

[NickelPlated.45]

How did the paint feel? I just detailed my sister`s car, it`s a 2000 and i`m pretty sure it`s never been clayed. The paint literally felt like 3000 grit sandpaper!



Don`t have time yet, but i`ll check the video out as soon as i can!

[Jngrbrdman]

It felt terrible!! I tried to record the sound, but it didn`t register on my camera. It was really bad though. It literally felt like 300 grit sand paper. I don`t know what it was or how it got there, but every angle of the car was covered in it. It was like they decided to spray paint their garage while the car was still in it. I had to clay the glass and the trim and even the wheels. It was everywhere. The guy was a repeat customer and I got some good video out of it, so I didn`t even charge him the extra $40 bucks I should have for the work. It is kind of fun to clay and actually be able to see the difference as you go.

[Scottwax]

Ouch! That was hella bad overspray! :eek:



Looks like you made a dramatic improvement on that 3. :)

[DetailsByDennis]

The UDM vs. PC video was helpful, thanks for that!



Nice job restoring the 3 :)

[DTailN]

Great work. Can you give me some more details on the 4* MCC. What speed? How many passes? Is the pad that came with the UDM similar to a Lake Country White pad? Thanks.

[Jngrbrdman]

I didn`t use the pad that came with the UDM. I used the Lake County white pad that came in the pad kit from Autogeek.net. I`ve got the kit they advertise on the front page.



I followed the same process that I always use. I spread it around on setting three and then kicked it up to 5 for however long it takes to break down the polish. 4*MCC dusts when the polish is broken down fully. The dimples in the pad I was using sort of kept it from spitting dust everywhere, but you can still tell when it is dusting. I really lose track of time when I`m working on something like this, so I couldn`t tell you how long I work it. maybe four or five minutes per panel. It takes me about two hours to polish and seal a car, so five minutes per panel (twice as long on the hood and roof and trunk) sounds about right for the polishing.



As far as passes go, I didn`t count. I just go in a cross hatch pattern till the product is fully broken down. I only went over it once like that though. I waited for the polish to break down and then I buffed it off to check my progress and that is what I got. :) 4*MCC is a great polish.

[sneek]

WOW the UDM must be fast! I wish I could do panels in 5 mins!!

[Jngrbrdman]

It`s just as fast as the PC. I really don`t know how it takes longer than that. I suppose you can take longer, but if you use the right amount of product for the panel then it doesn`t take very long to break the polish down. It would take a lot longer if I used too much I guess, but I try to use just enough to do the job so that I don`t have waste. If I put too much on the pad then I try to spread it out over some of the next panel, but I focus on polishing one at a time and then go to the next one. It is a process that has served me well for many years. :)