Sapphire Black BMW 530d E60 detailed for summer - Picture heavy

[Anzafin]

At last I had enough free time to take care of my E60 again!



I`ve ordered lots of new detailing stuff and I`ve been very anxious to use them on my sapphire black 530d. The weather starts to be warmer and warmer and you can see and hear the snow melting. That`s why it`s dirty everywhere, and my car really needed a good wash. I didn`t satisfy to only wash the car, but gave it a full detail for the summer!



I did a paint correction at last September, and only a light polish was needed now. However, I managed to spend a full day with the job (12h)!



The process was:



1) Pre-wash

- Turtle Wax Super Solvent Wash Spray

- Bilt-Hamber Autofoam



2) Wash

- Turtle Wax Big Orange



3) Claying

- Zaino Z-18 clay

- Turtle Wax Big Orange as lubricant



4) Polish

- Presta Chroma 1500 Polish + Lake Country CCA White pad

- Presta Chroma Swirl Remover + Lake Country CCA Blue pad

- Presta Spray`N Shine as moisturizer

- Flex XC 3401 VRG



5) Wax

- Clearkote Red Moose Machine Glaze

- Collinite 915

- Mother`s Reflections Top Coat



6) Tires

- AutoGlym Instant Tyre Dressing



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Lots of pictures were taken, and I tried to eliminate as much as possible, but still ended up to approximately 50 pictures to share with the forum...

Sorry about the ghettoish washing hall, but I`m lucky I can use it. Washing during winter would almost be impossible without it!



Befores



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1) Pre-wash



- My trusted Kärcher K4.97M

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- I started with the Turtle Wax Super Solvent Wash Spray

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- You can see how it strips the previous wax layers

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- Then after rinse followed the Autofoam

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2) Wash



- Two bucket method with a grit guard rules :thumb:

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- I foamed the car with the Turtle Wax Big Orange too to have some more lubrication

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- Mother`s sheepskin mitt

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3) Claying



- I use Zaino Z-18

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- The Turtle Wax Super Solvent Wash Spray did a great work --> I got absolutely nothing into clay!

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- After the rinse I dried the panels with Chemical Guys Ultra Plush Miracle Dryer - Great towel!

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- Letting everything dry

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4) Polish



- Before polishing I wanted to measure the paint thickness using my new Paint Detective 8 ptg

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- I got great results and felt safe to go

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- Some minor swirls after the winter. I had some difficulties to get decent pics on them.

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- Some taping for protection

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- I only needed the Chroma 1500 Polish and Chroma Swirl Remover, which are the least agressive products in Presta Buffing System

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Some afters before any waxing



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- Step in the bumper :lol:!

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[Anzafin]

5) Wax and afters



- Products used

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Huh! That`s about it! :)

Please feel free to comment!

[white gecko]

looks great! Good job

[Mark77]

Good job :2thumbs: Looks great, and I see you still have snow there, thank god it melted away here in Helsinki a few weeks ago.. I got so tired of winter, come summer and soon :)

[Anzafin]

Good job :2thumbs: Looks great, and I see you still have snow there, thank god it melted away here in Helsinki a few weeks ago.. I got so tired of winter, come summer and soon :)



Yeah, we still have "some" snow :hmph:! Picture taken last monday at work:

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[TSC17]

Very nice job...

[BIOLINK]

Detailed for the summer? The car still has studded snow tires on. Nice work, car looks great. Love the Collinite.

[Anzafin]

Detailed for the summer? The car still has studded snow tires on. Nice work, car looks great. Love the Collinite.



Sure it will be washed several times before the summer, I primarily meant the polishing part. ;)

[MrCLRider]

so where is that washing bay at? do you rent that bay? wish we had something like that around here in the winters.

[Setec Astronomy]

so where is that washing bay at? do you rent that bay? wish we had something like that around here in the winters.



LOL...if you look at the OP`s "work" attire and that tracked vehicle in the background in a couple of shots and put two and two together I think you will get it.

[dmw2692004]

sweet write up!



good work!

[Thats Fresh]

nice detail. give the 5er a lil drop and itll be set (=

[Anzafin]

nice detail. give the 5er a lil drop and itll be set (=



I already have the KW Street Comfort coilover set and I`m happy with the ride height. As you can guess there are times in a year when I need some clearance and I don`t have the interest to go up and down every 6 months followed by the all wheel alignment work :grinno:.

[Thats Fresh]

yeah i def feel ya. im just sitting on the HR Race springs now. no need for coilovers for me and the wheels sit just right.

[4cruizn]

Great photo documentation and a stellar detail. Nicely done.