This past weekend I detailed the exterior of my roommate`s black `05 BMW 5-series. This thing was heinous with swirls, spider-webbing, rids, you name it. It has seen many many car washes and "details" in its day, but she was getting tired of it. After a couple months of watching me doing cars most every weekend, she broke down and admitted she was ready for the real deal... but little did I know what was in store for me with this paint...
This paint was so incredibly hard, it took 4-5 passes with a PC using LC purple foamed wool and SIP, moving at about 1"/second or slower. Needless to say, I spent about 11 total hours on the paint doing 3 passes with this combo on the vertical panels, and another pass or two on the bonnet areas, depending on how horrible the scratches. were. I followed this up with 1 pass of SIP/Orange then finished up with DG #105 (and let me just say, this stuff looks absolutely amazing on black... stay tuned for a C&B later tonight). So, all said and done, I`m wiping the hood down with a freshly washed/cleaned plush MF from Tropi-Care for removing wax, and what do you know... I saw myself putting scratches into the hood. WHAT THE @@$#@?
Anyone else experience this ridiculous anomaly? How could paint be so hard to correct yet so easy to scratch? I don`t get it...
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