Zaino meets a new family member

**imported_GBG TL** · 11-04-2007, 04:21 PM

2007 BMW 530i

My wife just picked up a 2007 530 with 7K on the clock.

The car was suffering from buffer trails, swirls, and a few deep isolated scratches.

My neighbor and I detailed the Beemer this weekend using the following process:

Prep:

Dawn Wash

Clay

Wet Sanding: We had to wet sand a few deep scratches using 8000 & 12000 micromesh paper.

Polishing: John (mgm121499) ran the Metabo & Power Gloss @ 1800RPM in heavily marked areas, I ran the PC and UDM @ 5 using Menzerna Intensive polish, and the car was finished off with P085RD @ 1500-1000RPM.

Glass & Chrome and Wheels were polished using ZAIO,

After polishing, the car was wiped down with PGP Prep-Sol, and Dawn Washed again.

LSP:

Z5Pro x 2 (zfxÃ¢â‚¬â„¢d) via a CCS finishing pad. CS was used to prime the pad.

Z2Pro x 1 using the same process as above.

Z6/Z8 mix used for the final wipe down.

Tires: Z16

Here are a few shots before-during-after.

Before:

During:

After:

Thanks everyone :usa

**Brian_Brice** · 11-04-2007, 04:34 PM

Looks great, gotta love that zaino glow!

**imported_GregCavi** · 11-04-2007, 04:41 PM

Great work Greg and John!! I didn`t see beer listed in the process. Are you guys ok!? :xyxthumbs

Greg

**Way2SSlow** · 11-04-2007, 04:47 PM

Originally Posted by GregCavi

I didn`t see beer listed in the process. Are you guys ok!?

Greg

That`s the last step in every detail!

**imported_GBG TL** · 11-04-2007, 04:50 PM

Beer & Crown provided close supervision during this job

**imported_GregCavi** · 11-04-2007, 04:53 PM

lol... wonder who was drinking the crown..

Greg

**kustomsol** · 11-04-2007, 05:06 PM

Beautiful!!

**P1et** · 11-04-2007, 07:08 PM

Zaino is junk. It lacks depth and looks plasticky...

:LOLOL

Fantastic work, absolutely stunning! Congrats on the new car, love the color...

**gmblack3** · 11-04-2007, 07:57 PM

Great work on the defect correction guys!

Paint really has a nice warm glow to it.

**Old Pirate** · 11-04-2007, 08:18 PM

Awesome correction you both did to the BMW, looks better than new and great shine and wetness too!:2thumbs:

**Pats300zx** · 11-04-2007, 08:19 PM

Awesome job....

**imported_agentf1** · 11-04-2007, 08:27 PM

Car looks great. Good work, it has incredible depth and wetness. The Zaino really makes that color pop. :2thumbs:

P.S. John, PM me with where you get your micro mesh paper. I used that stuff a lot in the past and LOVED it. I had a kit that went all the way down to even less than 12000 grit I think. The finer grades were actually cloth and reusable and even worked dry.