2016 Alpine White BMW 430i with around 6000K miles on it. Had not been washed/ detailed since November. Lots of tar and road grime. Owner was desperate to have it cleaned up before today as they had family in from out of time so I used my WFH day yesterday to get it done hehe.
Total time for both exterior and interior was about 7 hours. It really was in bad shape when it came in and I had to clay areas 2 or 3 times to remove as much as I could without inducing marring since I was not doing any polishing. Removed a lot of left over adhesive that was previously missed by others.
Products used:
CarPro Reset
PBs Foam and Soak
Gyeon Mitt, Silk Dryer/ PFM, and other assorted MFs
Iron X / Tar X
Blackfire Poly Clay/ Nano Skin Glide
CarPro Reload LSP/ Optimum Spray Wax as a topper
Mckees 37 fast metal polish on exhause
Wheels - AngelWax Bilberry Wheel Cleaner, Megs Degreaser, various brushes and sealed with Hydro 2
Engine - Megs Degreaser, APC, various brushes and dressed with 303 aerospace
Interior - Mckees QID, Megs APC 4:1, PERL, various brushes
A few pictures:
I polished up the piano black B pillars as well because the swirls here just get to me.
I learned a few things:
Need to dial in my process a bit more and be more organized so I am not wasting time running around more so on these day turn around for bigger jobs. Not an issue so much when I have a car for 2-3 days which is usually the case.
I hate interiors. I feel I do not have adequate lighting in the car. Need to buy one of those LED claw lights.
I need to get some bandanna`s because in the Atlanta heat/ humidity I drip sweat everywhere. lol
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