Street Dreams Detail - BMW 3 series coupe

[DETAILKING]

I put a dab of product on a rag and with no rubbing just set it and pressed it on the propeller and let it sit there a while.........no paint.



If it was the chemicals doing the work, that would of showed it. Also, Zaino contains petroleum distillates too.............



I am going to do a round 2 of this test. Use a piece of plexiglass with each product and inspect for marring with magnification. This should show the relative harshness as well..........

[metroplex]

FWIW, 3M IHG was more difficult to remove than Gold Class.



I just waxed my hood today - 1 layer of 3M IHG took about 3 times as long to remove vs. 2 layers of Meguiars Gold Class. The GC rubbed on and rubbed off, even after some of it was baked in by the sun.



I`ll try Z-2 as soon as I find a local retailer in NJ.

[ALAN81]

I have a friend that uses Nu finish.This product is perfect for what it is,its a 2x or 3x a year wax for people who dont really car about there car but wax the keep it from looking crappy.How can you compare it to all the other fine products(meguires mothers zaino)These are people that if they see a little shine on there car they are happy detailing to them is a pain in the *** where detailing to us is piece of mind thats the difference

[DETAILKING]

I am in North East Jersey too...........



There is a retail Zaino store in Howell on Rt 9...............



IHG needs to be wiped on and wiped off quickly. Do one panel at a time. It has no durability though.

[metroplex]

I`m in Bergen County.



The IHG did cover up a LOT of scratches nicely though. I couldn`t find a few nasty scratches!



I used Meguiars OVER the 3M IHG, and it appears that the Meguiars did not remove any of the IHG (my rag was almost clean after each wipe).

[DETAILKING]

EOM

[Lowejackson]

DK

For those of us not in the USA, could you try some Autoglym on your next test?



Steven

[metroplex]

Detailking: what part of bergen?



I`m near Paramus and Hackensack.



BTW



I did a similar test on my 81 Ford T-bird (no clearcoat finish back then).



I used 3M Imperial Hand Glaze, NuFinish, and Gold Class.



The Hand Glaze took off as much paint as the NuFinish and Gold Class.



NuFinishh smelled the nastiest but removed as much paint as Hand Glaze and Gold Class.



Maybe I was doing something wrong?

[metroplex]

I re-did the test with 3M IHG and NuFinish.



Both picked up the same amount of paint from the T-bird



Someone suggested using NuFinish on an older car, and this car is 22+ years old with a beat up finish.

[imported_Intermezzo]

metroplex, on dull oxidized paint that is 22 years old, I would think that even water would pick up a good amount of paint. If you rub your finger on the surface, do you get any paint on it?

[metroplex]

no.



I just repeated the test on my dad`s 89 E-150.

Same results. (e-150 has 50k miles)

[Street Dreams]

Booked for a 2 day detail with light paint correction. Car belongs to the owner of this Audi S5 I detailed a few months prior.

http://truthindetailing.com/Forum/sh...ght=Black+Audi

The BMW is a daily driven car with over 160k miles on it, mild paint correction to clean up the paint was carried out along with layering it with protection.

Wheels before



Sonax sitting



After cleaning



Car foamed and washed with CG citrus followed by claying. Heavy contaminants on the finish



Onto correction work, again this was a mild paint correction, by no means was perfection the goal. Menzerna SIP and 106FA used on the Metabo

50/50 on passenger door



Close up using Fenix TK40 LED + Camera Flash



Before (Hood)



After Correction (Hood)







Mirror trim was faded and 100% gray. First cleaned using IPA, than dressed using a foam painters stick.

Before



1st of 3 applications...



Heated up again with a heat gun and than buffed off to check for smearing before moving onto the next 2 applications



Finished product



More correction work on rear bumper which was lightly oxidized

Before



After



50/50



One last IPA done on the entire car before applying LSP. In this case I layed down a quick coat of Werkstat Acrylic Prime using the DA on speed 4 followed by 3 coats of Werkstat Acrylic Jett Trigger spread out over 2 days

Finished












Thanks for looking

[bmw5541]

Very nice Dave.

I absolutely LOVE your work.:thumbup:

[Old Pirate]

Bad to the bone, It needed it and great recovery on the BMW! :thumbup:

[imported_detailchick]

SO pretty!Looks like new again.
thats my fave color to detail