Street Dreams Detail - Black BMW Correction/Coating

**Bobby G** · 03-27-2002, 08:00 PM

Anyone mind if I clean out the old Moderator posts (everything older than 30 days?).

**Redcar GUY** · 03-27-2002, 08:03 PM

:up

**Jngrbrdman** · 03-27-2002, 08:48 PM

No problems here.

**dengelson** · 03-27-2002, 11:14 PM

Sounds good to me too.

**DETAILKING** · 03-27-2002, 11:22 PM

eom

**boywonder** · 03-28-2002, 12:20 AM

Go for it.

**imported_Dude** · 03-28-2002, 02:40 AM

Right on.

**Brad B** · 03-28-2002, 08:49 AM

:up

**Lemonxxs** · 03-28-2002, 09:49 AM

Guess I am late but please clean up and remove the oldies.

**Street Dreams** · 06-20-2011, 08:12 PM

Apologies for the lack of write-ups lately, by next month I`ll have the time post a few very cool ones on the boards.

BMW 1 series in for a complete paint correction and interior detail. As per owners request Aquartz coating was applied as the final protection.

I did a winter preparation detail on this BMW back in December but no paint correction was carried out at that time, this time around the car got the works <:-P

Pre-foaming with CG citrus wash mixed with a bit of Opt. powerclean to remove prior sealant

Washed using with the 2BM and Lusso auto bathe followed by a complete soak in Iron Cut (ideal to use when your applying any type of paint coating coating). Iron cut was left to sit for 7-8 minutes before wiping down with a damp towel and then a re-rinse with the pressure washer

After the rest of prep with a quick clay and 2 IPA wipedowns the car was taped up for correction, paint was measured with the PTG and then inspected with LED and halogen lights.

Overall condition of the finish wasnt too pretty, very high concentration of wash swirls with a few areas showing some deeper defects and RIDS.

After a few test spots I decided to carry out paint correction using Meguiars M105 on a tangerine LC hydro pad on the rotary at 1800rpms followed by Menzerna Powerfinish 203s on a green DD polishing pad. At this stage the finish was just about 95-98% perfect and defect free.

Final polishing was done with a DA just to ensure no fine marring in the finish after the earlier correction stages, for this Menzerna 106FA was used on a black finishing foam.

Video 50.50 using Fenix TK40 LED (pardon me if your not a Jimi Hendrix fan)

YouTube - ‪Street Dreams Detail - BMW correction 50.50‬&rlm;

Some shots of the damage before and after and in between...

Hood showing some deeper marks, a few extra passes with slow arm movement massaged them out fine

Front fender after M105 and Powerfinish

Some very deep marks were left, no wetsanding was to be carried out on this detail

Tailights needed some work, before

After compounding, no intermediate of final polishing done yet

Rear section corrected and polished using 3" and 4" pads

Before

After

Clarity where it should be and flake pop after final polishing

The trunk had some issues during an ice storm in the winter, little bit of "slide-age" caused those snazzy horizontal racing stripes (which look quite badass might I add) but they still had to go, shame, it was a good look too:shakehead:

Usually the worst part of any car, top of the rear bumper... I won the battle but lost the war when it came to deep RIDS

50/50 rear bumper

Close up with the halogen, just showing a difference in color before and after correction

Small details, side markers were faded and needed polishing as well

Before

After

After correction I pressured washed the car to remove any polishing dust and then pre soaked and foamed the body to remove any polishing oils (a very good idea when applying a coating)

Polishing oils being removed from the finish

After correction and the second wash I started on the interior, leather needed some work.

Before

After

50/50 of the drivers seat after cleaning and agitation with a soft brush

Aquartz was applied to the whole car using a slightly damp MF towel with the product misted right onto the towel and then wiped in straight lines over the finish. 2 coats were applied within 2 hours of eachother.

Final shots (new camera lens is a bit wider, still trying to figure it all out)

Sun shots...

Love this shot, just shows how the flake looks in the sun

Back in the garage...

Thanks for looking

-Dave

**imported_AndrewBigA** · 06-20-2011, 08:26 PM

you know that sucker shines like hell when you can see the metallic flakes popping out! nice work david! that car was pretty bad.
love the song selection. nothing wrong with rocking out to some good ass guitar riffs from the master while your polishing!
carlos santana is a beast too lol.
:notworthy:

**PAR Detailing** · 06-20-2011, 08:32 PM

She looks great Dave! How do you like Aquartz compared to other coatings?

**imported_JSFM35X** · 06-20-2011, 09:01 PM

David,

Another awesome job. You made that ride like new. Black is one of those colors that separates the boys form the men. Black done right is like no other color. Love the flake. I thought only Subaru had a color like that?

What is you opinion of the Aquartz? By now you have used it a few times. Is it goof proof enough for a guy like me? If I miss a swirl and Aquartz over it what will remove the Aquartz? CG citrus wash or do you have to compound and polish?

Keep posting, I know you have some good stuff in the can!--Can`t wait.

Have a good evenng.

**BIOLINK** · 06-21-2011, 12:09 AM

Originally Posted by PAR Detailing

She looks great Dave! How do you like Aquartz compared to other coatings?

David, I have the same question. I have had a chance to use Opti Coat but none of the others. What is your opinion on how some of these compare? Or, God forbid, do you recommend any of them?

Nice work on the car BTW. Solid as always.