The owner of this car requested anonymity, so there won't be a introductory story on him. The car was picked up last Friday and was brought to me a few days later with 200 kms on the clock. After doing some reading on-line, the owner decided to go with a permanent protection. Having searched on BMW forums for detailers in Montreal offering the service, he was referred to me and gave me a call. After talking for a while, he decided to go for the Silver Detail Package and chose to upgrade it with Wolf's Body Wrap on the paint, lights and wheels. On to the write-up!
Products used:
Washing
Sunlight + Zep's Citrus Degreaser
AutoGlym Intensive Tar Remover
Various wash mitts, sponges and brushes
Stoner's Invisible Glass
Riccardo Blue Clay
Elegance Waterless Wash
Elegance Clay Lube
Sonax Wheel Cleaner
AutoGlym Custom Wheel Cleaner
Iron-X
Correction
Meguiar's #105
Meguiar's #205
Optimum Metal Polish
Various Microfibers
Flex Rotary 3403
Porter Cable XP7424
White Lake Country flat pad
Black Lake Country CCS pad
Protection
Wolf's Chemicals Body Wrap
BlackFire Wet Diamond Metal Sealant
Aquapel
Rain-X
Poorboy's World Bold 'N Bright Tire Gel
Having been driven only 200 kms, there was not much visible dirt on the car, however, you can see here by these close-up shots that there was quite a bit of contamination.
The weather getting colder, and the car being relatively clean, I decided to do the first wash inside with Elegance Waterless Wash.
Once cleaned, I got to decontaminating it with Iron-X, followed by the clay bar.
After an hour and a half of washing, decon and claying, I brought the car outside, where the temperature had gotten a little friendlier, to do a final wash and degrease on the car. I started by washing the wheels and then moved on to foaming the car.
Then the car was dried off and brought inside again. After a quick lunch break, I got to work with the paint cleaner system.
B-Pillar before.
And after.
While making my way around the car, I noticed a VERY nasty scratch on the top of the rear bumper. It looked to be caused by very dirty wash media having something stuck in it. It's a little hard to capture with a white car, but look in the reflection of the neon and you'll see it spanning across the bumper.
Corrected.
Once I finished going around, I cleaned it off with 2 IPA wipe-downs just to be safe and to make sure the Body Wrap would adhere properly.
While the Body Wrap was curing, I took care of the windows. The usual treatment, Aquapel on the windshield and backglass and Rain-X on the side windows.
On to the final shots.
Thanks for looking and happy detailing!
Products used:
Washing
Sunlight + Zep's Citrus Degreaser
AutoGlym Intensive Tar Remover
Various wash mitts, sponges and brushes
Stoner's Invisible Glass
Riccardo Blue Clay
Elegance Waterless Wash
Elegance Clay Lube
Sonax Wheel Cleaner
AutoGlym Custom Wheel Cleaner
Iron-X
Correction
Meguiar's #105
Meguiar's #205
Optimum Metal Polish
Various Microfibers
Flex Rotary 3403
Porter Cable XP7424
White Lake Country flat pad
Black Lake Country CCS pad
Protection
Wolf's Chemicals Body Wrap
BlackFire Wet Diamond Metal Sealant
Aquapel
Rain-X
Poorboy's World Bold 'N Bright Tire Gel
Having been driven only 200 kms, there was not much visible dirt on the car, however, you can see here by these close-up shots that there was quite a bit of contamination.
The weather getting colder, and the car being relatively clean, I decided to do the first wash inside with Elegance Waterless Wash.
Once cleaned, I got to decontaminating it with Iron-X, followed by the clay bar.
After an hour and a half of washing, decon and claying, I brought the car outside, where the temperature had gotten a little friendlier, to do a final wash and degrease on the car. I started by washing the wheels and then moved on to foaming the car.
Then the car was dried off and brought inside again. After a quick lunch break, I got to work with the paint cleaner system.
B-Pillar before.
And after.
While making my way around the car, I noticed a VERY nasty scratch on the top of the rear bumper. It looked to be caused by very dirty wash media having something stuck in it. It's a little hard to capture with a white car, but look in the reflection of the neon and you'll see it spanning across the bumper.
Corrected.
Once I finished going around, I cleaned it off with 2 IPA wipe-downs just to be safe and to make sure the Body Wrap would adhere properly.
While the Body Wrap was curing, I took care of the windows. The usual treatment, Aquapel on the windshield and backglass and Rain-X on the side windows.
On to the final shots.
Thanks for looking and happy detailing!
