My first attempt to detailing: 325i

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kei169

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Last week, I decided to detail my car for the first time. I was so nervous that I would burn the paint, at the same time, I was so excited to see the result as well. It turned out pretty good to me. I wouldn't be able to take out 100% swirls, but i think 70%.

I wasn't able to take a lot of pics since I was totally exhausted when i was detailing and I was so lazy to take out my camera. :lol::lol::lol:



hope you enjoy!





Total time spent: 14 hours



Wash:

Megular Gold Glass

ONR



Clay:

Fine Grade

ONR as clay lube



Polish:

SIP with Yellow pad

P085RD with orange pad, then white pad

Menzerna inspection



Sealant:

Jet Seal 109



LSP:

Swissvax Concorso

Fuzion



After washing my car, it looked JUST ok.

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I clayed the hood only, see how much dirts it has. Can you image how dirty the car is

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Some close ups picture on those swirls

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Then i taped the car up with 3M 2080 tape, it worked pretty good

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After the first pass of SIP, I could see some dramatic improvement already.

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After 3 passes of polishing, It looked totally different especially when you see it in person

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Then I sealed the car with Jet Seal, Follow up with Fuzion and Concorso, I put Fuzion on the front and rear bumper, the entire car was waxed by Concorso:



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Result:

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Some Beading shots:

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Enjoy!
 
Great job for a first detail, heck, it was a great job for an experienced detailer! I was impressed with your ability to capture the swirls in the pictures- that can be tricky.



Good work.
 
Detail looks great, but why did you use the yellow pad to start? Why not just PFW or orange? Seems you could of done SIP via PFW or Orange, then a finishing polish on white and saved some time and still got great results. Either way looks good. I just personally hate the Yellow pads.
 
Thanks,

haha!! I practiced for like 20 mins in order to take some pics on those swirls...

That is really tricky, I always wonder how people could take some pics with all the swirls in the whole panel.





Lumadar said:
Great job for a first detail, heck, it was a great job for an experienced detailer! I was impressed with your ability to capture the swirls in the pictures- that can be tricky.



Good work.
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Got_Leather said:
Detail looks great, but why did you use the yellow pad to start? Why not just PFW or orange? Seems you could of done SIP via PFW or Orange, then a finishing polish on white and saved some time and still got great results. Either way looks good. I just personally hate the Yellow pads.
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I tried a test spot on orange with SIP, but I couldn't see as much improvement as using the yellow one. I will consider using your routine next time!!

Thanks for your input!
 
d00t said:
Looks great Kei! Does this mean you're doing the upkeep on the corvette now?! :buffing:
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Aaron,

Thanks,

I will leave this mission for you!

Hate touching that vette:LOLOL:LOLOL:LOLOL
 
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