Today's RedE36 M3 Detail

[Woob]

General Info

Had a chance to detail this afternoon in the beautiful mid 60s weather with SUN! (In the past about 80% of my details always involve me running to finish because of rain or clouds).

Vehicle
Vehicle was a BMW E36 M3 Red with lots of oxidation and contamination. The swirls and scratches didn’t kill me, but whew it was brutal.

Process


Exterior
Wash – Adam’s Wax & Wash.
Clay – Adam’s Clay
Polish – HiTemp Med Cut w/ Blue Edge then Adam’s Revive / SO with Light Green Edge
Sealed with Poorboy’s EX
Dressing – VRT on Trim and Molding


Result
Paint came out so clear and natural, it looked like brand new. I was horrified at how 4 sides of my buffing pads were dark red from the oxidation, even my finishing pad. After using Revive/SO I’m loving it and keep turning to the combo. The Medium Cut is NOT a product I like. Spreads a lot, but requires a lot of buffing and cleaning. I’ll stick to the PB/Adam’s polishes. (They are so easy and clean to use)

Pictures came out okay. You can see the haziness in the before shots. After shots made the car look clean. Might grab a rotary and a new camera, but we will see!

BEFORE

Anyone see the square? That was a spot the customer waxed with some cleaners (I’m hoping) prior to me polishing it. Nevertheless it was banished!

AFTER

*EDIT* After reviewing the thread, shoot I need to upload these pictures a little differently.

Feel Free to ask or give any feedback. Time to go collapse.

 

[audiboy]

That M3 looks great. It looks like you did an excellent job removing any defects it had.

 

[scrub]

Very nice. Almost a flawless finish.

 

[GregCavi]

Awesome JOb! Looks like you did quite the transformation.

Greg

 

[ben54]

Nice job. I love the way red cleans up. It's one of my favorite colors on a car, but I'm finding myself too old to be driving a red car.

 

[AZ Ferrari Man]

Do you think that the Adams SO/Revive combo did the trick for the red or was the Hi-Temp cut really needed to make it look that good?

Looks great!!! PS what website do you use to load the pics like that?

 

[Woob]

AZ Ferrari:I tinkered around with SO/MC, afterawhile I decided to just stick with the Blue Edge w/ MC because it seemed alright. I needed something not too abrasive, but enough to get the oxidation out that really killed the look. I followed up with SO/Revive just to make sure there was no haziness and to improve the look further. I used PhotoBucket. I hope to get my website up with quite a few features to eliminate this uploading issue.

Thanks for the replies. Oxidation is a killer!

 

[zilla]

Awesome work dude!

 

[Ben Kenobi]

Outstanding job on the paint. It does look new again. I'm guessing with the oxidization and the red that was on your pads that the paint is SS? I would have thought it would have had clearcoat on it. Thanks for sharing with us.

You deserve a rest after that workout.

Paul

 

[Woob]

Ben,

Not quite sure, however it's probably pretty darn old. I need to relook my knowledge on oxidation, however it was crazy to see all the particles come out this morning.

 

[Boss_429]

Extremely nice work! I love red!

Anyhow, you might want to consider a dedicated chemical paint cleaner in the future to deal with the oxidation. If used properly the paint cleaner will do it's job very nicely and add a polishing step to the process to enhance the finish.

 

[Hawaiianelement]

Wow what a transformation .Looks awesome. great job . You brought that beemer back to life . The clear must've been gone already . My '91 had no clear left when I bought it last year and it was red..but I had no problem buffing it out every other week..

 

[mr2man]

Hi Boss... what about using a cleaner such as PG on the red? Would it have been too much for the red on the BMW or would it have his life a lot easier? :headbang

 

[Woob]

Boss,

I had in mind the condition of the paint prior to the owner's wax job, and I was ready to use AIO on it! :lol Thinking of it now, pretty sure there wasn't clearcoat on it after time. I think PG would of been okay, depends if its PC or rotary along with pad choice.

It's Bimmer

 

[mr2man]

how about PG with a Metabo rotary with a light cut orange VC pad?

 

[Woob]

That's where a rotary user would know Either way I'm happy with a PC. But rotary hopefully will come.