2011 BMW 328 Detail Write-up Premier Shine

[premiershine9]

Got a call from a client who had just picked up her brand new 2011 BMW 3 series about a week earlier and her nephew decided to attempt to "wash" her car. He also decided to take a "towel" and scrub two bird bombs away......leaving two nice circular rings (1500- 2000 grit) sandpaper like marks. My guess is that he used a brush or a brillo pad :thumbup: .................... :vomit:

The focus of the detail was to simply perform a new car prep with focus only on the exterior, applying a durable coat of protection and removing the nephews artistic work.

Car: 2011 Jet Black BMW 328 with X drive
New car prep and protection
Correction of the nephews artistry

Exterior:
Zep Citrus 3:1, 5:1
Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner
Uber spoke brush
Swissvax Pneu Brush
Various other brushes
303 Aerospace Protectant
Chemical Guys Maxi Sudz 2
Uber Blue Clay
Chemical guys luber

Correction:
Menzerna SIP via Uber Orange foam pad
Menzerna Super Finish via Lake Country White foam pad

LSP:
Menzerna Power lock Paint Sealant via Uber Black foam pad

Some Befores:





Starting out with the wheels....Sonax FE applied and left to do its magic:



Pre-Spray with Zep Citrus 5:1 in wheel wells, front and rear fascia, lower half of the body and on the hood where the dealer had obviously applied some sort of wax. The zep safely strips away any was or LSP as well as loosen up any dirt, tar or sap before the 2-bucket phase wash.




After letting it dwell for 10 minutes, I then followed with a thorough rinse:

95% of my jobs are mobile so an investment in a pop-up tent was necessary, this is my second one....automatic shade wherever you go!

The damaged area after the citrus pre-spray:


Moving onto the wheels:
Inner Drums were agitated with my Uber Spoke brush:

The face of the wheel, around the lugs and the tight spots were of course agitated as well with my designated wheel brush
The wheel wells were then agitated with a brush as well.
All the jams sprayed down with Zep Citrus at 3:1 and agitated with my designated jam brush:


Following this came the first wash using the 2-bucket method, sorry for lack of pics! I was hauling ass to get done before it got dark.....started the detail at 5:30 at night!

Following the first wash, I then thoroughly rinsed and dried the car. The car was then sprayed down again with water and my Chemical Guys Luber Clay lube and the car was fully clayed with Uber Blue Clay.
Not much contamination or oxidation found.....it is a brand new car. However I did run into a trouble spot here or there!



I then thoroughly rinsed the car........prepared a bucket full of clean water and another with my sudz solution (2-bucket method) and then fully re-washed the car AGAIN.


The car was then rinsed and fully dried.

Correction process________

The dealer had left some pretty bad swirl marks and being that I was ahead of schedule I went ahead and polished out a couple areas other than the damaged area.
I chose to two-step polish with my two chosen polishes (see above).

Being that this is BMW Jet Black.... arguably BMW's most difficult paint to maintain I knew this was going to be an adventure. I have performed full corrections on two other JB BMW 3 series as well as a Z3 so I've had some experience using the chosen polish combo on this specific paint.
I chose to correct the two front fenders, the hood, rear decklid and of course the damaged area.
Enough talk....moar pics
SIP Breaking down with a Uber orange foam pad


IPA wipe-downs were of course performed in between each polish step to remove any oils from the polish that might be filling any swirls or defects....causing a false correction reading.

The damaged area was hit with two passes of SIP and one pass of Menz 106fa to finish it out. Turns out the nephews artistic work was pretty hard to remove!

The car was then treated to a nice coat of Menzerna Powerlock Paint Sealant via my Flex DA with a black pad. All glass was cleaned inside and out, all seals and weatherstripping were sealed with 303.

Afters: Light was running out.....nothing I could do











That damaged area after:

Good night BMW


Total time- Just under 4 hours

Thanks for looking!
- Dan K.

[ScottyB]

damn, i didn't expect those gouge marks to come out completely. pretty amazing!

if anything, those dusk shots at the end make the paint look even more fluid. for your client's sake i hope that nephew keeps his mits off the bmw, but honestly i love seeing people bring paint back like that, very cool.

[Apoc]

Do you travel? :lol:

[premiershine9]

damn, i didn't expect those gouge marks to come out completely. pretty amazing!

if anything, those dusk shots at the end make the paint look even more fluid. for your client's sake i hope that nephew keeps his mits off the bmw, but honestly i love seeing people bring paint back like that, very cool.

I believe the nephew is strictly on lawn duty for now :lol:

[premiershine9]

Do you travel? :lol:

Yes, in fact so far 3 clients booked for this upcoming week are all a little under an hours drive! But yes I will, damn Jeep gets 10-12 mpg so its costly but the final price can be worked out differently depending upon how far away you are.
I will be in VA for school of course starting August 20ish and I will have a private garage to detail out of!

Thanks for the comments guys!

[caa337]

You're my hero. I will have to get you to detail my car when we get back up to JMU sometime during the year.

[.RJ]

Do you travel? :lol:

I'll double up with Chris on this (giggity) for a weekend's worth of work. I'm assuming one of us can put you up for the night.

[Mike]

triple up, snitches.

[premiershine9]

Sounds good guys, we'll get something together when the time comes!
Thanks for looking!

[HAULN-SS]

if you need a 4th to make it economical i'd probably be interested - if you're interested in domestipile DD's that need sprucing up

[Goodspeed]

Add me as well, if you're up in the NOVA area. I have a pair of leather/faux suede seats out of my Miata that could use your sprucing up, which should be easy-peasy :thumbup:

[Cody]

I'm heading up to JMU a little before the 20th, I'll hit you up before school starts so you get to have fun with another black bimmer... You're so right about it being a tough color to maintain.

[premiershine9]

I'm heading up to JMU a little before the 20th, I'll hit you up before school starts so you get to have fun with another black bimmer... You're so right about it being a tough color to maintain.

Looking forward to it Cody, can't wait to get back down to VA and get involved with the club more!