Hello everyone !

So I met this customer about a month ago to do an extensive interior clean on his 335i. After the detail we arranged for a one step polish however upon arriving that morning I realized the swirls and RDS were beyond one step and proceeded to a 2-3 step polish on the entire vehicle.

The car had just taken a trip to the country over the weekend and you'll notice a lot of dirt and it's safe to assume a few RDS from the country as well. A few trouble ares to mention were the driver side and passenger side door as well as the trunk and bumper of the vehicle.



Process

Wash
Meguiars Gold Class
Sheepskin Mitts
Full Size Detail Brush for Wheels
Medium Sized Detail Brush
EZ Detail Brush
Chenille Mitts for Wheels
P21S TAW
P21S Wheel Cleaner

Clay
Riccardo Yellow Clay
Clay Lubricant

Correction
PTG
Metabo x 2
3M Backing Plate
RB Backing Plate
Halogen
Fenix TK10
3M Sungun
Sonus White Pad
Sonus Blue Pad
LC 4 inch White
LC 4 inch blue
Menzerna Power Finish
Menzerna Micro Polish
3M Ultrafina

LSP
Wheels: Wheel Sealant
Paint: Opti-seal, Opt Car Wax

Befores


















DURING


So this is after 2 passes with Sonus White and Power Finish. Although it provided some decent results a third pass on the hood was necessary to get it to where I liked it.


3rd Pass.


50/50 of the driver side door.


Driver side Cleared up.


50/50 of rear driver side door.


Rear fender Unpolished


Rear fender Unpolished


Rear fender Cleared


Trunk 50/50


Hood after being polished before LSP


Trunk after being polished before LSP


Driver Side All Polished before LSP

Bumper




License Plate Area Cleared up !




Clearing up the Rear Lights. It's a thing of beauty when lights are cleared. You don't need diamonds in your life when you have these









Bumper reflection shot! Hopefully I'll be doing the neighbours Carrera you see in the reflection.


A few more polished shots.















This was about 10pm. I started the day at 9am. It's been a long day and as much as I wanted to finish the odds and ends and top the paint off with sealant and wax. I just could not see clearly anymore so I came back the next morning to do it properly and make sure nothing was forgotten.





AFTERS

Here we go. Finally we have arrived at the afters. I spent about another 2 hours cleaning up the odds and end and doing a quick vacuum of the interior. Thanks for looking and I hope you've enjoyed.

 

nice detail. that thing was dirty. i have mesh style wheels on my car what type of brush should i use to get all the brake dust and other stuff off without screwing up the wheel finish

 

i need a detail!
great work

 

Perfection, dude you are good!

 

Sick job.

 

Anyone know whats a job like this would cost. Im looking to get this done to my G.

 

Hey you can use a dedicated chenille mitt, sheep skin mitt or boars hair brush for your mesh wheels. I would say that the boars hair brush would have more coverage for your mesh wheels. However although you may cover the face of the wheel really well with either one of those products you will still have you use your fingers to get into those little tiny areas. Or even get foam sticks.

Hope this helps !

Thanks ! I am sure someone if your area would be able to help you with a detail

Thank you for reading up and thanks for the comment. Much appreciated!

Thanks !

If prefer not discussing prices on the forum as I believe it's against forum rules however if you would like to know the ball park price pm me and I will give you a better idea. Cheers !

Thanks again for looking everyone.

 

i so wish you were in the DC area

 

I have a question for you Nikku. Do you know of any product that will clean up chrome wheels really good? I have a lot of lil scratches and swirl marks. Thanks.

 

How did you clean the grime off the exhaust pipes? One of our cars needs that done.

 

As always another amazing job!

Congrats.

 

great job and beautiful results. what process did you use for the taillamp lenses, if you don't mind me asking?

 

You don't have to answer this but where do you get the majority of your customers? Word of mouth? Seems like you do a tonne of BMWs.

 

P21S Polishing Soap, P21S Metal Polish, OPT Metal Polish

Give the exhaust tips a good rinse and slap on your fav degreaser, brush it down then rise it thoroughly then use steel wool, follow it up with microfiber and a metal polish as above and then follow that up with a light polish like PO85rd from Menzerna

Thanks Blue Dream ! Appreciate that you took the time to look at it.

For the tail lights I used a White pad with Power Finish then followed that up with Ultrafina. Keep your RPMS low on plastic it doesn't take much to correct

Hey 4DGS it's mainly word of mouth. Patience is key. Treat each customer like they are your first and your last and the clients will find you.

cheers

 

Great job again Nikku!