Detailer's Domain: 335i coupe - fixing other detailer's mistakes
 

2010 BMW 335 I Coupe

This car came to us with swirls and huge haze marks. The customer called me upset about what a local detailer recently did to his new car. What the detailer did was rip thru the car in 3 hours with a compound and glaze. i believe this was not necessary at all especially on a new car. Damage done. The car was fixed with M105 - SIP - PO85RD
Last Step = Swissvax Blau Weiss

What was done -
Exterior

- Wheels were prepped with Sonax Wheel Cleaner and cleaned up with various brushes
- Tires were spritzed down with P21S Total Autowash and washed down
- Wheel wells were spritzed down with P21S Total Autowash
- Wash down and rinsed
- Door jambs were cleaned up
- Clayed
- Dried
- Paint inspected and measured
- Wheel Wells were cleaned and dressed with Adam's Undercarriage Spray
- Tires dressed with Swissvax Pneu
- Masking
- 3 Step Paint correction (Meguiars M105 with an Uber Yellow, Menzerna Super Intensive Polish with an Uber Green and Menzerna PO85RD with an Uber Blue)
- Inspection with Fenix, 3m Sun Gun, Infratech, and natural sunlight
- Last Step - Swissvax Blau Weiss
- Rubber and Plastics Treated
- Exterior windows and mirrors cleaned and sealed
- Exhaust tips cleaned

Products used:
(feel free to click the link below for more info)
Exterior:
Valugard Detail Wash
P21S Total Auto Wash
Uber Yellow Wash Sponge
Uber Clay Bar kit with Optimum No Rinse
Einszett Spray Wax
Meguiars M105
Menzerna Super Intensive Polish
Menzerna PO85RD
Swissvax Blau Weiss


Wheels/Tires
Sonax Wheel Cleaner
Swissvax Pneu


Tools:
Infratech 5300
Fenix TK11
Brinkmann
Fenix TK40
Flex 3403
Makita
Metabo
The Uber Foam Pads (5.5inch)
Tons of "Uber" Microfiber Towels
Uber Drying Towels
Brushes
Cam Spray Pressure Wash and Foam Canon Attachment

Before
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/IMG_4936.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/IMG_4833.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/IMG_4834.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/IMG_4835.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/IMG_4836.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/IMG_4837.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/IMG_4838.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/IMG_4844.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/IMG_4846.jpg

Wheels before
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/IMG_4842.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/IMG_4843.jpg

Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/IMG_4847.jpg

Wash
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/IMG_4849.jpg

Claying
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/IMG_4905.jpg

After Polishing shots
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/IMG_4934.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/IMG_4935.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/IMG_4936.jpg

Tips before
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/IMG_4955.jpg

After Optimum Metal Polish
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/IMG_4956.jpg

Swissvax Blau Weiss
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/IMG_4968.jpg

Rinse (look at the tight beads from the Swissvax Blau Weiss)
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/IMG_4996.jpg

After
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/IMG_4994.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/IMG_5002.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/IMG_5003.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/IMG_4974.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/IMG_4975.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/IMG_4976.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/IMG_4980.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/IMG_4983.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/IMG_4990.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/IMG_5006.jpg

Permission for the write up granted by the customer

Hella nice job.

Great job man!

sick work!

thats clean man. i cant believe a supposed "auto detailer" would let a car leave their place of business with swirly hazy paint. i do better myself!

thanks guys more to come.

Yea, every Car Dealer is the same shiz. They get paid per car I bet and just do a quick 30 min job, with high speed rotory and some polish, which is how the buffer trials get there.

Good polishing job is 8 hours. I would never let any car dealer wash/detail my car.