Hi all - ticked off a few more since my last report here on CS.net which was the red RS4. This time, a 'black' Beemer:
BMW M5 e60 in Carbon Black
Major Paint Correction Detail with engine and interior treatments to bring the car back to it’s once former glory.
Product
Vehicle dropped off on the Sunday morning. To be collected the follow Saturday (owner was working in the USA so left it with me for the week)
Overall, some 31 hours were put into this one over four days. (Sunday ~2 hours, Weds 10 hours, Thurs 10 hours, Fri 8 hours and Saturday, an hour here and there finishing off)
Inspection.
Sunday, day 1, Alan off of AMDetails ( http://www.amdetails.co.uk ) paid a visit to the WhiteDetails HQ. After months of chatting, banter and business ideas, it was great to put a ‘face to name’. Alan brought along some of his new cleaning kit for me to trial shortly before it goes live and is launched to the public for sale…
Kean to crack on, the wheels & arches were doused in AS Hazsafe followed by Alan’s (mango smelling) safe wheel cleaner and AS G101 up into the arches.
Various brushes and mitts were used at this stage to agitate and lift the surface dirt. AS Tardis stepping up to soften a few tiny tar deposits and finally Iron-X used to cut into the engrained iron fillings and pitting. Very impressed with Alan’s cleaner so far, will be testing more in next few weeks but certainly a good first ‘outing’.
With the wheels clean, before moving on to a ‘contact wash’, the car was rinsed, foamed and left to dwell for a few minutes whilst I ran round a few intricate areas with a soft detailing brush.
After Alan’s foam had done its thing, the car was pressure rinsed to remove the softened dirt bottom to top. Ensuring every inch of the car was hit; paying particular attention to panel gaps, trim etc.
After a two bucket wash and de-tar session with AS Tardis, the car was brought inside for claying.
Other than a few stray tar specs and tree sap, the car was rather clean. The owner had mentioned he likes to keep on top of things when time allows!
So we’re clean, we’re dry and we’re ready for a quick paint inspection:
The lower quarters suffering the worst…
Other areas not so bad – machine holograms present; someone’s had a go at this before!
Other:
For day 1, for Alan and I, that was is. Kit packed up and my Avant loaded for a day’s mobile work on this stunning V8 Vantage:
Day 2 on the M5 was picked up on Wednesday. Tuesday, an old friend, the 525d that was in for a Major Paint Correction back in May, was back for a top-up inside and out.
So Wednesday rolls round and I’ve got a long day machine polishing ahead of me.
Starting on that bonnet…
After a couple of polish and pad combinations, I settled on G-Techniq’s P1 polish on their wool pad.
After a couple of hits, I had the desired level of correction we were after.
To knock out some of my own feint buffertrails, this was followed by Menz 85RD 3.02 and finally Menz 106FA for a jewelled, sharp finish.
O/S/F wing requiring a similar approach. Before/After:
Brought out a Lake Country spot pad for the tighter areas…
Cut, polished and refined. O/S/F wing finished:
O/S/F door complete> (same P1, 3.02, 106FA approach continued around the car)
Both O/S doors:
Up and onto the roof:
O/S pretty much now complete:
End of day 2.
Bright and early on day 3, starting with the boot lid.
Afters:
Horizontal face of the boot lid, before:
The little spoiler, before/after:
In process:
And after:
Lights tidied with Menz 203s on a spot pad:
Repeating the process down the N/S (it’s at this point I remember how big these cars are!)
After heavy correction, the finish on the N/S/R door is poor; hazy and buffertrails.
Multiple passes later however, much better:
The following shot is after two hits with wool on the N/S/F lower door.
As you can see, loads of room for improvement. If I remember correctly, it took another two heavy hits to find the results we were after:
…followed by a polishing and a refining set to complete.
The N/S/F wing was nasty; almost looked like some sort of chemical etching had attacked it?
Polish residues caught in & around the light housing from past sessions.
The finish wasn’t great – quite possibly resprayed at somepoint in its life? Thickness readings were all OK though (nothing out of the ordinary)
Once corrected though it was looking much better:
Finished the N/S half of the bonnet:
Before:
After:
I think it was around here I called it for the day…
Day 4, bumpers and sills yet to be machined…
Before/after on the N/S sill:
Correction complete. Waiting to go out for it’s rinse..
As expected, plenty of dust to clear up!
It’s now I focus my attention to the door shuts and engine bay (little point in doing them on Day 1, they’re only going to need doing again anyway with the excess dusting etc)
A 10 minute concentrated pressure wash followed by an open-hose water sheeting session leaves the car virtually dry – just a few beads to pick up with the towel.
Further blown dry with the black baron dryer, the engine bay was then dressed & polished where appropriate.
Paintwork receiving its last IPA (Reagent Isopropyl Alcohol) wipe to remove any remaining polishing oils:
Wolf’s Nano Paint Sealant (Body Wrap) used to protect.
Final touches, IE, britework polished with Jeffs Prime:
.
Exhausts polished. Alloys sealed. Tyres dressed. Glass cleaned. Interior tidied. Job done…
A tough and challenging detail. Standing back though, the effort was well worth it!
A big thanks to Alan @ AMDetails for popping down. Exciting times ahead my friend. Any questions RE his new kit, mail him: sales@amdetails.co.uk
Thanks, Jim.
BMW M5 e60 in Carbon Black
Major Paint Correction Detail with engine and interior treatments to bring the car back to it’s once former glory.
Product
- AutoGlym Vinyl & Rubber Care
- AMDetails Snow foam
- AMDetails Neutral Shampoo
- AMDetails Safe Wheel Cleaner
- AMDetails Interior Clean
- AMDetails Mild Clay Bar
- AutoSmart G101
- AutoSmart Tardis
- AutoSmart Hazsafe
- Belgom ALU
- Chemical Guys JetSEAL109
- G-Techniq P1 system
- Iron-X
- IPA
- Jeffs Werkstat Prime
- Meguiars Endurance Tyre Gel
- Meguiars Super Degreaser
- Menzerna 85RD 3.02 Intensive polish
- Menzerna 106FA Final Finish
- Wolfs Chemicals Body Wrap
Vehicle dropped off on the Sunday morning. To be collected the follow Saturday (owner was working in the USA so left it with me for the week)
Overall, some 31 hours were put into this one over four days. (Sunday ~2 hours, Weds 10 hours, Thurs 10 hours, Fri 8 hours and Saturday, an hour here and there finishing off)
Inspection.
Sunday, day 1, Alan off of AMDetails ( http://www.amdetails.co.uk ) paid a visit to the WhiteDetails HQ. After months of chatting, banter and business ideas, it was great to put a ‘face to name’. Alan brought along some of his new cleaning kit for me to trial shortly before it goes live and is launched to the public for sale…
Kean to crack on, the wheels & arches were doused in AS Hazsafe followed by Alan’s (mango smelling) safe wheel cleaner and AS G101 up into the arches.
Various brushes and mitts were used at this stage to agitate and lift the surface dirt. AS Tardis stepping up to soften a few tiny tar deposits and finally Iron-X used to cut into the engrained iron fillings and pitting. Very impressed with Alan’s cleaner so far, will be testing more in next few weeks but certainly a good first ‘outing’.
With the wheels clean, before moving on to a ‘contact wash’, the car was rinsed, foamed and left to dwell for a few minutes whilst I ran round a few intricate areas with a soft detailing brush.
After Alan’s foam had done its thing, the car was pressure rinsed to remove the softened dirt bottom to top. Ensuring every inch of the car was hit; paying particular attention to panel gaps, trim etc.
After a two bucket wash and de-tar session with AS Tardis, the car was brought inside for claying.
Other than a few stray tar specs and tree sap, the car was rather clean. The owner had mentioned he likes to keep on top of things when time allows!
So we’re clean, we’re dry and we’re ready for a quick paint inspection:
The lower quarters suffering the worst…
Other areas not so bad – machine holograms present; someone’s had a go at this before!
Other:
For day 1, for Alan and I, that was is. Kit packed up and my Avant loaded for a day’s mobile work on this stunning V8 Vantage:
Day 2 on the M5 was picked up on Wednesday. Tuesday, an old friend, the 525d that was in for a Major Paint Correction back in May, was back for a top-up inside and out.
So Wednesday rolls round and I’ve got a long day machine polishing ahead of me.
Starting on that bonnet…
After a couple of polish and pad combinations, I settled on G-Techniq’s P1 polish on their wool pad.
After a couple of hits, I had the desired level of correction we were after.
To knock out some of my own feint buffertrails, this was followed by Menz 85RD 3.02 and finally Menz 106FA for a jewelled, sharp finish.
O/S/F wing requiring a similar approach. Before/After:
Brought out a Lake Country spot pad for the tighter areas…
Cut, polished and refined. O/S/F wing finished:
O/S/F door complete> (same P1, 3.02, 106FA approach continued around the car)
Both O/S doors:
Up and onto the roof:
O/S pretty much now complete:
End of day 2.
Bright and early on day 3, starting with the boot lid.
Afters:
Horizontal face of the boot lid, before:
The little spoiler, before/after:
In process:
And after:
Lights tidied with Menz 203s on a spot pad:
Repeating the process down the N/S (it’s at this point I remember how big these cars are!)
After heavy correction, the finish on the N/S/R door is poor; hazy and buffertrails.
Multiple passes later however, much better:
The following shot is after two hits with wool on the N/S/F lower door.
As you can see, loads of room for improvement. If I remember correctly, it took another two heavy hits to find the results we were after:
…followed by a polishing and a refining set to complete.
The N/S/F wing was nasty; almost looked like some sort of chemical etching had attacked it?
Polish residues caught in & around the light housing from past sessions.
The finish wasn’t great – quite possibly resprayed at somepoint in its life? Thickness readings were all OK though (nothing out of the ordinary)
Once corrected though it was looking much better:
Finished the N/S half of the bonnet:
Before:
After:
I think it was around here I called it for the day…
Day 4, bumpers and sills yet to be machined…
Before/after on the N/S sill:
Correction complete. Waiting to go out for it’s rinse..
As expected, plenty of dust to clear up!
It’s now I focus my attention to the door shuts and engine bay (little point in doing them on Day 1, they’re only going to need doing again anyway with the excess dusting etc)
A 10 minute concentrated pressure wash followed by an open-hose water sheeting session leaves the car virtually dry – just a few beads to pick up with the towel.
Further blown dry with the black baron dryer, the engine bay was then dressed & polished where appropriate.
Paintwork receiving its last IPA (Reagent Isopropyl Alcohol) wipe to remove any remaining polishing oils:
Wolf’s Nano Paint Sealant (Body Wrap) used to protect.
Final touches, IE, britework polished with Jeffs Prime:
.
Exhausts polished. Alloys sealed. Tyres dressed. Glass cleaned. Interior tidied. Job done…
A tough and challenging detail. Standing back though, the effort was well worth it!
A big thanks to Alan @ AMDetails for popping down. Exciting times ahead my friend. Any questions RE his new kit, mail him: sales@amdetails.co.uk
Thanks, Jim.
