E90 BMW 330D Le Mans Blue - 2 Stage Correction Detail

jonjay · Oct 10, 2011

E90 BMW Le Mans Blue BMW 330D – 2 Stage Paint Correction Detail – The Bavarian Bad boy.

Karl has been saying to me for me to detail his old Seat Leon for around 3 years that its become a running joke every time I see him. !!!!Finally!!!! with the purchase of the “Bavarian bad boy” he decided to let me and Rodger loose to see what we could do on the Le Mans blue paintwork.

The car is a lovely E90 330D M-sport with karl being the third owner. It is in good condition and covered 55k however as with all cars you never quite know what you’re letting yourself in for until she is decontaminated and under the scrutiny of the lights.

Here is how she looked when Karl turned up (15minutes early!)

BEFORE DETAIL PICS

Products we used during the course of the day.

Products
Wash n Drying

AutoFinesse Lather Shampoo [body and wheels]
AutoSmart G101 All Purpose Cleaner [Plastics and Rubbers]
AutoSmart Tardis [body and wheels]
Valet Pro Snowfoam [body]
Chemical Guys Strong Wash [bugs + Tar]
Chemical Guys Orange Degreaser [arch liners]
Wolfs Chemicals De-ironiser [wheels]
Valet Pro Bilberry Wheel Cleaner [wheels]
PB Super Plush Drying Towel [body]
Various microfibers [body]

Body Work

Dodo Juice fine polyclay [body]
AutoSmart Reglaze [everything]
Menzerna Intensive Polish (P106FA) [refining]
Britemax Pure Cut [Compounding]
AutoFinesse Rejuvenate [hard to reach areas]

Sealants and Waxes

Collinite 476s Double Auto Wax [LSP]
AutoFinesse Tripple [Door shuts and interior shiny plastics]

Plastics, Rubbers and Glass

Megs Tyre Endurance Gel [tyres]
Megs NXT Metal Polish [exhaust]
3M Glass Cleaner [glass inside and out]
AutoSmart Finish [Plastics and arch liners]
WD40 [Plastics and Rubbers]

Tools

Dodo Juice Spin Doctor Rotary
Megs G220 DA
Karcher Pressure washer + Snow foam Lance
Elite Car Care Heavy Polishing Pad
Chemical Guys Hex light polishing pad
Dodo Juice Maxi Marino wool pads
Swissvax Detail Brushes
EZ Detail Wheel Brush
3M 3434 Masking Tape

08:30am Rodger and I got cracking.

jonjay · Oct 10, 2011

CLEAN STAGE

Wheels were cleaned with Bilberry Wheel cleaner and then treated with Wolfs Deironiser. As with a lot of second hand cars it seems people never seem to clean their wheels properly. They are due for a refurb (anthracite grey Karl?)

Degreaser applied to bodywork and rinsed.

De-ironiser left to dwell.

SNOWFOAM

jonjay · Oct 10, 2011

INSPECTION

OH DEAR…rock hard BMW paint and a bad back came to mind.

jonjay · Oct 10, 2011

jonjay · Oct 10, 2011

CLAYING + PDG Readings

Door may have been painted in the past

Normal paint readings

jonjay · Oct 10, 2011

BONNET

Before

After

1/3 of the bonnet done and some really deep scratches to deal with later on during the second stage.

Door Shuts

Autofinesse Tripple works so well on door shuts in my new no.1 for this task.

jonjay · Oct 10, 2011

CLARITY IMPROVEMENTS

These two pictures show just how much clarity was gained during the compounding stage.

…..SOME MORE 50/50’S

REAR BOOT

jonjay · Oct 10, 2011

What the rear boot looked like after I hit it with a wool pad and Britemax Pure Cut twice. Rodger then refined the finish with a combination of 106FA and 85RD. The huge RDS was still slightly present however we agreed that we simply has to move on.

Having two detailers on one car was brilliant for making up lost time. Whilst I was compounding Rodger was chasing me refining the paint work. Refining Stage did an amazing job in adding incredible gloss and shine!

Dressing the tyres and nice reflection shot of what I would look like in the future with no hair. Lol!

jonjay · Oct 10, 2011

RESULTS

jonjay · Oct 10, 2011

Karl, Rodger and me where all overwhelmed by the results. I cannot stress what a transformation the car was to when we first saw it. I believe 95% of all the swirls and RDS where gone. Yes there was some deep ones left behind that we could not correct in the allocated time but Karl said we would see the car again soon (what are friends for ey?)!

Thanks karl and see you on the 23nd in the Bavarian section of the rolling road day! Lol!

Detailers Notes
- Detailing with another detailer saves so much time as you can bounce ideas of each other and really put in the extra detail in where it counts.
- Britemax Pure Cut is a really good product. Brakes down quite quickly however it does what it says on the tin.
- DJ Maxi Marino wool pad rocks!
- Refining stage after hard compounding makes all the difference.

J@mes W · Oct 10, 2011

As always... absolutely amazing, such a huge improvement. I love reading these threads, especially yours as you document them so well. I actually feel like i learn something new every time i read one of your correction threads. Keep 'em coming!

Ibiza 130 tdi · Oct 10, 2011

Looks epic afterwards! Cant believe the state of the paint to start with!!!! It looks terrible! But the shine afterwards is absolutely lovely! Definitely needed the TLC of you guys!

Good work done guys!

strugers1 · Oct 10, 2011

thanks huys im so happy with the results its unreal...
you never fail to amaze me

D.K · Oct 10, 2011

Great results as always Maz

t0m · Oct 10, 2011

Massive improvement!

n_d_fox · Oct 11, 2011

Looks awesome in the afters mate... was thinking the same (hard paint, bad back) when looking through the damage pics but it worked out nicely in the end.

How did you find the paint ? The 1 series i did in the summer was rock hard but marked really easily when wiping down etc, very strange paint... i've read recently that BMW use water based paints now which is why they are usually covered in orange peel but so hard...

Loving the work though, hope your keeping busy :thumbup:

jonjay · Oct 30, 2011

Cheers everyone.

n_d_fox said:
Looks awesome in the afters mate... was thinking the same (hard paint, bad back) when looking through the damage pics but it worked out nicely in the end.

How did you find the paint ? The 1 series i did in the summer was rock hard but marked really easily when wiping down etc, very strange paint... i've read recently that BMW use water based paints now which is why they are usually covered in orange peel but so hard...

Loving the work though, hope your keeping busy

The paint was very hard but not as hard as my BMW paint. Some of the panels were sprayed which i think was the cause however it was done by a BMW dealer so they used same materials as factory so still pretty hard by VAG standards.

Hit some of the panels 3-4 times so 1000000% needed refining afterwards which is what really brought the clarity into the finish. Compounding stage literally just got rid of swirls and scratches nothing more.

Some BMs are worse than others for orange peel. My black one is average I would say but not doubt when I detail her properly it should flatten down a bit. I contemplated wet sanding the whole car but its a huge job and one I would need over a week to do.

jonjay · Mar 25, 2012

Some more pictures of this lovely BMW. Pretty please with results and should see her back soon for further improvement.

strugers1 · Mar 25, 2012

actually love my car

Claki · Apr 9, 2012

How much is a detail like this worth?

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