White BMW 120i Sport

[Wayno]

I completed this detail on a 07 BMW 120i Sport on Monday!! It was a difficult detail as the cars paintwork was in really bad shape!!! Plenty of contamination and scratches all over the car!!! It took a long time to repair but i think the owner was pretty happy with the outcome at the end of it!!!

Recieved the car in the rain on Mon morns so before pics arent great!!!















As normal i started off with the wheels and arches!!! Sonax applied!!



Because the contamination on the paintwork was so bad i soaked the car in a stronf solution of APC!!



This is the kind of contamination i am talking about!!!





While the paintwork was soaking i cleaned in between the badges and panal gaps!!





Contamination FTL......



I then moved the car under the carport and clayed it, this took ages, close to 4 hours on a small 3 door!!! :smtp23 Once that was done i put the lights on to inspect the damage!!! There was plenty of issues, lots of swirls and RIDs, some of them very deep!!!













Correction completed using a combination of pads with CG No.3 on this tough paintwork. Once that was done i applied a layer on AG SRP using a White polishing pad and buffed it off using a black finishing pad!!! This was a really difficult step and i struggled to fully remove all the scrathes with my little DA.... Decent results though???

















I then moved it out and gave it a final wash and dry!!!







I then moved it back undercover and applied a layer on Sonax Paste Wax as well as a layer of Megs Cleaner Wax to the wheels. While that was drying i cleaned up the exhaust and sorted the trimmings!!! Sonax was then buffed off by hand!!!

Finally some pics once all of it was done!!!















Thanks for having a look guys!!! :smtp25 :smtp25 Some post detail pics at a decent location to follow shortly!!!

[Carn]

Another great detail Wayno

BMW whites are very often hard as nails which may explain your difficulties on the correction front. CG's #3 is also not the greatest compound when it comes to removing more serious defects from harder paints. Nice work nonetheless!

[calypso]

Nice work. What happened to the drivers side wheel arch. Go rubbing into a wall?

[Torres1]

Great work Wayno and love the signature.

[jagged]

Good job...

[Wayno]

(11-08-2010 07:27 PM)Carn Wrote:  Another great detail Wayno

BMW whites are very often hard as nails which may explain your difficulties on the correction front. CG's #3 is also not the greatest compound when it comes to removing more serious defects from harder paints. Nice work nonetheless!

Thanks Dave!!!! I need to get some quality compounds/polishes from you sometime soon.....

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(11-08-2010 10:40 PM)calypso Wrote:  Nice work. What happened to the drivers side wheel arch. Go rubbing into a wall?

LOL.... was a gate apparantly, and surprisingly its the same on both sides of the bumper...

[Adi]

Howdy Guys,

So this BM is owned by a mate of mine, so naturally I felt inclined to take it for a shoot after its detail. We're both very impressed with Wayne's work.

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And some more...

[Jughead]

Nice work guys ... Wayno all the hard detailing work ... Adi for the cool pics ... Awesome !!

[AMD001]

Excellent work Bru,

[flarkitwo]

Very cool photography there Adi

[Woodie]

Nice work in bringing some reflections to that white Wayno.

And to Adi - awesome photos

[PrevanP]

Nice work Woodie.....I noticed that the car has Durban plates.....are you in Durban?

[Carn]

Lovely photo's Adi...Mind sharing your setup with us?

[Adi]

(12-08-2010 08:51 PM)Carn Wrote:  Lovely photo's Adi...Mind sharing your setup with us?

Thanks Carn! My setup is as follows:

Canon 1d Mark II
Canon 20D
Canon 17-40mm F4 L
Canon 70-200mm F2.8L

[Carn]

Canon 'L' series lenses....I am green!!!

[Starvekos]

Stunning work and thanks for the detailed write up

[springbok]

Love the pics.

[Adi]

(12-08-2010 09:58 PM)Carn Wrote:  Canon 'L' series lenses....I am green!!!

[Vincent]

Awsome work on All fronts there guys. Really great!

[onyx]

Fantastic turn around and some great shots too!