** Miglior Detailing ltd ** On-going Thread - Winter protection! 5 german cars

[JPC]

Hi guys, well ill start off with a bmw 1 series i had in for an enhance and protect detail.

The car has 106k miles on the clock and was looking really shabby.



The owner brought it in because he was concerned about how rough the paint felt on the bonnet and all down one side. he said it felt like sandpaper. Before i saw the car i presumed it will be full of tree sap but i was wrong. It looked like all the clear coat was coming off.






I washed the car and couldnt believe how rough it was! it really was awful. after washing it gave me a better idea of what i was looking it. it looked like some sort of industrial overspray, like some form of glue maybe?

i tested a small bit of the bonnet with Megs Pro Mild clay. magic, it was bringing it off. I still treaded carefully, because it was quite scratchy. this car took about 2 hours just to clay because of this. sometimes i needed to step up to Agressive clay, and this along with what i was removing, left some slight maring.



So after i had finished claying i quickly went round the car with menz final finish. this really brought the clarity back to the paint. it got rid of 90% of the swirls, although there were still some pretty hefty marks remaining, but this wasnt booked in for a full correction.

the car was looking so much better now, it had shaved 80k miles off it!

now i moved onto a wipe down with IPA and then two coats of Z5 and a spritz of z8 afterwards.

the owner was absolutely delighted and couldnt believe how clean his car was.
















more coming soon, ive not done the c63 write up yet!

[VC]

excellent stuff 

so is there a dramatic difference between the mild and aggressive clay then? at which point did you decided to change between the two?

[JPC]

well....you see some coloured defects in the overspray? those ring type arrangements?

well they seemed to be the most stubborn ones, i did what i could with the mild clay. then switched to the aggressive stuff to get the rest out.

I could have probably got it all out with the green clay, with elbow grease, but that goes against what clay is about. it shouldnt need elbow grease. ive always found a less passes with a more aggressive clay is better than loads of rubbing with a mild clay

[jt1]

Nice and shiney,great job bet the owner was made up

[JPC]

certainly was, thanks mate

[stealthwolf]

What colour's the more aggressive clay? Grey? I used sonus green on my car once and it wasn't shifting anything. Switched to the clay I got with meg's smooth surface and the results were more satisfactory.

When you went round with final finish, how long did you spend on a, say, 2ftx2ft section? I think I spent around 5 mins per section like that. Just wondered whether it had been worth it or should I have used it for a shorter period of time?

Would have loved to have seen more finished pics but that looks  

[VC]

^^^ agreed

can we have a before and after nostril shot?

did you venture inside?

[JPC]

whats a nostril shot? as in from the front?

[VC]

yup 

to show off the areas around the front plastic and lights and it's a trouble spot

[WhiteGTI]

Request to make this thread a sticky................! 

[JPC]

What colour's the more aggressive clay? Grey? I used sonus green on my car once and it wasn't shifting anything. Switched to the clay I got with meg's smooth surface and the results were more satisfactory.

When you went round with final finish, how long did you spend on a, say, 2ftx2ft section? I think I spent around 5 mins per section like that. Just wondered whether it had been worth it or should I have used it for a shorter period of time?

Would have loved to have seen more finished pics but that looks  

with regards to the clay, the aggressive one is red. the mild is light green.
they are from the megs professional range, so wont find them in halfords.

the final finish was only used to bring the clarity of the paint and colour back. It wasnt meant for huge correction work, even though it did quite a lot.

i probably worked on a 3 x 2 area and spent probably 2-3 minutes on each section.

this is with a rotary though. not so much pressure and about reaching maybe 2000rpm??

[JPC]

let me have a look at my pics VC! ;)

[JPC]

only got one of the front after. and the way the light is (in front of the camera) it means it washes out the rest of the pic.

ill upload it in a sec! ;)

[JPC]

there you go mate.

I need to step up with my photography skills seriously.

I would also like to get more shots which are a good comparison from before and after.

But when you trying to cram a 16 hour detail (not in this case) into 12 hours, its quite hard to dedicate much time to photos!

[JPC]

Request to make this thread a sticky................! 

good idea, but unfortunately not up to me