Wait a minute.  Milan already posted pictures about this detail.

I thought perhaps process/products may be beneficial to members....

I will just let Milan post the pictures here on Elite since all else seems to be non value added

Peace out!

Amazing Pictures Milan! You see the car just like it was in real life in front of you through your pictures.

Amazing...Just amazing.......

WOW... no love.... :mrgreen:

Deep Gloss Auto Salon
2009 Ferrari Scuderia

Cleansing Process

Tire/Rim/Arch Cleansing:

Rims: P21s Wheel gel
Tires: P21s Total Auto Wash
Wheel Wells: P21s Total Auto Wash
Raceglaze XL Brush: Used for barrels of rims and to get into small clearance to scrub arches
Black Magic Tire Brush: used to scrub tires
Wash Mitt: Used to clean face of rims
Megs Wheel Brush: Used to clean face of rims

Below is picture of all the wheel cleaning products in action:



Tire/Rim/Arch Protection:
Tires: Dressed with Surf City Beyond Black
Arches: Dressed with Bare Bones
Rims: Protected with Optiseal x 2

Paint Cleansing:
Generously pressure washed
Foam cannon with Chemical Guys Citrus Wash Clear
Generously pressure washed
Foam cannon with Chemical Guys Citrus Wash Clear
Badges and all cracks cleansed with Megs slide lock brush
2 bucket wash with Chemical Guys Citrus Wash Clear
Generously pressure washed
Clayed with Riccardo yellow and ONR as lube
Blown and blot dried

Interior:
Hides: LM Trio
Carbon Fiber: Polished with 4” tangerine hydro pad / Power Finish
Carbon Fiber: Protected with Zaino AIO / Z2
Floor/Rubber Bits: HD Total
Alcantara: Warm Water and Terry Towel
Fire Extinguisher: FK 425
Windows: Surf City Clearly Better
Rubber Seals: 1z Gummi Plfedge

Example of hides before:


Example of hides after (excuse still wet LM)


Engine:
ONR wipedown
Carbon Fiber: Power Finish / Tangerine Hydro
Carbon Fiber: Zaino AIO / Z2
Rubber: 303 Wipes
Fuel Rail/Exhaust Can: Never Dull / Surf City Metal polish

Reaching in to polish small bits is not easy:


Polishing Carbon Fiber:


This tool made the window quite a bit easier:


Here are a couple random shots showing some paint defects:




Paint Correction:
Meg’s 105 / Surbuf pad / Megs V2
**Some spots required Meg’s 105 / Cyan Pad / Makita Rotary
SIP / White LC / Megs V2
106ff / Black LC / Megs V2
85rd / Red LC / Megs V2

LSP:
Black Fire Wet Diamond (3 layers)
Zaino Grand Finale

Some direct comparison before and after pictures (at various stages of polishing):

Before:


After:


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After:


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After:


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After:


Before:


50/50:


Sun Verification:






Random Sun Shots:
















A few  random (yet cool) reflection shots:




Indoor Shots:



Beauty Shots (taken by Milan Andrys)

Outstanding! Very nice work! How do dealerships fuck up new cars so bad? Its like they are not even trying!

Thank you,....

I advise people to request that their cars be delivered to them with the plastic protection still on... that is how much I trust dealerships washing techniques

Do you know CPR.... because I think you just brought that car back to life.  Congrats on the awesome work.

Greg @ DI

Thanks a lot Greg.. I am LOVING the great service I have been getting from you guys at DI lately... Hats off to you!

Looks good Jason.  Glad to see you're still around and still detailing.  Next time I'm in town, we need to hang out.

Thanks Tim....

I would love that!

Great job.

Thanks Man!

Nice work as always! In my experience dealerships either do a bad job detailing or just don't know anything about paint maintenance.

Thanks...

Sad but true!

Nice work Misha!

[Deep Gloss Auto Salon2010 BMW M3 in Jet BlackSaved From the Hackers]

Deep Gloss Auto Salon
2010 BMW M3 in Jet Black
Saved From the Hackers




The owner of this beautiful M3 knew all to well the difficulty in getting a Jet Black bimmer with perfect paint let alone keeping it that way. For this reason he factory ordered this beauty as well as instructed the dealership to not wash his vehicle.

When he went to pick up his vehicle I am sure you can imagine his horror when he was greeted with a swirled up mess. Unfortunately the dealership took it upon themselves to be so kind as to treat his new machine to a “Hand Wash” as they so proudly touted.

When the owner expressed his dissatisfaction the dealership reassured that their “Hand Wash” could not have been the culprit but, they would send this out to a detail shop and have the problem rectified.

Want to guess how that turned out?

Fast forward to when the owner picks up the car after being “detailed”. The vehicle looked no better that before (worst actually), as the dealer explained it the detail shop “was not able to remove the swirls”, they also informed the owner that this is “how all cars look, swirls are just inherent to paint”…..

As you will see, not only was the detail shop not able to remove the heavy wash induced swirls but they were also kind enough to leave evidence of their shoddy work in the form of holograms throughout and left over compound/wax etc.

So, as they say… On with the show!

As always the cleansing process started with the wheel areas.  Products used were

Chemicals:
AutoGlym Custom Wheel Cleaner: Used on rims and tires
Meg’s Super Degreaser: Used on arches

Tools:
Raceglaze XL Brush: Used for barrels on rims and to get into small clearance to scrub arches
Black Magic Tire Brush: used to scrub tires
Wash Mitt: Used to clean face of rims
Megs Wheel Brush: Used to clean face of rims


AG CWC hard at work.


After the wheels/arches/tires were sorted out it was time to clean the paint.
Wash process is below:

Entire exterior generously pressure washed
Entire exterior generously showered with foam cannon (Chemical Guys Citrus Clear) and left to dwell for 5 minutes
Entire exterior generously pressure washed
Entire exterior generously showered with foam cannon (Chemical Guys Citrus Clear) and left to dwell for 5 minutes
While foam was dwelling the emblems and crevices were cleaned with Megs slide lock brush and bucket of diluted Chemical Guys Citrus Clear
Entire exterior generously pressure washed
Exterior was clayed with Riccardo yellow clay and ONR as lube
Entire exterior generously pressure washed
Exterior was blown dry and then dried with waffle weave micro fiber towels

Thick layer of foam working its magic


After dwell time





Condition of “freshly detailed” car by bimmer approved detail shop? As can be seen there was a consistent level of scratches/marring/swirls/holograms throughout the entire paintwork of this vehicle.

Hood Before:




Rear Deck Lid Before:




Drivers Side C Pillar Before:


Drivers Door Before:


Drivers ¼ panel before:


Nice holograms even on the side lip of hood before:


Drivers Rear ¼ Panel Before:


Passenger C Pillar Before:


Passenger Door Before:


Mirror Housing Before:


Roof Before:



Paint Correction:

As always, a test section was isolated in order to identify the best method for correcting the paint while removing as little clear coat as possible.

MANY different polish/pad combos were used. This paint was different than the soft Jet Black bimmer paint of yesteryear which is not necessarily a bad thing considering how ridiculously soft it used to be but, this paint presented its own set of obstacles such as:

I used several different combos with my Makita 9227 and I was not getting the results I wanted… Medium pad/polish combo did not correct the paint so I decided to try wool.. The wool just tore the paint up and created more work just to clean up after the wool. Anything I tried with my Makita delivered sub standard results

What I realized was that this paint responded better to a DA machine so, out came my new Megs V2 DA… Viola, we are in the money

The process I dialed in was as follows:

Megs 105 with orange LC pad (two times)
Menzerna SIP with white LC pad
Menzerna 106ff with black LC pad
Menzerna 85rd with red LC pad
91% IPA wipedowns (multiple) to ensure true correction

Some in process shots

Test Spot Before:


Sun validation of my process on the test spot (prior to 106/85rd):


Half and Half shot after all compounding / polishing steps (please excuse polish residue at bottom of panel):


After all paint correction was completed the vehicle was given a final wash to ensure all polishing oils/dust etc was removed.

Exhaust Tips: Never Dull & Surf City metal polish




Used 303 wipes for the 1st time


Tires/Wheels/Arches
Tires: Surf City Beyond Black Dressing
Have to get the full tire dressed right…OCD much?

Rims: Optiseal

Arches: Chemical Guys Bare Bones
Rubber Seals: 1Z Gummi Pfledge
Windows: Surf City Clearly Better
Engine: ONR wipe down/ dressed with CD2 engine dressing
Chrome bagding, appliqués, trim: Duragloss 501
Exterior plastic trim: Ultima or Duragloss 253

LSP was Rubbish Boys OE.

Sun Shots:




This is a fun sun shot…

From this:


To this:



Beauty Shots:





Indoor gloss shot


HDR beauty shots courtesy of forum member "Milan".. Thanks Buddy!:






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Thanks for looking!

P21s wheel gel cleaner to clean the wheel and then a coat of wheel wax will do you just fine. I literally hose my wheels off and quickly dry with a leaf blower and they look like new from a daily drive. Amazing stuff. Collinite 845 Carnauba wax is another great product to use. Last product to try is a product called Rejex, but the price is too expensive.

Does the P21s require any surface agitation? I'm trying out a bottle of SCG Beyond Steel wheel cleaner and it says you do not have to scrub the wheel but they lie. In reality you do have to lightly brush the surface of the wheel to get them spotless.  I'd be interested in trying this P21s if it does not require any scrubbing.

All cleaners will require agitation unless you are using some really strong stuff. If you left P21s on over night it may all come off with no agitation depending on how dirty the surface was.

Even strong acid based cleaners such as Meguiars Wheel Brightner or Danase Tire Assasin dont get every single nook & cranny and, with these cleaners you must pratice safety due to the fact they are hf.

If you are not enjoying cleaning your tires you are using the wrong brush(es). let me show you the brush that changed it all for me...http://www.autowerkesexclusive.com/prod ... index.html

It has reached deep into just about any barrel and is small/thin enough that you can pivot it to get the rear side of most rims. Also for final rim wipedowns I wrap a mf towel around this brush and spray QD on it and in the rim barrels...

P21s wheel gel cleaner to clean the wheel and then a coat of wheel wax will do you just fine. I literally hose my wheels off and quickly dry with a leaf blower and they look like new from a daily drive. Amazing stuff. Collinite 845 Carnauba wax is another great product to use. Last product to try is a product called Rejex, but the price is too expensive.

P21S is great for sensitive aftermarket rims or for vehicled with sensitive breaking systems. Another good one is Suf City Beyond Steel.. more economical than P21s and more suitable for most set ups

Milan it's kinda funny that you're talking about Eagle One products (funny ironic, not funny "ha ha")because I also bought an E1 tire cleaner today from my local AZ. It's the Eagle one complete tire cleaner 'from AtoZ' and I wasn't that impressed with it either.

Maybe E1 products just suck and thats why autozone is trying to get rid of them.

Sorry you had to buff your tires, kind of defeats the purpose of buying a tire product if you have to scrub the heck out of them.

I have used A-Z and thought it was VERY good for what it is and that is a hardcore cleaner........ If they sold it in bulk I would but it...

I will say those are 2 different vehicles. Did a VIN swap and trash the original one...

Shhhh, you will give away all my secrets.....lol