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Deep Gloss Auto Salon: BMW M3 in Dakar Yellow - Detailed
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February 21, 2009, 05:35:18 PM »
Deep Gloss Auto Salon
BMW M3 in Dakar Yellow
This vehicle belongs to one of my regular clients.. This is his fun toy for summer cruising.
For those not familiar with this "Dakar Yellow" I will add that it is not a really bright vibrant yellow, it is almots muted which when the clear coat is not level is impacted and makes it looks almost oxidized
Exterior Cleanse:
Optimum No Rinse Wash
Grout Sponge
Surf City Beyond Steel
5 Gal bucket with water and Meg’s gold class for tires and to dip wheel brushes in
Riccardo Clay
Gray Clay ( eBay)
Optimum No Rinse Clay Lube
Surf City Clearly Better Glass Cleaner
Exterior trim cleaned with Eshine all purpose cleaner (this stuff is AWESOME!!)
Looks pretty clean huh?
Not!
The owners wife did not know the wheel wells were body colored
Before:
After:
Carpets/Mats:
Carpets Shampooed with Folex
Carpets Extracted
Mats Treated with Folex
Mats pressure washed
Mats extracted
Before:
In Process:
After:
Dirty water from extractor and shop vac
Leather:
Leather Master Strong
Leather Master Vital
Leather Master Protection
Before:
After
Trim:
Surf City Dash Away
303 Aerospace Protectant
*Dash away is an all in one with UV protection but since this is a convertible I wanted amped up UV protection*
Before
In Process:
After
Chrome Trim
Badge and Chrome trime treated with Duragloss 501
Paint Correction Tools:
Flex
Makita
Lake Country CCS Green/White/Blue Pads in 4”/5”/6.5”
Lake Country purple foamed wool pad 6.5”
3M UK backing plate
Meguiars W66 backing plate
Paint Correction Products:
Meguiars 105 Ultra Cut Compound cut with Optimum Polish (to provide longer work time)
Menzerna Super Intensive Polish
Menzerna 85rd
Prep Sol wipe down to ensure true defect removal
Pre Correction:
In Process
After correction with no wax:
Towels
Excel Detail waffle weave drying towel (blue)
Eshine Dehydrator
Eshine Glass Thieve (best glass towel PERIOD!!)
Detailers Domain Uber micro fiber towel (this may be my new go to micro fiber)
Exhaust Tips
Polished with Surf City Maximum Metal
Exterior Protection/Dressing:
All trim protected with 303 Aerospace Protectant
Tires Dressed with Surf City Tire Pro (as usual!)
Wheel wells dressed with Adams Undercarriage spray
Rims sprayed with Duragloss Aqua Wax
LSP (last step product):
*Vehicle was foamed and pressure washed prior to waxing to remove dust from cracks & crevices*
Dodo Juice Supernatural
Final Product (after) Glamour Shots
Thanks for looking
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From a nastymobile to a thing of beauty! Awesome, just awesome. What brand carpet extractor is that? Has it held up well?
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Quote from: "RTexasF"
From a nastymobile to a thing of beauty! Awesome, just awesome. What brand carpet extractor is that? Has it held up well?
Thanks Senor...
The extractor is made by Sanitaire (aka Electrolux)... I have been very happy with it as has another detailer that purchased on after seeing me use it.
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