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Swissvax'ed: Alpine White BMW E92 335i with Glacier
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03-22-2011, 09:41 AM | #1 |
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Swissvax'ed: Alpine White BMW E92 335i with Glacier
Last time i detailed this car was about two years ago, and since then it had not been clayed, waxed, or had any sort of detailing other than washing sparingly; so you can just imagine how contaminated, dirty, and oxidized this car was. On the clay step alone i went through 2 entire Swissvax Paint Rubber bars!
The car needed some serious reviving, however the owner was on a budget. We decided that the best option would be a single stage polish with Swissvax Cleaner Fluid Pro and followed up with Swissvax Glacier wax. Also the rubber seals needed a lot of moisture, so i applied Swissvax Seal Feed to all of them. This job took about 16 or so hours. Products Used: wash: -Swissvax Car Bath Wheels: -SONAX Full Effect Wheel Cleaner (4 times!) -1Z W99 Industrial Cleaner -Zep Formula 50 -Swissvax Cleaner Fluid -Swissvax Autobahn -1Z Rubber Care (Tires) Paint: -Swissvax Paint Rubber (yellow) -Swissvax Cleaner Fluid Pro / White Swissvax Fine Pad -Swissvax Glacier wax for White Paint -Swissvax Quick Finish Rubber / Plastic: -Swissvax Seal Feed -Swissvax Protecton -Swissvax Protecton Matt Interior: -Swissvax Leather Cleaner -Swissvax Leather Milk -1Z Cockpit -1Z Blitz -Chemical Guy's Lightning Fast -Swissvax Pneu and Detail brushes Engine Bay: -Swissvax Engine -Swissvax Protecton Other: -Swissvax Metal Polish -1Z Glass Cleaner -Aquapel And the pictures........... Notice how there's barely any reflections coming off the sides of the car. A glimpse of what i had to deal with... the side markers were very faded and dull the Vinyl roof was heavily contaminated! The interior was equally as dirty... The Engine bay needed some help after the car being at the bodyshop with the hood off for a few weeks. oops... the bodyshop forgot to wipe off the compound used after painting! The wheels were extremely dirty. The inside of the wheels took about 4 cleanings with SONAX Full Effect for the inner parts of the wheel to come out remotely clean. Sonax in action 1Z w99 on the tires! 3rd cleaning with SONAX The car was extremely contaminated... i used an entire 2 bars of Swissvax Paint Rubber on this car. Look at the contamination on the bumper before i clayed it! The Rubber Seals were cracking badly. i applied a couple applications of Swissvax Seal Feed to prevent it from getting any worse... Here's a 50/50 on the trunk. the left side has not been polished yet. notice the difference in color between both sides. The clear coat on this rear quarter panel, which had been repainted, was yellowing very badly. I decided to cut down the clear coat to get as much yellow out as possible I also polished the vinyl roof, and the pad looked like this after... and to finish the vinyl roof after polishing Quarter panel is polished, door is not and onto the final step! Finished pictures! my detailing shoes That's all for that one! Thanks for looking! Dom |
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03-22-2011, 02:00 PM | #4 |
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good job, i cant believe how yellow that paint was
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03-22-2011, 02:49 PM | #5 |
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Good job. Did you use the same polish for the vinyl as the paint? Any long terms effects of that? It amazes me the money people put in mods on a car and then let it get that dirty. Their money but just seems silly to me.
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03-22-2011, 04:33 PM | #7 |
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Yes, same polish. Polishing vinyl does the same job as it does to paint, wears off a small amount of the top layer to reveal a "newer" finish that has not been exposed to oxidation. The only problem is that it cannot be waxed, since it was very pourous and would leave a milky residue. Thus i had to apply Swissvax Protecton which should last a few months.
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03-22-2011, 05:43 PM | #9 |
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VERY nice turnaround, Dom! What process/products did you use on the steering wheel? Looks brand new compared to the "before" picture.
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03-22-2011, 06:18 PM | #10 |
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Mega thanks to Dominic for taking care of my car like it was his own,i deeply appreciate it,sorry to all who think i abused my car,im super busy i work 12 hours a day and the car has been in the body shop 2 times,i don't know how to properly wax or clay my car,so i haven't attempted to thinking id make it worse..im gonna have my car detailed by dominic every 3 months so it never gets like that again,again thank you for your attention to detail and reviving my car!
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03-22-2011, 07:18 PM | #11 |
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Nice work, but I'm just curious - how clean did you get those wheels? On that closeup shot of the wheel I see a lot of contamination still on the wheel and on the wheel barrel. Do you know what would it take to get that stuff removed?
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03-22-2011, 07:19 PM | #12 |
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nice work on the detail, but that thing before.... wow
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