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Show & Shine Techno-violet 96' BMW 328i
This forum looks like it's a bit dead, so I thought I could contribute with an old show and shine thread I made for a norwegian detailing forum, I did this about 8 months ago. So here goes:
Front bumper was taken off because of installing new mesh.
Time spent was about 25-30 hours.
Products used for wash:
18 litre bucket with grit guard
Kärcher K5.600 high pressure washer (with Kärcher foam cannon)
Ass. brushes (Swissvax & Mothers)
Meguiar's wash mitt
Chemical Guys Miracle Dryers 3x
Surfex HD 1:5 / 1:10 (degreaser)
Prickbort (degreaser)
IronX (degreaser)
Bilberry Wheel cleaner 1:1 / 1:10
CG Citrus Wash & Gloss (foam soap)
MG NXT Gen soap
Pressurecans
Pre wash inspection:
Most parts has alot of swirls and some RDS (random deep scratches). Some stone chips that will get repainted this summer.
Started off with cleaning the wheels and wheelhousings.
(Before)
(After)
(Before, soaked with Surfex degreaser)
(After)
Brushed on Chemical Guys Bare Bones after wash and dry.
Next, door sills and inside doors:
(Before)
Applying Surfex HD 1:10 with Swissvax-brush.
High pressure wash.
Same around the trunk. Car next up, prickbort degreaser on lower panels, and entire car soaked with Surfex HD 1:10 with a pressurecan. Used Swissvax detail brush on hard-to-reach places.
IronX was also used on car and wheels.
Flat water, means that I have successfully removed all wax-protection on the paint.
Then car was dried with CG towels and clayed inside my tiny garage.
Wheels was washed and degreased with Bilberry wheel cleaner, polished with MG's metal polish then topped off with Swissvax Autobahn metal wax.
Time for polish:
Scholl S03 Gold
Scholl S30
Scholl S40
Eurow Shag Weave Microfiber(?)
Kestrel DAS6-Pro DA. My rotary ended it's life half way on the first panel so only DA, was available..
Scholl yellow pad (S03) / Hex Logic yellow
Scholl Orange pad (S30 - S40)
Ill let the pictures speak for themselves, I'm no pro photographer.
Some rear light polishing:
Some 50/50 etc.
Exhaust was polished with MG All Metal Polish and topped with SV Autobahn wax:
Shined plastic with some Meguiar's plastic renewer behind the bumper before installing new mesh.
Reflectionshot of the roof.
Then outside for inspection in the sun, and foaming off all polishing dust and oils left after polishing.
LSP's:
Swissvax Shield
Swissvax Onyx
Swissvax Autobahn
Nanolotus windscreensealer proffessional (all windows and exterior mirrors)
Swissvax Pneu matt (tires)
Meguiars Plast renewer (Plastic exterior and enginebay)
Swissvax Shield (wax) was applied to doorsills, engine bay, trunk etc.
The stripes on engine cover will be repainted.
Inside hood I vacuumed all water out of the sounddeadening and cleaned it. Spare wheel well was also polished and waxed.
A couple mood-pictures from my home.
Over to the dirty interiors:
Product list:
CG Green Clean 1:10
Vacuum (sucks water aswell)
Meguiar's NXT Glass
Swissvax Leather care kit with Forte strong cleaner.
Assorted Brushes
Meguiar's Interior Quick Detailer
Microfibers and paper that doesn't leave dust.
A couple weeks ahead I took a quick test to check on the dirtyness of my front seats:
First step was to take out front seats (rear seats was taken out later, was quite nice to sit on rearseats while cleaning up in the front).
Quite straight forward cleaning, spray on CG Green Clean, leave it for a couple minutes to work, skrub skrub skrub then vacuum while applying water till dirt is gone.
I did another run with the vacuum after these pictures, it looked better in real life then when I looked at these photos after lol.
Leather care next, sprayed on Swissvax Leather Cleaner Forte, scrubbed like a madman, dried off with cloth and topped it with SV leather milk. Front seats will be restored with some color in the future, but they look allright now.
A bit dirty?!
Done.
Same treatment for the rest of the seats. Scrubbed backside of seats, doorpanels etc.
Interior on it's way back in!
As usual, it rains during summer in Norway so the pictures wasn't what I wanted them to be when done.... Atleast some beading is fun!
Thanks for looking. Car has been lowered since, and now I'm restoring a set of BBS RS212 with bigger rear lips for this car
-Kny
This forum looks like it's a bit dead, so I thought I could contribute with an old show and shine thread I made for a norwegian detailing forum, I did this about 8 months ago. So here goes:
Front bumper was taken off because of installing new mesh.
Time spent was about 25-30 hours.
Products used for wash:
18 litre bucket with grit guard
Kärcher K5.600 high pressure washer (with Kärcher foam cannon)
Ass. brushes (Swissvax & Mothers)
Meguiar's wash mitt
Chemical Guys Miracle Dryers 3x
Surfex HD 1:5 / 1:10 (degreaser)
Prickbort (degreaser)
IronX (degreaser)
Bilberry Wheel cleaner 1:1 / 1:10
CG Citrus Wash & Gloss (foam soap)
MG NXT Gen soap
Pressurecans
Pre wash inspection:
Most parts has alot of swirls and some RDS (random deep scratches). Some stone chips that will get repainted this summer.
Started off with cleaning the wheels and wheelhousings.
(Before)
(After)
(Before, soaked with Surfex degreaser)
(After)
Brushed on Chemical Guys Bare Bones after wash and dry.
Next, door sills and inside doors:
(Before)
Applying Surfex HD 1:10 with Swissvax-brush.
High pressure wash.
Same around the trunk. Car next up, prickbort degreaser on lower panels, and entire car soaked with Surfex HD 1:10 with a pressurecan. Used Swissvax detail brush on hard-to-reach places.
IronX was also used on car and wheels.
Flat water, means that I have successfully removed all wax-protection on the paint.
Then car was dried with CG towels and clayed inside my tiny garage.
Wheels was washed and degreased with Bilberry wheel cleaner, polished with MG's metal polish then topped off with Swissvax Autobahn metal wax.
Time for polish:
Scholl S03 Gold
Scholl S30
Scholl S40
Eurow Shag Weave Microfiber(?)
Kestrel DAS6-Pro DA. My rotary ended it's life half way on the first panel so only DA, was available..
Scholl yellow pad (S03) / Hex Logic yellow
Scholl Orange pad (S30 - S40)
Ill let the pictures speak for themselves, I'm no pro photographer.
Some rear light polishing:
Some 50/50 etc.
Exhaust was polished with MG All Metal Polish and topped with SV Autobahn wax:
Shined plastic with some Meguiar's plastic renewer behind the bumper before installing new mesh.
Reflectionshot of the roof.
Then outside for inspection in the sun, and foaming off all polishing dust and oils left after polishing.
LSP's:
Swissvax Shield
Swissvax Onyx
Swissvax Autobahn
Nanolotus windscreensealer proffessional (all windows and exterior mirrors)
Swissvax Pneu matt (tires)
Meguiars Plast renewer (Plastic exterior and enginebay)
Swissvax Shield (wax) was applied to doorsills, engine bay, trunk etc.
The stripes on engine cover will be repainted.
Inside hood I vacuumed all water out of the sounddeadening and cleaned it. Spare wheel well was also polished and waxed.
A couple mood-pictures from my home.
Over to the dirty interiors:
Product list:
CG Green Clean 1:10
Vacuum (sucks water aswell)
Meguiar's NXT Glass
Swissvax Leather care kit with Forte strong cleaner.
Assorted Brushes
Meguiar's Interior Quick Detailer
Microfibers and paper that doesn't leave dust.
A couple weeks ahead I took a quick test to check on the dirtyness of my front seats:
First step was to take out front seats (rear seats was taken out later, was quite nice to sit on rearseats while cleaning up in the front).
Quite straight forward cleaning, spray on CG Green Clean, leave it for a couple minutes to work, skrub skrub skrub then vacuum while applying water till dirt is gone.
I did another run with the vacuum after these pictures, it looked better in real life then when I looked at these photos after lol.
Leather care next, sprayed on Swissvax Leather Cleaner Forte, scrubbed like a madman, dried off with cloth and topped it with SV leather milk. Front seats will be restored with some color in the future, but they look allright now.
A bit dirty?!
Done.
Same treatment for the rest of the seats. Scrubbed backside of seats, doorpanels etc.
Interior on it's way back in!
As usual, it rains during summer in Norway so the pictures wasn't what I wanted them to be when done.... Atleast some beading is fun!
Thanks for looking. Car has been lowered since, and now I'm restoring a set of BBS RS212 with bigger rear lips for this car
-Kny
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