Detailer's Domain: BMW M3 Paint Correction Detail
 

This was an exterior paint correction/engine detail. Great customer! What's there to say had some really bad swirls and needed to be clayed!

Its an e46 M3 in Carbon Black. I used SIP to knock out the swirls and polished it out with PO85RD. The Last Step was Swissvax Blau Weiss.

Products Used:
Exterior:
Adam's All Purpose Cleaner in the Cam Spray Foam Canon
Adam's Clay Bar and Optimum Instant Detail Spray and Gloss Enhancer for clay lube
Menzerna Super Intensive with the Uber Orange Pad
Menzerna PO85RD with the Uber Blue Pad
Menzerna Top Inspection
Swissvax Blau Weiss
Einszett Spray Wax

Wheels and Tires
Uber Wheel/Tire/Wheel Well Kit

Engine: (no photos)
P21S Total Autowash
Adam's VRT Diluted with Water in a Spray bottle

Tools:
Infratech 5300
Brinkmann MaxFire
Metabo PE12-175
Makita 9227 Hi Speed Rotary
The Uber Foam Pads (5.5inch)
Tons of "Uber" Microfiber Towels
Uber Drying Towels
Cam Spray 1500A with Cam Spray Foam Gun

Prep
Wheel being cleaned up (Swissvax Wheel Brush)
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...3/IMG_1500.jpg

Cleaning the vents with P21S Total Autowash
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...3/IMG_1502.jpg

Washing
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Clay Before
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...3/IMG_1514.jpg

Clay After
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...3/IMG_1513.jpg

Polishing
Before shot of the hood
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...3/IMG_1517.jpg
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After Menzerna SIP and Menzerna PO85RD
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...3/IMG_1528.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...3/IMG_1529.jpg

Side by side shots
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Swissvax Blau Weiss
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...3/IMG_1555.jpg

Afters
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...3/IMG_1559.jpg
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I hope you enjoyed it.

Great looking car and awesome work! Thanks for the writeup and pictures

Wow. Amazing work!

how long did this job take you from start to finish? can you break down how long it took to do the outside and how long to detail the inside?

thanks

oh how i wish you were in Missouri instead of NJ.. great work :)

14 hours.

45 min to do the wash
20 min for the wheels
30 min for the engine
30 min for masking
10 hours on the paint correction
40 min for the wax
10 min for the rinse, dust etc
20 min for the windows and wipe down

Glad to see you're still rocking out Phil.

Amazing job on the M3.

yup I am I just got back from doing a grand turismo.

should have that post up by this weekend.

good work. now ill have something to use for reference when i do my own ride! hopefully i can get mine looking the same way

This car is so damn beautiful! Carbon Blk on Cinnamon is my all time favorite E46 M3 combo. Great job as always Phil!