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Old Apr 14, 2010 | 05:11 PM
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E46 M3 detailed by MPM

Owner of the car drove thru some kind of a road spill or construction zone and the whole lower part of the car was covered with white spots. I'm still wondering what it was, because i've used all my arsenal of products and clays and couldn't get it off, so i had to wet sand those spots.

Wash:
Chemical guys Citrus wash
p21s total wash

Wheels
p21s wheel gel
Swissvax Autobahn
p21s total wash for tires and wheel wells
Swissvax Pneu for tires
Adam's undercarriage spray

Glass
Lusso glass polish

Trim
Black Wow
Adam's VRT

Correction
3M 2000grit sandpaper- heavy spot sanding
Menzerna Power Gloss- purple foamed wool pad- sanded areas
Menzerna SIP with orange pad-sanded areas
Menzerna 106ff with white pad- sanded areas
Menzerna Power Finish with green pad- whole car
Autobalm wax

Tools
Swissvax detail brush and wheel brush
Adam's clay
Makita 9227c
LC purple foamed wool,orange,white and green pads
different brushes
tons of microfiber clothes

Before:
here you can see those spots














Rest of the car before:










Wash:










More imperfections
Notice the lack of gloss and clarity and swirls













Wet sanded parts:






Hood: upper part just sanded and lower part after power gloss
 
Old Apr 14, 2010 | 05:12 PM
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Some AFTER photos





Swirl free








It was cloudy when i was done with the car so i don't have any good sun shoots












 

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Old Apr 14, 2010 | 07:23 PM
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Mix lacquer thinner and mineral spirits 50/50. Test a spot under the hood. C-A-R-E-F-U-L-L-Y do a spot once and move to another. I've done it before with good success but some of that road paint is like concrete.
 
Old Apr 14, 2010 | 09:02 PM
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What a winter mess huh Mike! Great work and thanks for sharing, good to see you finally posting, keep it up!
 
Old Apr 14, 2010 | 10:55 PM
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Wet Sanding every one of those spots must have taken forever! Great job and patience!
 
Old Apr 15, 2010 | 12:20 AM
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Thanks guys. Apreciate good words. Yeah the whole car was a mess and it took me about 20 hours to complete the detail. AS i always say- "Perfection is in the Details" and in patience in that case
 
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