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Mirror Works - Wetsanding e36 M3
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| 03-13-2011, 11:51 AM | #1 |
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Mirror Works - Wetsanding e36 M3
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PM me for info and pricing on detailing services I've started putting more time into detailing cars recently, just have too much fun with it not to do it more. I was working on my car yesterday afternoon. the front end of the car was resprayed 2 summers ago when I hit a damned deer. Since then the orange peel left by body shop has been a thorn in my side. NO MORE! I finally decided to wetsand the peel out and polish. Anyone living in the Maryland area feel free to shoot me a PM if you have any interest in detailing services from maintenance washes to full paint correction  wish I had brought my good camera for this, but the EVO4g actually does pretty good. --------------------------------------------------- A reflection on my hood when I started, you can see it simply not a crisp, clear reflection. damned orange peel   Test section after wetsanding. Wiped clean and dried to see what the sanding has done.  Orange peel still evident on the outside of my sanding area.  Fully sanded down, smooth, no peel  Buffed the 2000 grit sanding marks out w M105, 2 passes and got this much much better!!! I was so excited to see this result  side by side  Now the real work begins. Entire hood and front fenders need the same treatment  Sanded down, did some more touch up sanding after this photo  1/4 polished w M105  me hard at work, what a workout. I need an orbital. Flex will be on order soon I think.   Hood polished out w M105   Fender sanded  Fender polished  Then repolished w a finer polish to really bring out the depth and clarity followed up w 2 coats of JetSeal applied w black pad.  gave 20 minutes for each coat to cure, spent that time detailing the interior.  Test pot of Dodo Juice, love this stuff. So easy to apply and remove, depth is incredible and beading it fantastic.  Done!  Now thats some clarity baby!! (actually a bit out of focus....stupid camera)  outside in the evening light, so good. Washed the rest of the car. Will polish to get rid of RIDS after 2 years of washing since last polish then give it the seal/wax. 
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| 03-13-2011, 12:04 PM | #2 |
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Awesome work!
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| 03-13-2011, 02:29 PM | #3 |
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Huge difference! awesome work.
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| 03-13-2011, 03:11 PM | #4 |
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Looks good bro.
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| 03-17-2011, 10:11 PM | #11 |
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Nice, me and jpslick are polishing the cars tomorrow. Winter made my paint look like shit. I already did it once last summer and it took damn near 9-10 hours, this time around I will probabaly take longer.
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| 03-18-2011, 01:12 PM | #12 |
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Nice work Matt. I might have to give this a shot to fix the shoddy work the body shop did on my hood. But then, of course, Id have to do the rest of the car =)
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| 03-19-2011, 07:55 PM | #15 |
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A little off topic, but are you the same Sniz from Swedespeed (Black S60R with HeicoVs?).
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worked great, must be careful, keep the sanding strokes the same direction and keep spraying on water. It causes a mess and the paint after sanding looks like absolute hell but once polished, just damn! I can recommend that its a good idea to either full protect the rest of the car that might have water drip down into it or rinse out all cracks with high pressure water before any water dries. I now have dried clear coat dust stuck below the headlights. Will have to remove them to clean it 
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I was wetsanding a respray area that I know had thick clear so I wasnt worried but on OEM paint I'd refrain without the correct equipment.
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| 03-23-2011, 08:52 PM | #21 |
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Looks GREAT! Love your E36 too. Makes me miss mine, wish I didn't sell it.
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