[328i]

Seeing as though Honda paints are fairly soft in general, I thought this detail would be straightforward. However, for some reason Honda decided to use single stage paint on a 2006 car. Well that's fine except for the fact that this single stage paint was rock hard, and removing and defects took multiple aggressive passes. However, I was able to restore the luster to the paint caused by the oxidation, something the owner nor I expected since this is a relatively new car.

Throughout this detail, temperatures ranged from 28-35 degrees. Washing was not fun, and I really envy anyone in California, Florida, and any other warm climates.

Process:

Exterior
CWG using 2 Buckets/Grout Sponge
Meg's Mild Blue Clay
Makita Rotary
Meg's m105/PFW
Menz SIP/White pad
Menz 106ff/GreyPad
Isopropyl wipe down
Collinite 885
Optimimum Opti-Seal


Wheels, wells, tires:
P21s Wheel Gel
Meg's APC
P21s TAW
Meg's Hyperdressing
Eagle One Gel Water based Tire Dressing

Glass
Stoner's Invisible Glass
Sonus Waffle Weave Microfibers



The car wasn't too dirty but it had a dull look to it that just didn't pop.






The lower panels, along with the mirrors, had a lot of contamination on them that took quite a bit of claying to remove.







The jambs throughout the car had a lot of grime.






It was very difficult to photograph the swirls, but overall the paint wasn't swirled up as the owner had taken great care to use proper washing techniques. Here's the paint initially under the halogens:








After one pass compounding, some nice 50/50 shots:






After Polishing and before the final wash, it was late but the car looked much glossier already:



After Wash:






Final Shots:









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