Detailing : Lambchop Vs 330D Alpine White

[lambchop]

Hi All,

This weekend I had the pleasure of detailing a 330d
Spent the grand total of 17Hrs removing what I can only describe as RID central. The entire car was covered in RIDS - For those of you who don't know what RIDS are you best look away now

* RIDS - Random Isolated Deep Scratch

RIDS are enough to make grown men cry - Yes i shed a few tears at 7am this morning when I still had 2 doors half a roof and a fender to finish up
Thats after spending the best part of 10 hours on the car.

I think I have broad shoulders for a reason, To hold a RUPES on a vertical panel for hours on end

So with out any more wiff waff here is the results after the pain

Car was washed/Foamed and clayed with Carways Hyperwash and Bil thammer Fine clay.
The panels were polished using the Rupes Bigfoot, MF pads, Foam pads and Menzerna FG400 and 106FA
Usual amounts of cloths etc ere used to complete the work

Before :









Some contamination - Okay LOADS of it




some prewash door jam shots


Snowfoam - 70ml of Hyperwash diluted into a 1l bottle


The mag rims were cleaned with the super awesome wheel woolies


Now for the hard part. Showing defects on a white car. Thye not great but u can at aleast make out those nasty RIDS




Paint Readings:

Bonnet


Roof


Door





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After :



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Some clarity shots :





Dirt


Less Dirt


Reflections:





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So just so you all know - rear lights aswell as the front lights were polished to remove swirls and enhance clarity




This is what detailing is all about

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Complete :


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Before:


This "after " pic was taken after 1 pass - I did refine it but never took a picture


Back right hand side passenger door


afters

 

[S1NGH 001]

raise::bravo:

 

[cOlDFuSiOn]

Awesome job :thumbs: wow too many hours..

 

[calypso]

Gleaming :thumbs:

 

[GoCart]

Great work :thumbs:

 

[///Moose]

raise:

 

[Fraser]

One of the best detailing threads I've seen yet.
Brilliant work.
True dedication.
raise:

 

[Scouse]

Well you have done it again chop
Awesome awesome work mate, cant wait for you to do mine hehehe

 

[sash]

Flippen awesome results there. Not a rewarding color at all but you pulled it off

 

[Frank330d]

Nick,

All I can say is :ty::ty::ty::ty:

I catch myself being in the garage every 30 min to admire my car and your handy work:inlove:

Now if I can only convince you to tackle the X5 :fencelook:

 

[lambchop]

Nick,

All I can say is :ty::ty::ty::ty:

I catch myself being in the garage every 30 min to admire my car and your handy work:inlove:

Now if I can only convince you to tackle the X5 :fencelook:

Its a pleasure Frank :thumbs::thumbs:

Yeah that X5 - its a big car :fencelook:

 

[Nino ///Mpower Anthony]

Car looks brand newraise:raise:raise:raise:raise:

 

[samman325]

Well done Lambchop.

You are really a master magician working your magic!!

 

[Kyle]

Great attention to detail :thumbs:

 

[Dippies]

Awesome job there :thumbs:

 

[Rayzor]

Very thorough job, well done :bravo:

 

[ChefDJ]

Very well done. I wasn't too sure about what difference a detail would do on a white car. Now I'm convinced that it really does make a huge difference. Love the way you cleaned up around the unclipped light.

 

[Pravin@crazydetailer]

Nice work as always, and nice writeup.

 

[lambchop]

Very well done. I wasn't too sure about what difference a detail would do on a white car. Now I'm convinced that it really does make a huge difference. Love the way you cleaned up around the unclipped light.

Thanks Chef !!

I dont normally remove indicator lights etc
But due to the amount of dust and dirt that was running from the indicator lights and the bonnet badge. I decided to remove them

It helped quite a bit in the long run and gave a much better finish.

White cars in general are very un-rewarding but iv been playing around and managed to get some decent gloss leves out of the white paint.

 

[Kyle]

Where do you get your MF cutting pads from?