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BMW 135i – Optimum Opti Coat Application

 

I got a call from this customer requesting for paint correction and Opti Coat. Here we have an Alpine White 135i Coupe

Some imperfections here and there but nothing too bad.

Over the past month or so we have seen many customers requesting for coating.

What was done –
Exterior

– Wheels were prepped with Sonax Wheel Cleaner and cleaned up with various brushes
– Tires were spritzed down with Adam’s All Purpose Cleaner and washed down
– Wheel wells were cleaned up
– Pre Washed with W99
– Iron Cut
– Wash down and rinsed
– Door jambs were cleaned up
– Clayed
– Dried
– Tires dressed
– Masking
– Paint Measurement
– 1 Step – Menzerna Power Finish with Uber Green Pad
– Inspection with Fenix, 3m Sun Gun, Infratech, and natural sunlight
– Last Step – Aquartz
– Rubber and Plastics Treated
– Exterior windows and mirrors cleaned and sealed
– Exhaust tips cleaned
– Windows were clayed, cleaned, and sealed
– Jambs steam cleaned

Links to products used –

1Z einszett W99
Iron Cut
Adam’s All Purpose Cleaner
Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner
Uber Clay Bar Kit
Menzerna Power Finish with Uber Green Pad
Optimum Opti Coat
Adam’s Super VRT
Optimum Metal Polish
Adam’s Glass Cleaner

Tools used
Uber Wool Wash Mitt
Uber No Name MF Towels
Porter Cable 7424XP
Flex PE14-2-150
Uber Buffing Pads
Defelsko Paint Meter
Fenix TK11
Brinkmann
Kranzle Pressure Washer
Cam Spray Foam Canon
2 Grit Guard Buckets with Caddies
Uber Firehose Nozzle

Before





Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner going to work

Wash


Iron Cut








Claying


Measuring Paint

Polish

Hard to detect but some light swirls and scratches. These were removed with Power Finish

After shot


Opti Coat



After















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