Taj Mahal restoration - BMW1 series present for the wife anniversary by KC

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I have been head hunted by my old client to help him to get his new car corrected.....
he couldnt sleep upon taking back the car home for his beloved wife as an anniversary gift

I was blessed to be given this opportunity to witnes and correct this car......take a view
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oppsssss....
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why birds poo is so acidic to our clear coat?
It's important that you remove a bird dropping off your car's finish as fast as you can ... Birds pass their urine into a common chamber used for digestive and urinary wastes. ... So, when a bird lets go with a "bomb" it contains white uric acid crystals ... This type of etching can be removed using a clear coat safe ...
stone chips

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swirls.....minor on the hood

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UFO landed on the side panel...marring the paint and causing a deep stains...

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more RIDs have been found
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deep scuffels
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Begin with wash - Optimum car shampoo, assisted by OPC
Clay with ONR as lube
Compound Meguairs M101 with Meguairs cutting Foam pad
finish with polish M205 with Meguairs polish foam pads
IPA
Opti coat - body & plastic panel
Opti glass for windscreen
Opti Lense for head lamp

when you shine your Halogen lamp ontoyour paints you will always see what beyond yourbare naked eyes can see

light is themost vital tools of correction beside your rotary/DA/Correction tools


i remembered i done more than just that

finally I managed to scooped up some pictures i had in the other camera

i had this ride for almost 36 hours to get her corrected

always begin from wheels
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opss left out
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mistake!!!! no problem
its ok to repeat....as long as we get the matter solve
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the front panel....veryvery very visible swirls

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after compound

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on top of the hood

soon you will discover a major work


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swirls from improper wash
major major
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tadaaaaaaaaaaaaa
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tadaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
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more swirls

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before

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ta daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa



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side body

before
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tadaaaaaaa

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close up
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before
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after

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tadaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

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tadaaaaaaaaaaaaa
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passenger door

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tadaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
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another major side

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tadaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

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before

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after


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before
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\after

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before calling a night

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amazing how the metalic flake popping out again

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many hours later
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hmm...my new passion.....

TADA is a reflection
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again
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ta da
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before

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after careful paint correction
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before
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now
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mamamia
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minor swirls before

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and now awesome paint flakes flaoting out like the many stars in the skies
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the hood
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the close up pic of the hood
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ladies and gentlemen

presenting you the new 1 Series 116i
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by this time you probably knew it is near sunset........
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nice day
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ta da ...reflection of the d panel
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luster...deep ...wet......looks after proper paint correction
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i would like to let the pictures speak for her self...please enjoy a wet dripping black
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Thanks for viewing yet another of my detailing journal, i am blessed to give a hand to Henry (in making this Taj Mahal for his beloved wife
 
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