{"id":7726,"date":"2012-05-29T07:00:25","date_gmt":"2012-05-29T11:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/?p=7726"},"modified":"2016-10-16T15:13:42","modified_gmt":"2016-10-16T19:13:42","slug":"bmw-645ci-in-jet-black-hybrid-paint-correction-detail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/bmw-645ci-in-jet-black-hybrid-paint-correction-detail\/","title":{"rendered":"BMW 645Ci in Jet Black – Hybrid Paint Correction Detail"},"content":{"rendered":"

In January I was sent down to Naples, Florida to do a paint correction detail on a brand new Lamborghini Performante. While I was down there my client also had a Jet Black BMW 645Ci that needed some love. Unfortunately I was so involved with the Lamborghini I didn’t have time to work on it, so once I moved down to Naples it was the first car that I performed a paint correction detail on in Florida.<\/p>\n

While inspecting the car I found your typical defects: swirls, straight scratches from towels, deeper scratches from car washes, and a lot of contaminants in the paint. After talking to my clients we agreed on performing a hybrid paint correction detail. This consists of compounding the top surfaces of the vehicle to remove all of the defects and only polishing the bottom surfaces to remove light defects. I started out with your normal Grit Guard 2×4 Wash Method<\/a> followed by decontaminating with CarPro IronX<\/a> and then finally claying with a DI Ultra Fine Clay Bar<\/a>. I went with the Ultra Fine Clay Bar because I knew that Jet Black was notorious for being a softer paint but even using this clay bar caused a little marring.<\/p>\n

Here are the before pictures:<\/p>\n

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As you can see this thing needed a lot of love. I taped off a section of the hood and started testing. Jet Black is a very strange paint to work on. The light defects come out very easy like a soft paint but the deeper ones take a lot to get out like a hard paint. This can be a challenge –\u00a0trying to find the perfect combinations when compounding and polishing. I started out using a Meguiar’s Microfiber Cutting Disc<\/a> and Maguiar’s D300 Correction Compound<\/a>. After a few passes, a lot of pressure, and the right technique I was able to get all of the defects out. Now it was time to find a polish that would work. This can be tricky on this paint because it polishes like really soft paint. I ended up using a Black Finishing Pad<\/a> with Sonax Nano Paint Cleaner<\/a>. This is a great product on soft paint and is an all-in-one product so it also provides protection. While polishing I was testing buffer speeds and pressure as I was going. I found that a slower speed and medium pressure was giving me the best results. Sonax Paint Cleaner has a lot of oils in it which can make it tricky to remove from the vehicle. The best way is to use a Great White Microfiber Towel <\/a>while constantly flipping sides to absorb the oils from the paint. Using the proper amount is also essential to easier removal. You don’t need a lot, this much easily did half of the hood and then some:<\/p>\n

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Once I found the right combo that worked on this paint I got down to business on the rest of the car.<\/p>\n

While I was working I took some great 50\/50 shots so you can see the drastic difference I was making:<\/p>\n

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Since I was only polishing the bottom surfaces I used Sonax Paint Cleaner on those as well. Although it did not take out a lot of the deeper defects it still made a big difference:<\/p>\n

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I want to show you guys the difference that the Sonax Paint Cleaner made after compounding. I got the paint to finish down pretty good when I was compounding but there was still a little bit of a haze to it. Here is a 50\/50 of the front fender before and after polishing. As you can see the right side is a much deeper black and has more clarity.<\/p>\n

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So after about 15 hours of compounding and polishing we finally ended up with some pretty clear paint.<\/p>\n

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Of course we have to have a ton of sunny Florida shots!!!<\/p>\n

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And some great reflection shots!!! I even caught a jet flying over in this first one.<\/p>\n

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And finally some full car shots!!!<\/p>\n

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This car was 6 years old and has had a few years of washing abuse, but with the right techniques and products I was able to bring it back to life and make it look better than when it rolled off of the line.<\/p>\n

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An incredible paint correction on a BMW 645Ci by Addison Good of Good Guys Detailing in Naples, FL. Great pictures outlining the condition of the paint before, during and after the paint correction, get a detailed look at how professional paint correction occurs in stages rather than all at once!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":20924,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[63,32,35,33,27,38],"tags":[144,240,385,228,139,176,145,132,257],"class_list":{"0":"post-7726","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-general-detailing","8":"category-imperfection-removal","9":"category-pads","10":"category-polishes","11":"category-professional-work","12":"category-protection","13":"tag-before-and-after-pictures","14":"tag-black-finishing-pad","15":"tag-detailing","16":"tag-fine-grade-clay","17":"tag-lake-country","18":"tag-paint-correction","19":"tag-pictures","20":"tag-polishing","21":"tag-swirls"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/BMW-645Ci-in-Jet-Black-\u2013-Hybrid-Paint-Correction-Detail.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1kPO7-20C","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7726","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7726"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7726\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14673,"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7726\/revisions\/14673"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}