Sunday, September 14, 2014

BMW gets a "cyclone detail"

Sharing with you a detail job that was carried out last year. 

This beauty came to us in need of shine and gloss, she was accompanied by another guest..... "Cylone Imelda" 

letting the pics speak.


On arival



front view



and the big boss inspecting




Wash
Starting with the wheels




The paint work







Water clinging on the surface, a sign of a poorly maintained paintwork







Claying




the clay bar after one section..... it finally got worn out completely




the windscreen.... initially looking like bird droppings but looking at it closely....




Flakes coming out of the glass..... what this is?




Corrected windscreen





WET WET WET "Love is all around"

Do you remember the lyrics? How about this one?

Imelda is all around 





Swirls and RIDS








Corrected



The hood



Corrected




The roof

oxidation, bird dropping stains. Swirls and RIDS are there but not captured by the camera in cyclonic weather





The roof after



Mirror! Mirror!





After correction and refining

just need to complete a wipe off to shine like a mirror, same as the driver's side
 



Only 1 pic, it was clearer than what is captured by the camera due to the persistent rain, moist and wind.




Detail completed... in the company of an uninvited guest.... waiting for rain to stop to take some shots... but it wasn't to be....



started to dry, but all getting wet all the time, thanks to Imelda 



WET WET WET Imelda is all around  



Beads are all around




Imelda beads



Thanks for reading. Your thoughts are most welcome. 

cheers

the BeyondShine team

Friday, September 12, 2014

Toyota Axio in for an enhancement


 

 

Hello friends!

Greetings from sunny Mauritius :)

This car needed an uplifting, it really needed one even if it appears so nice.



 
 
Wash and Decontamination
 
 



Claying the upper surfaces

 
 


Tar spots , plenty of them in the lower areas


OMG! OMG!



All surface clayed, car has been rinsed and now starting with the glass


Water spots, no clear view



 

 
 
Wiper marks smearing
 


After


 

 
To the paintwork:

Heavy swirls

 


S_C_R_A_T_C_H_E_S



more of them







The long term effect of bird droppings

 

 

Plenty of bird poo stains under fluorescent light


 
 
Heavy correction by way of damp sanding
 
 
Improved  


More scratches..... deep ones.... clear coat and paint gone
 

Close-up

Improved .... not noticeable from a metre



More correction work

 
 
 
Thorough inspection and marking of deep isolated defects
 
 
 
90% + of defects removed.....  

 
 
 
 


The sun test

Holograms after heavy correction. These were taken care of with the finishing step.




 
 
 
Remember

 
 
 
50-50
  
 
 
TA DA
 

 
 
 
 Roof refined
 


Same for hood and other sections but with limited pics since the job was finished late at night.
 


 
 


 




 
Thanks for being with us. Your comments and thoughts are most welcome.

the BeyondShine team