An 02' plated E39 BMW M5 booked in over 2 days for a correctional detail.
On the 1st day I set of early for the 30 mile drive, going along nicely with 15 miles to go and everything comes to a standstill, over the radio the traffic report states that the road I am on is shut 2 miles further up due to an accident, all traffic is being diverted of at Sevenoaks.
Not the end of the world you would think, but sitting there with your engine of for periods of 30 minutes and then moving 100yds is soul destroying, to cut a long story short and plenty of single track country lanes, I arrive at my destination some 4.5 hours later (midday).
The car upon arrival with plenty to do.
Wheels cleaned 1st using a variety of brushes and Espuma Revolution,
Arches and calipers cleaned with Megs APC,
Then swiftly moving onto the engine bay,
Bilt Hamber Surfex HD applied and worked in using soft detailing brushes, rinsed with an open flow and then dressed using 303 aerospace waterbased dressing,
Warm citrus pre-wash and APC applied through the foam lance and left to dwell shortly,
Trim and shuts cleaned using soft detailing brushes,
Pressure rinsed and then washed using Shampoo+, wool mitts and the TBM, Dried with Uber plush towels, de-tarred and then onto the claying stage,
General level of paintwork defects,
Vunerable areas taped up,
After trying various combinations of Fast-cut + and Menzerna Powergloss, the best results were being gained by Menzerna IP3.02 on a Sonus light cutting pad,
Pre-refinement,
Managed to get the rear quarter, 1 door and half the roof completed before daylight had run out, decided to call it a day, leaving a mammoth task for tomorrow,
Day:2
Better luck this morning and arriving within an hour, bright and early.
Car uncovered, a quick dust down with the tickling stick and straight to it,
With the cutting stage complete and time ticking away, the car was re-foamed and rinsed to remove the dusting from the polish,
Refinement was completed using Meguiars 205 on a RB finishing pad,
An IPA wipedown given to remove any polishing oils, then Swissvax Best of Show applied to the entire vehicle and left to cure,
Exhausts and silencers polished with Autosol and further protected using Britemax Final Shine,
Alloys and calipers protected with Opti-seal,
Tyres and arches dressed with Swissvax Pneu,
Wax buffed of, then glass cleaned throughout using Swissvax Crystal,
Plastic trim dressed with CG New Look gel,
Shuts protected with Opti-seal, door rubbers nourished with Swissvax Seal Feed,
Some old polish removed from various panel gaps using Q-tips,
A final wipedown with
Dodo Juice Red Mist and finished just in time for some final snaps before it was completely dark.
Results.
Thanks for looking, comments welcomed as always.
