Just banged out my first hand wax exterior detail

[bullfrogs_M3]

Got all of my exterior product in a few weeks ago so I decided to bang out the exterior this weekend. Damn damn damn, stuff takes a LONG time to do. Here is what I did...

-- First Day --
Wash (Chemical Guys Citrus Wash and Gloss)
Dry
Claybar (Detailed Image Fine Grain Claybar) with Dodo Juice Born Slippy Clay lube
Wash again (new bucket of wash water of course )
Dry
(moved the car into the garage at this point)
Sealant (Chemical Guys Jetseal 109)

-- Second Day --
Hand wax (Dodo Juice Blue Velvet)
- Installed driver side window regulator while the wax cured a little
Microfiber towel buff on Blue Velvet wax
- Swapped out headlight lenses while the wax cured a little longer
Hand wax (Dodo Juice Purple Haze)
- Installed passenger side window regulator while the wax cured a little
Microfiber towel buff on Purple Haze
Wash wheels (P21 Wheel Cleaner)
Exterior Trim cleanup (Black WOW)

-- Pull car out of garage into the sunlight to see how she looks (and find any spots that I might of missed) --
Clean windows (Chemical Guys Window Cleaner)

Pics - yea, they suck I know. No tripod and an old Point and Shoot (note: Ignore the front bumper, i really didn't do anything to it. There is a mess of betalink where the splitters where and the bodyshop said that the only way to get it off is to strip the bumper down to the plastic, repair and respray it. Sigh.....there goes another $500-600)







All said and done it looks so incredible. There is a significant amount of paint correction that I need to do in a few weeks, but a guy I know who details for a living is going to work with me side by side to show me how to correctly do paint correction.

Even my neighbor came out after i had the car out in the sun and was like, "damn!! Looks better than a showroom" haha Doing this has exposed a number of scratches that I didn't even know I had But a little Dr Colorchip and a proper paint correction should take care of a lot of my complaints.

[spencers]

Wow, no polish step???

Looks great! New headlight lenses rock. I know how you feel about a full detail taking so long to complete. I've retired to only doing one per year

[danewilson77]

Jeremiah...what's the story with the hood roundel?

[bullfrogs_M3]

The body shop lost it during the respray. So he had to order a new one. Should be in today

[Marcus-SanDiego]

Looks great, J. I thought the roundel flew off because of you driving the car really, really fast.

[az3579]

Looks great, J. I thought the roundel flew off because of you driving the car really, really fast.

If the Roundel flew off from high speed, I'd be worried about BMW's build quality...

But I'm not, because it took me 15 minutes and some serious brute force to get mine out!

[Marcus-SanDiego]

Yeah. I am not worried either, BP. I was just kidding. Those roundels are definitely tough to get out.

[Ryans323i]

I think your pictures are great, and the car looks magnificent. Black is the hardest color I've ever detailed, so great work. I does take forever, but the self satisfaction you feel (and all the complements) make it worth it!

PS Is it necessary to wash after claying?

[spencers]

PS Is it necessary to wash after claying?

Yes, and usually a good idea to polish as well.

[az3579]

Yes, and usually a good idea to polish as well.

Good to know; didn't know that.

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