Excuse the lack of paint pictures, gray is an especially hard color to capture defects in pictures. Vanessa dropped off “Peps”, her Space Gray 335i hardtop convertible off the night before, for me to work on the next day. I must say.. it must feel good to walk in/out the garage with this thing on the driveway everyday. I’m jealous. From the looks of it, it is probably parked outdoors as there were some serious pollen attached to the paint that didn’t even come off during the wash. A lil’ lube and a lil clay was all that was needed to get that off though. It also looked like whoever waxed it last, left wax in the crevices that has been baking for a while. A little trick is to “remove like with like”. A little polish, and and some unhappy fingers, and they were gone . Peps got a single step polish on the outside, then sealed with my favorite Four State UPP, and the interior conditioned and protected in preperation for the summer heat. Lookin’ as good as new! Minus the few scratches that I tried to rid for her, but they were too deep. My rule of thumb is – if you can feel it, it’s too deep…. that’s what.. nevermind. Enjoy.

Straight off the lot (kind of), the car was mos’def in need of a clay treatment and some wax, ’cause the water was puddling like no other! The paint still went through my standard Menzerna two step polishing process to prep it for the sealant. Interior got a wipe down, vinyl and dash protected by 303 Aerospace, and the seats got some german lovin’. She’s ready to go for the summer heat!

Today, I worked on a house.

This thing is dumped! The last time the car was washed was almost 5 months ago/car is parked outside.. she was definitely due for a lil rub me down. The S got a two step polish with my go-to Menzerna products to get her ready for the summer heat. Had no idea how nice the Berlina black was until today!

White & BBS’s, I’m expecting a White Lexus or a Mercedes next on BBS”s. These new S4′s are soooper sweet. Love every bit of it, and John definitely made it look that much better going with the black and white theme. In preparation for the summer, this panda got a two step Menzerna treatment followed by a sealant. The wheels were removed for a more thorough cleaning & waxed. Interior got a quick wipe-down, vacuum, and protectant applied. Wish I had taken more pics of the interior, Audi did a great job with this one.

A ’99 beast with only ~70k miles! I wish there was a like button on this page. Starting this detail-season off right with this gorgeous E36 Alpine White M3 on BBS’s! The ///M got a foam bath to start, followed by a clay, single step polish with my go-to Menzernas, and finally topped with Menzernas sealant wax. The interior got a quick vacuum.

Apologies for the crappy iPhone photos. A yeti decided to steal my Canon G9 camera for the day.

Just a little over a month and Isabella brought the Mini Cooper back. I didn’t screw up! No worries. Her neighbor at work decided it would be a good idea to do some painting outdoors on a windy day, leaving white paint over the left side of this Cooper. I’m glad she came to me so fast, since the paint didn’t really have a chance to bake in the sun. The good ole’ clay was all it needed to get the overspray off. But with the Mini’s soft clear, the clay left marring on the paint. I had to follow it with a finishing polish to rid of this, and topped the paint off with an all natural Brazilian wax.

Water spots is something that bothers most people. What happens when you have water deposits on the surface that doesn’t get removed is that the water ends up evaporating, and the minerals are left on the surface, eating away at the clear coat. If it sits for too long they become water spots ‘below the surface’ which means a heavier polish needs to be used in order to cut down the clear coat to level it off. This C280 has been getting automatic car washes for the life of its ownership, one thing that every car should not ever have to go through. The car received a one step polish, bringing back the gloss to the black finish, topped with a sealant. As this was a one step polish, the cut of the PO85RD was not aggressive enough to remove the etchings entirely. The interior got pampered with a Leatherique treatment and Einzette for conditioning, bringing back the original tan luster.

Here’s a great example on what I can do to a car in ~4 hours. The car came in COVERED, I wasn’t sure what I was getting into. It was a simple all-in-one job in which I usually lean over to grab the Optimum Poli-seal, but after doing just the hood, and a little change in my evening plans, I opted to give Eric’s car a little bit extra free of cost. Instead of the AIO, I went with Menzernas PO85RD and topped it with Menzerna’s Sealing Wax. Honda’s soft clear coat allowed the finishing polish to rid a lot of swirls. On to the pics!

Isabella’s brand new CooperS came with what we call holograms… or buffer trails right off the lot. Seems to be a common problem for a lot of “new” cars as well as cars that has just been painted at body shops since the trails can only be seen in the sun. I started with Meguiars M205 to remedy this problem, but it was dusting quite a bit, so I switched over to Menzernas PO85RD after the first panel. The entire car was then topped with Four Star Ultimate Paint Protection as a LSP. I’m really digg’n this car.