It's a funny thing how he became my 1st customer. First, we have never met face to face ( well, face to face as in really sitting down and talking lah ), and he trusts me so much that he left me with his car for two days!
When I received the car ( it was at night ), I thought it'll be an easy job. Nope! As I walking around the car to thoroughly inspect the bodywork, I was in a shock! There was millions, yes, millions of baked tar all over the lower parts of the car! And a few scratches, especially on the front bonnet and the rear bumper was visible as well.
When I received the car ( it was at night ), I thought it'll be an easy job. Nope! As I walking around the car to thoroughly inspect the bodywork, I was in a shock! There was millions, yes, millions of baked tar all over the lower parts of the car! And a few scratches, especially on the front bonnet and the rear bumper was visible as well.
One of the affected areas, you can see just how much baked tar is there.
So I proceed with washing, drying and claying the car. Boy, I had to throw away a piece of the detailing clay after claying the lower parts of the car, as it was full of baked tars! It took me not only a piece of clay, but almost a bottle of tar remover and about 2 hours++ just to remove all the baked tars around the E46.
So I proceed with washing, drying and claying the car. Boy, I had to throw away a piece of the detailing clay after claying the lower parts of the car, as it was full of baked tars! It took me not only a piece of clay, but almost a bottle of tar remover and about 2 hours++ just to remove all the baked tars around the E46.
The clay just after doing one half of the lower parts of the E46. Scary eh?
The same place after I was done claying and with the help of tar remover. Much better eh?
Finally, after I am satisfied with the tar removal work, I proceeded to trying to reduce the visible scratches around the car, and then continued to cleaning up the paint with a dedicated paint cleaner, polish and followed with 2 layers of the infamous Meguiar's NXT Paste Wax, with about 4 hours between each layer. The interior was vacuumed, and the wheels and tyres was cleaned up, waxed and tyre shine applied to it. Total hours spent on his car : close to 8 hours.
Finally, after I am satisfied with the tar removal work, I proceeded to trying to reduce the visible scratches around the car, and then continued to cleaning up the paint with a dedicated paint cleaner, polish and followed with 2 layers of the infamous Meguiar's NXT Paste Wax, with about 4 hours between each layer. The interior was vacuumed, and the wheels and tyres was cleaned up, waxed and tyre shine applied to it. Total hours spent on his car : close to 8 hours.
And the final result. Can you see the reflection on the right hand side of the car? How is the glow of the silver E46? And I do all this, by hand!
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