The hardships of owning a black beauty.

SuperDetailer

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Greetings everyone.

Sometimes when it comes to purchase a car, people always think twice before buying a "black" car. Owning a black car is beautiful but sometimes it also can be a headache.

However,please allow our story to show you whether it can be a headache or not.

How do you think a 10 year old black beauty could be turned into a monster?
This is a repainted BMW 735LI that came to us for paint correction. Improper knowledge on washing causes the paint to be damaged. Our story begins when it first came to us. Follow our journey and see how it transforms into a black beauty.



This car was just parked under the sun, with some shaded small trees on top of it.
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Can you see the amount of dust on it as it was parked for few days under the sun and rain.
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Wow?
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Even tree leaves pay a visit.
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Firstly, we take out all four tires, one by one at a time to detail it.
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Ta-daaaaa.....
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Cleaning rims isn't difficult.
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Before:
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After:
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Moving on to clay the car after washing the car with Alien No Rinse. Look at the clay and the dirt it picked up?
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With a coating tester, this car is definitely repainted.
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Can you see that scratches? And the reflection isn't clear as well.
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Swirls marks and RIDS. All these imperfections cannot escape our Halogen light.
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Deeper scratches on the bonnet?
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Some more here?
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Taping up the car for some serious corrections.
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Always tape the car to protect rubber and chrome areas. As you can see, we also took out the logo.
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Swirl marks and RIDS with halogen lighting.
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Stains on the boot area.
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Closer look and there it is:Swirls...
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Swirls is everywhere?
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Fender with swirls too.
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Different angle?
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Further look.
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Scratches on the front bumper. Look at that!
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Now let's start doing some correction.
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Before
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Using a 3-inch pad to detail smaller surface areas.
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And there you go:
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Before:
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After:
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Before:
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After:
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Rids and Swirls on the side door?
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Ta-daaa... Gone...
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Fender before:
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Fender after:
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Before: the different angle as you remember before?
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After: ta-daaaa.....
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Before: Bumper?
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After: Gone...
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Polishing the bumper.
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Detail and detail makes the beast a beauty.
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Ta-daaa...
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Further angle...
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Front bonnet.
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After shots:
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Does it makes it a clear shot?
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Dark tyres accompany the blackness of the ride.
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Fender after:
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Again?
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Some more after shots:
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Front passenger door:
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After: Say NO to swirls and RIDS.
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After: Rear passenger door.
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Rear area being detailed.
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Remember the RIDS and Swirls before?
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After:
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After: Wow so clear.
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Look at the reflection. Sorry for the blur-ness.
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Clear shots.
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Rear boot shot.
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Double confirm to ensure no defects.
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Bumper after:
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On the windows there are water marks.
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By using OHP, we can turn it around.
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Front windows.
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After polishing it.
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After detailing,some shots to enjoy.
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Reflection shots.
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Taking her out to check under the sun.
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Take a look
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Reflection shots.
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Bonnet can be used as a mirror.
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Nice weather.
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Hot under the sun.
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Rear boot. Note: forgive my camera.
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Delivering back to it's rightful owner.
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The end.
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Well, that concludes our journey. We hope you enjoyed this journey as much as we enjoyed detailing it.

*We detailed this car back in May but only managed to post it up now. We apologize for the delay.*

Thank you for checking it out.

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Nice one. What did you use to remove those caked-on brake dust on the inside of the wheel barrel?
 
Those inner wheel barrels were cleaned with OPC eh? Ok. Thanks.
 
Those inner wheel barrels were cleaned with OPC eh? Ok. Thanks.

Welcome...



[/COLOR]Optimum No-Rinse (OnR) Car Wash (Demo) - YouTube

this is the video on how we use Alien No Rinse aka ONR to wash the car. Thanks for viewing.

*Firstly, the car without any layer of wax, the water is sticking on the windows. After using Alien No Rinse, you can see the water is repelled. That's the power of Alien No Rinse*
 
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Black car owner here.

screw the rain :rofl:
 
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suberp job buddy. rated A+


To quote you:

Dark tyres accompany the blackness of the ride.

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Yes.. perfect synchronization :driver:
 

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