do BMW's use harder paint??
03-20-2008, 02:48 PM
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I bought my car CPO and it looks like the previous owner was a drive through car wash kind of person. I can't get these damn swirls out! I have had no problems on my black 07 FJ or 01 S2000. I am using Advanced Swirl remover followed by Advanced Finishing polish with an Oragne CCS pad and a PC set to ~5.5. Any ideas? I am thinking of buying some meserma and maybe a metabo. (basically going to copy FMINUS)
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Originally Posted by HMB_BMW' post='548342' date='Mar 20 2008, 03:48 PM
I bought my car CPO and it looks like the previous owner was a drive through car wash kind of person. I can't get these damn swirls out! I have had no problems on my black 07 FJ or 01 S2000. I am using Advanced Swirl remover followed by Advanced Finishing polish with an Oragne CCS pad and a PC set to ~5.5. Any ideas? I am thinking of buying some meserma and maybe a metabo. (basically going to copy FMINUS)
you can't go wrong trying to duplicate FMINUS's work...good luck...
03-20-2008, 03:08 PM
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Why don't you just take your car to Phil (FMINUS). 
(kind of serious though...)
(kind of serious though...)
03-20-2008, 05:06 PM
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Originally Posted by C's Bimmer' post='548357' date='Mar 20 2008, 06:08 PM
Why don't you just take your car to Phil (FMINUS). (kind of serious though...)
(kind of serious though...)I would love to just for the learning experience but he is too far away.
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My Ride: 08 550 Carbon Sport Almost everything factory, but no sound upgrades.
Maybe a bit off the subject but speaks of hard BMW paint.
Last week end I wiped a bunch of white latex paint off my brother-in-law?s garage door frame. Most of the right rear wheel well edge was now solid white paint. I could not budge it loose with anything I wanted to try.
I went to my dealer?s on site body people [they use a firm named Magnum] for an estimate to repaint. The guy said he had the remove the white paint to see how much damage to the original paint there was.
He brought out a wash bottle of lacquer thinner, and asked if that was original factory paint. Since it is factory, he proceeded to rub off all of that white latex exterior house paint. We found no damage at all to my Carbon Black paint. The original paint looked original with absolutely no sign of my screw up!
That is hard paint in my opinion.
And a great experience with my dealer ? Global Imports Atlanta
Last week end I wiped a bunch of white latex paint off my brother-in-law?s garage door frame. Most of the right rear wheel well edge was now solid white paint. I could not budge it loose with anything I wanted to try.
I went to my dealer?s on site body people [they use a firm named Magnum] for an estimate to repaint. The guy said he had the remove the white paint to see how much damage to the original paint there was.
He brought out a wash bottle of lacquer thinner, and asked if that was original factory paint. Since it is factory, he proceeded to rub off all of that white latex exterior house paint. We found no damage at all to my Carbon Black paint. The original paint looked original with absolutely no sign of my screw up!
That is hard paint in my opinion.
And a great experience with my dealer ? Global Imports Atlanta
03-21-2008, 03:15 PM
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Originally Posted by FMINUS' post='548416' date='Mar 20 2008, 08:55 PM
Yes BMW paint is harder than most paints. But not in the "HARD" range yet...
Use a FLEX/Rotary with SIP or 106FF
Use a FLEX/Rotary with SIP or 106FF
Thanks! I'll have to pick up a FLEX.
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